| Description | Files in this series contain correspondence, memoranda and lists relating to the acquisition of books, periodical parts, maps, manuscripts and drawings. Each file relates to a single bookseller, agency, collection or institution. |
| AdminHistory | The files making up this series were the responsibility of the Head of the General Library until 1968, when the Acquisitions Section was set up within the General Library, with Rex E R Banks as Acquisitions Librarian. From 1975 responsibility was divided between the Serials Librarian and the Monographs Librarian in the Department of Library Services, depending on the type of material in question. |