Collections Guide
Special Collections hold a large and varied number of collections comprising unique and rare material to support teaching and research for multiple subjects. The links below provide profiles of these collections and links to finding aids and related resources where available.
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18th Century Collection
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Subject strengths: General
Type of material: Published
19th Century Collection
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Subject strengths: General
Type of material: Published
19th Century Novels Collection
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Subject strengths: Literature
Type of material: Published
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20th Century Collection
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Subject strengths: General
Type of material: Published
20th Century Pamphlets
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Subject strengths: History, Politics
Type of material: Published
21st Century Collection
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Subject strengths: General
Type of material: Published
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Bainbrigg Library/Appleby Grammar School
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Subject strengths: Classics, Theology, Literature, History
Type of material: Published
Barlow (David) Papers
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Subject strengths: Music
Type of material: Archives
Bell (Gertrude) Collection
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Subject strengths: Archaeology, Politics, History, Travel
Type of material: Published
Bell (Gertrude) Papers
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Subject strengths: Archaeology, Politics, History, Travel
Type of material: Archives
Bell (John and Thomas) Collection
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Subject strengths: Local History
Type of material: Archives
Bell (Maurice) Collection
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Subject strengths: Economics, Science, Engineering
Type of material: Published
Bell-White Collection
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Subject strengths: Local History
Type of material: Published and Archives
Bradshaw Collection
Subject strengths: History, Classics, Theology, Literature
Type of material: Published
Bradshaw-Bewick Collection
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Subject strengths: Art, History, Literature
Type of material: Published
Brewis (William)Diaries
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Subject strengths: Social History
Type of material: Archives
Burman-Alnwick Collection
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Subject strengths: Local History, Literature
Type of material: Published
Burnett (Professor Mark) Collection
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Subject strengths: Literature
Type of material: Published
Burns Dick (Robert) Collection
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Subject strengths: Architecture
Type of material: Archives
Butler (Joan) Collection
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Subject strengths: Literature
Type of material: Published
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Cathedral Library (St. Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne)
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Subject strengths: Theology
Type of material: Publshed
Chorley (Sarah) Collection
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Subject strengths: Literature
Type of material: Published
Clarke (Edwin) General Collection
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Subject strengths: General
Type of material: Archives
Clarke (Edwin) Local Collection
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Subject strengths: Local history, Literature
Type of material: Published
Clarke (Edwin) Medical Collection
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Subject strengths: Medicine
Type of material: Published
Clarke (Edwin) Miscellaneous Collection
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Subject strengths: General
Type of material: Published
Cookson (Catherine) Collection
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Subject strengths: Literature
Type of material: Published
Cookson (Catherine) Papers
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Subject strengths: Literature
Type of material: Archives
Cowen (Joseph) Tracts
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Subject strengths: History, Politics
Type of material: Published
Crawhall (Joseph II) Collection
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Subject strengths: Art, Printing
Type of material: Published and Archives
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Daysh (Professor Henry) Papers
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Subject strengths: Geography
Type of material: Archives
Donaldson (Sir Liam) Collection
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Subject strengths: Medicine, Social history, Politics
Type of material: Archives
Duff (Profesor John Wight) Diaries
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Subject strengths: Social History, Classics
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Eagle Press Collection
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Subject strengths: Printing
Type of material: Published
Entomology Collection
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Subject strengths: Natural History, Science
Type of material: Published
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Faulkner-Brown (Harry) Papers
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Subject strengths: Architecture
Type of material: Archives
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Gibb (Dr. Charles) Papers
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Subject strengths: Medicine, Travel
Type of material: Archives
Gilchrist (Professor Douglas) Collection
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Subject strengths: Agriculture
Type of material: Published
Grey (2nd Earl) Tracts
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Subject strengths: History, Politics
Type of material: Published
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Havelock (Thomas) Papers
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Subject strengths: Mathematics
Type of material: Published
Heslop (Richard) Collection of Dictionaries and Papers
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Subject strengths: Language
Type of material: Published and Archives
Heslop Harrison (John) Notebooks and Albums
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Subject strengths: Science, Travel
Type of material: Archives
Heversham Collection (Heversham Grammar School,Westmorland)
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Subject strengths: Classics, Theology, Literature
Type of material: Published
Hodgkin (Thomas) Papers
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Subject strengths: Travel, History
Type of material: Published and Archives
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Isaac (Professor Peter) Collection
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Subject strengths: Printing
Type of material: Archives
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Joicey (James) Coal Mining Records
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Subject strengths: Local History
Type of material: Archives
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Kepier Collection (Kepier Grammar School, Houghton-le Spring)
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Subject strengths: Classics, Literature
Type of material: Published
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MacSweeney (Barry) Papers
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Subject strengths: Literature
Type of material: Archives
Meade (L.T.) Collection
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Subject strengths: Literature
Type of material: Published
Mediaeval Manuscripts
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Subject strengths: Theology
Type of material: Archives
Merz (John Theodore) Collection
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Subject strengths: Mathematics
Type of material: Published
Miscellaneous Manuscripts
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Subject strengths: General
Type of material: Archives
Moorman (Mary) Papers
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Subject strengths: Social History
Type of material: Archives
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Otterburn Enquiry Reports
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Subject strengths: Military History, Local History, Politics
Type of material: Archives
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Plowden (Lady Bridget) Papers
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Subject strengths: Education, Social History
Type of material: Archives
Pybus (Professor Frederick) Collection
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Subject strengths: Medicine
Type of material: Published
Pybus (Professor Frederick) Papers
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Subject strengths: Medicine
Type of material: Archives
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Ritchie (Rear Admiral George) Collection
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Subject strengths: Hydrography, Travel
Type of material: Published and Archives
Runciman (Walter) Papers
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Subject strengths: Politics, History
Type of material: Archives
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Sandes Library (Kendal Grammar School)
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Subject strengths: General
Type of material: Published
Sharp (Thomas) Papers
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Subject strengths: Town Planning, Literature
Type of material: Archives
Sopwith (Thomas) Diaries
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Subject strengths: Social History, Travel
Type of material: Archives
Spence Watson (Robert) Collection
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Subject strengths: Social History, Politics
Type of material: Published
Spence Watson/Weiss Papers
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Subject strengths: Social History, Politics
Type of material: Archives
St. Bees School Library
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Subject strengths: Classics, Theology
Type of material: Published
Stanford (Charles Villiers) Collection
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Subject strengths: Music
Type of material: Archives
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Trevelyan/Bell/Runciman Collection
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Subject strengths: General
Type of material: Published
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University Publications Archive
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Subject strengths: Local History, Education
Type of material: Archives
Ure (Peter) Collection
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Subject strengths: Literature
Type of material: Published
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Vernon (Hugh) Collection
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Subject strengths: Music
Type of material: Published
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White (Robert) Collection
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Subject strengths: Literature, Local History
Type of material: Published
White (Robert) Papers
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Subject strengths: Literature, Local History
Type of material: Archives
Whyte (Frederic) Papers
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Subject strengths: Literature
Type of material: Archives
Wilcox (Edwin) Papers
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Subject strengths: History
Type of material: Archives
