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Oxford, Balliol College Archives, Morier Family Papers. Catalogue: bit.ly/1IGbprW
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The aisles in the basement house a lot of different stuff. Here are some really old books, likely owned by former professors from long ago.
This is what a properly organized archive section looks like. The materials here have been organized, processed, and cataloged and placed into archive-quality containers. Such containers use acid free materials and have a special layer inside that serves as a barrier to various agents that might accelerate the aging process of the contents within.