Archives and Special Collections

Explore our collections

From medieval manuscripts to modern literature, our Archives and Special Collections span over 900 years of history and include archives, rare books and manuscripts that are of regional, national, and international significance.

Explore Special Collections Online to discover our collections which have been digitised.

Featured collections

Our catalogues

Our collection of manuscripts and printed rare books can be explored through Library Search. To limit your search to Archives and Special Collections choose the Special Collections filter on the on the search results page.

Many of our Archive collections can be searched via our Archives Catalogue. Not all of our of Archives are catalogued. If you are unable to find what you are looking for then please contact us and a member of the team will be happy to help. You can navigate directly to the catalogues of some of our most significant collections by following the links below. 

Literary collections

University archives

History of Leicester

Museum Studies

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