Special Collections

Sorby Natural History Collection

• BBC Radio Drama Catalogue 1923-1975 on microfiche

• Botanical Illustration Collection – a collection of illustrated books and periodicals containing botanically accurate drawings of plants.  Many nineteenth century and some eighteenth century hand coloured publications including Paxtons Magazine of Botany, Curtis’ Botanical Magazine

• British Trade Union Histories - books and pamphlets on microfilm covering classic titles on the history of the Trade Union movement

• Evans Collection – social and economic pamphlets published between 1900 and 1940

• History of the First World War – microfiche covering military operations, principal events, order of battle of divisions, medical services and casualties

• Philatelic Society – a deposit collection on postage stamps available for loan to members of the local society

• Primary Social Sources – microform copies of British based journals and magazines published between 1972-1999.  Including a wide variety of topics that reflect radical social, political and environmental issues.  The collection is strong in the coverage of “alternative” titles, published by the small press rather than mainstream publications of the period.

• Public Record Office Publications – books relating to our national heritage, compiled from documents held by the Public Record Office

• Quaker Collection – a collection of early Quaker texts many dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries