Marx Memorial Library
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The Marx Memorial Library in London, United Kingdom is a library, archive, educational, and community outreach charity focused on Marxist and wider socialist bodies of work.[2]
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Marx Memorial Library | |
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Location | Clerkenwell Green London, EC1R, United Kingdom |
Type | Library |
Established | 1933 (91 years ago) (1933) |
Architect(s) | James Steere |
Branches | 1 |
Collection | |
Items collected | Books, journals, newspapers, magazines, prints, drawings and manuscripts |
Size | 60,000+ items (2021) |
Legal deposit | No |
Access and use | |
Access requirements | Open to anyone with a need to use the collections and services |
Other information | |
Budget | £2 million GBP (2020)[1] |
Director | Prof David McLellan (president) |
Website | marx-memorial-library.org.uk |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Marx Memorial Library |
Designated | 29 September 1972 (1972-09-29) |
Reference no. | 1279541 |
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The library opened in 1933, and is located at 37a Clerkenwell Green, formerly home to many radical organisations and base of an important publishing operation. The building, originally opened in 1738 as the Welsh Charity School, is Grade II listed.[3][4] The library's collection comprises over 60,000 books, pamphlets, items, and newspapers on Marxism, socialism, and working class history.[5]