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Special Collections and Archives

Guide to Special Collections and Archives at UoB

Special Collections and Archives at the University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham’s Special Collections department comprises three distinct research libraries: the Barber Fine Art Library, the Cadbury Research Library, and the Shakespeare Institute Library.

The Cadbury Research Library, in the Muirhead Tower, is the home for  Special Collections and Archives of the University of Birmingham. The collections comprise approximately 200,000 pre-1850 books dating from 1471 and some 4 million manuscripts. The Cadbury Research Library welcomes all interested users, both staff and students of the University and members of the public. Below are some A-Z guides which may be of interest. For details of further collections search the archive catalogue.

A-Z guide to archive collections in the Cadbury Research Library

All images on this guide are available from the Cadbury Research Gallery Flickr Gallery  unless otherwise stated.

 

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