/ en /wartime-use-founders-library-1939-1946 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2025-07/Plan%20of%20Mansfield%E2%80%99s%20library%20in%20the%20Founder%E2%80%99s%20Library%20space.jpg.webp?itok=Wc4a0XYN" width="655" height="435" alt="Plan of Mansfield’s library in the Founder’s Library space" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> The Wartime Use of the Founder’s Library 1939–1946 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Michael Stansfield</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2025): 23</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Archives</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/145" hreflang="en">Second World War</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/61" hreflang="en">New College history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/104" hreflang="en">20thC history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/641" hreflang="en">Mansfield College, Oxford</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>What role during the Second World War did the space at New College, known as the Founder’s Library, play in the national cause, the life of the college more generally, and the provision of library services for the members of New College itself and—which might especially be the intrigue—of its neighbour Mansfield College?</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Plan of Mansfield’s library in the Founder’s Library space [detail]<br>Mansfield College Archives, Oxford</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>© Courtesy of Mansfield College Library, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-07/23NCN10%20%282025%29%20Stansfield%20on%20Wartime%20Use.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=587189" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">23NCN10 (2025) Stansfield on Wartime Use.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">573.43 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:00:02 +0000 Christopher 3391 at