Founded by the pioneering anthropologist Alfred Haddon in 1920, it has amassed a remarkable collection of highly valuable resources, with a diverse range of books, pamphlets and periodical volumes gathered over the past 100 years or so.
From oracle bone inscriptions of ancient Chinese writing to social relations between the living and dead in an English village; from dental perspectives on our evolution to how humans during the Upper Palaeolithic Age got their five-a-day, the Haddon is the source of enlightening information on human development across time and place.
The Library aims to ensure that its outstanding collections are kept up-to-date through acquisitions of new materials as well as guaranteeing the safety of rare and valuable holdings by modernising our security systems, funding necessary conservation work, and ensuring our working spaces are as comfortable and secure as possible for our many users.
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Give nowAssociate Director, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Clare Gordon
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