Naseby Athenaeum and Portobello Library Collection
The early Naseby Athenaeum and Portobello Library were formed as part of the ‘Otago Public Library’ circulating scheme under John Hislop (1821 -1904) and the Otago Education Board during the 1860s and 1880s.
The Naseby Collection numbers over 1,600 volumes and the Portobello Collection 721.
Combined, they form a significant resource for studies of literacy and social history in the Otago Region.