Special collections
Special Collections is home to a varied range of collections, used by researchers and to support teaching.
They cover a wide range of subject areas, including Shakespeare, jazz, the Channel Tunnel, transport history, working class autobiographies, poetry, Middle-Eastern music and South Asian literature, art, theatre and music. You can read descriptions of them on the Collections page.
Work to catalogue the collection is ongoing, but details of printed items may be found in the library catalogue and an increasing amount of archival material is listed on the Archives Hub. Please email us in case of difficulty locating material in the catalogues.
We also have a blog and Twitter feed where you can find out more about how our collections are used.
See Access to Special Collections for further details of how to make an appointment to use the collections.
If you have never used archive collections before the Archives Hub has some guidance on finding and using archives, as well as getting the most out of a research visit.
