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Special Collections Introduction

Special Collections Introduction

What is Special Collections? • Over quarter of a million books • Hundreds of

What is Special Collections? • Over quarter of a million books • Hundreds of thousands of manuscripts • Part of Leeds University Library

Leeds University Library • Over 2. 8 million print & 500, 000 online books,

Leeds University Library • Over 2. 8 million print & 500, 000 online books, and more than 37, 000 print and online journals. • 4 main library sites: Brotherton Library Edward Boyle Health Sciences Library Laidlaw Library

Why use Special Collections? • Primary Sources • Unique to Leeds • Vast majority

Why use Special Collections? • Primary Sources • Unique to Leeds • Vast majority not digitised • Open to everyone

What do we have? • Designated status for outstanding national and international collections. •

What do we have? • Designated status for outstanding national and international collections. • Home to the Institutional Archive of the University.

Designated English Literature Collection Literary archives, manuscripts and books dating from 1600 to the

Designated English Literature Collection Literary archives, manuscripts and books dating from 1600 to the present day.

Designated Leeds Russian Archive A major international resource for the study of Anglo-Russian relations

Designated Leeds Russian Archive A major international resource for the study of Anglo-Russian relations in the 19 th and 20 th centuries.

Designated Liddle Collection First-hand accounts of nearly 5, 000 people who experienced the First

Designated Liddle Collection First-hand accounts of nearly 5, 000 people who experienced the First and Second World Wars.

Designated Cookery Collection 20, 000 books and 600 manuscripts documenting the history of cookery

Designated Cookery Collection 20, 000 books and 600 manuscripts documenting the history of cookery and household management from the 15 th century to the present day.

Designated Romany Collection Substantial library and archive devoted to the history of Gypsies and

Designated Romany Collection Substantial library and archive devoted to the history of Gypsies and related traveller groups.

What else have we got? Business Geography and travel Science and medicine Education Music

What else have we got? Business Geography and travel Science and medicine Education Music Theatre & performance Politics & social history Yorkshire Fine art & history of art Religion and theology Quaker University Archive Letters Medieval manuscripts 17 th and 18 th Century Manuscript Verse Feminist Archive North Incunabula Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture Leeds General Cemetery Medieval manuscripts & much more…

Special Collections History

Special Collections History

Using Special Collections: getting started

Using Special Collections: getting started

Using Special Collections: the Reading Room

Using Special Collections: the Reading Room

Using Special Collections: handling books and manuscripts

Using Special Collections: handling books and manuscripts

Using Special Collections: copying and digitisation

Using Special Collections: copying and digitisation

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