Special Collections
National Library of Finland
Brummeriana
Collection materials in format
Analogue
Brummeriana is an extensive and valuable collection of literature for children and young people.
Collection description
Brummeriana is an extensive and valuable collection of literature for children and young people. In includes around 20,000 titles from the 16th century to modern days.
In addition to Finnish materials, Brummeriana contains a large amount of European children's literature as well as some items from Asia and Africa. In addition to the books, the collection has children's magazines, comics, alphabet books, Christmas magazines and calendars and games.
The Brummeriana Collection was collected by Professor Markus Brummer-Korvenkontio in accordance with bibliophilic principles, and the Helsinki University Library bought it from him in the beginning of 21st century.
The Brummeriana Collection was collected by Professor Markus Brummer-Korvenkontio in accordance with bibliophilic principles, and the Helsinki University Library bought it from him in the beginning of 21st century.
Collection languages
Material type
journals
Books
Accrual status
Cumulative
Temporal coverage of the collection
Antiquity the Middle Ages beginning of the modern age modern age (turn of the 18th and 19th century to the 20th century) modern times (1900-)Main collection
Special CollectionsParent collection
Private libraries stored as separate entitiesCatalogue information
The collection has been only partially catalogued
More information about cataloguing
The collection has been partly catalogued in the National Library Search.
Collection sizes
335
linear metres
20 000
volumes
Signum
H Brummeriana, H Ref Brum
Provenance
Collected by professor Markus Brummer-Korvenkontio. Bought by the Helsinki University Library in the beginning of 21st century.
Collector
Markus Brummer-Korvenkontio.