# Cambridge Digital Library

**Source**: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/haddonlibrary
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# The Haddon Library of Archaeology and Anthropology

> Anthropology and photography take up a good deal of time but it is mainly in the evening. Summing up my work to the end of October I fancy a fair verdict would be (1) Coral reef investigation – much less done that I should have liked, but I am making a start. (2) General marine zoology about as much as I can reasonably expect to do. (3) Anthropology much more than I expected."
> A.C. Haddon, Torres Strait and New Guinea Journal (October 1888)

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The Haddon Library was founded in 1920 by Alfred Cort Haddon, initially as small collection of books in a spare storeroom of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.  Formally adopted and named by the University of Cambridge in 1936, it has grown to become one of the world’s leading collections as part of University of Cambridge Libraries and Archives.

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Over the years, the Haddon Library has been gifted and bequeathed several collections, many of which are older than the Library itself. This includes items received from Alfred Haddon himself as well as other leading figures over the years. The Haddon Library collections represent the diversity of people, histories, geographies and cultures that the Departments of Archaeology and Social Anthropology teach and research today. 
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The Haddon also incorporates some of the collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. 
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Collection quote reproduced from
*Alfred Cort Haddon: A Very English Savage* by Ciarán Walsh (2023)