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Arthur Bromley Wilson-Barkworth was a noted Hull and East Riding antiquarian and a solicitor. Born Arthur Bromley Wilson in Hull in 1854, he graduated from Cambridge University in 1876. Upon marrying Emily Barkworth in 1883 he added Barkworth to his surname. He worked as a solicitor in Hull and died in Kirk Ella in January 1929. The collection he accumulated together with his father Edward Schimells Wilson was originally intended to be a free gift to Cambridge University. It was later that year purchased by Hull Libraries. The then Chief Librarian described it as important and very desirable, containing many unique items The collection originally contained over 1,000 books, manuscripts, engravings, and maps, though it is not clear how much of this was acquired by Hull Libraries when it purchased the collection in 1929. See the Minutes of Hull Corporation (Council Minutes) C TCM/2/42/4 'Libraries Committee', p.26 regarding the purchase of the collection. Some of the collection was later dispersed across the Local Studies printed material by Dewey classification. Previous Dewey classification reference can be found with the item description where applicable. Whilst most of the collection has been brought back together some items may still be found using the Hull Libraries catalogue at: https://hull.ent.sirsidynix.net.uk/client/en_GB/default

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The collection contains material acquired by Wilson-Barkworth, or that which was previously in the possession of his father Edward Schimells Wilson. Some of the collection is Wilson-Barkworth’s own research and includes correspondence that he had collected or was directly involved with relating to matters of local history. There is no way of ascertaining the original order of the collection. It has therefore been arranged as in shown in 'Arrangement'.