Metcalfe Hall: Difference between revisions

Initially, the building housed the Calcutta Public Library collection, formed by Lord Metcalf, then the Governor General, who transferred 4,675 volumes from the library of the College of Fort William.  These volumes and donations of books from individuals formed the nucleus of the library, which was created under private auspices. [[Dwarkanath Tagore]] was the first proprietor of Calcutta Public Library.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/nat_lib_stat/history.html |title="Historical Background, Calcutta Public Library", National Library of India. Online. |access-date=12 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617023911/http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/nat_lib_stat/history.html |archive-date=17 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Presently, the ground floor houses the [[Asiatic Society]]'s rare foreign [[Academic journal|journal]]s and [[manuscript]]s section,<ref>[http://www.asiaticsocietykolkata.org/library/metcalfe-hall "Metcalfe Hall", The Asiatic Society.  Online.]</ref> while the first floor houses offices, exhibition galleries and a sales counter of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].