The Finest Room in the Colony: The Library of John Thomas Mullock

The Basilica Museum or Mullock's Library is home to some of the oldest books in the country.

The Basilica Museum or Mullock’s Library is home to some of the oldest books in the country.

The Library of John Thomas Mullock

Thursday, September 29 at 8PM

 Ágnes Juhász-Ormsby an Associate Professor of English at Memorial University has  compiled a searchable library catalogue of the rare books  of John Thomas Mullock held in the Episcopal Library in St. John’s.   Working with her colleague Nancy Earle from Memorial University and Anne Wash from the Archdiocese of St. John’s they recently published an illustrated catalogue of this important collection under the title The Finest Room in the Colony: The Library of John Thomas Mullock.

The Newfoundland Historical Society welcomes Ágnes Juhász-Ormsby and Anne Walsh on Thursday, September 29 at 8PM at Hampton Hall, Marine Institute, Ridge Road to look at this influential Newfoundland Bishop and explore Bishop Mullock’s book collection.

Please join us for this FREE presentation.

Hampton Hall is through the main front door at the Marine Institute and to the left. All lectures start at 8 pm. Free parking is available in front and to the west of the building.

For more on the Newfoundland Historical Society. http://www.nlhistory.ca/

The Finest Room in the Colony: The Library of John Thomas Mullock is now online: http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/qeiipublic/TheFinestRoomintheColony.pdf