Named Special Collections
The following is a very broad subject index to the Library's many Special Collections.
Agriculture (History)
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
Art
Astronomy
Bacon, Sir Francis (1587-1657)
Durning-Lawrence Library ; Francis Bacon Society Library
Bible
Ethel M. Wood Biblical Collection
Classics
Chichester Cathedral Library Collection ; Elzevier Press Collection
De La Mare, Walter (1873-1956)
De Vere, Edward, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604)
Dobson, Austin (1840-1921)
Economics
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; Manton Marble
Education
Enlightenment
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
Erotica
Finance
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
History
Elzevier Collection ; Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; Graveley Parish Library ; M.S. Anderson Collection ; Porteus Library ; Ron Heisler Collection
History (Australia)
History (Britain)
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; John Burns Collection
History (France)
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
History (London)
Bromhead Library ; Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
History (Madrid)
History (Spain)
History (United States)
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; Manton Marble
History (World War I)
History of Economics
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
History of Mathematics
Industrial Revolution
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
Labour History
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; John Burns Collection ; Ron Heisler Collection
Law
Chichester Cathedral Library Collection ; Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
Linguistics
Literature
Durning-Lawrence Library ; Ron Heisler Collection
Literature (English)
Austin Dobson Collection ; Colin Smythe Terry Pratchett Archive ; Crofton Collection ; Durning-Lawrence Library ; Eggar Collection ; H G Wells Collection ; Henry Arthur Jones Collection ; J B Priestley Collection ; Lahr Collection ; Longley Collection ; Malcolm Morley Library ; Martin Collection ; Prize Collection ; Ron Heisler Collection ; Sterling Library ; Troup Horne Collection ; Walter de la Mare Library
Literature (French)
London
Madrid
Magic
Harry Price Library of Magical Literature
Mathematics
Music
Cohen Collection ; Elvey Collection ; George Collection of Piano Music ; Littleton Collection ; Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society Library ; Tudor Church Music Collection
Music Scores
Palaeography
Pacifism
Philosophy
Chichester Cathedral Library Collection ; Elzevier Collection ; Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; Lady Welby Library
Piano
George Collection of Piano Music
Pratchett, Terry (1948-)
Colin Smythe Terry Pratchett Archive
Political Science
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; Grote Collection ; Prothero Collection ; Richardson Collection ; Ron Heisler Collection
Psychical research
Bright Collection ; Harry Price Library of Magical Literature
Railways (History)
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
Russia
Science Fiction
Colin Smythe Terry Pratchett Archive
Sexuality
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Durning-Lawrence Library ; Eggar Collection
Short Stories (English)
Shorthand
Slavery
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; Porteus Library
Social Conditions
Family Welfare Association Library ; Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; John Burns Collection ; Prothero Collection ; Ron Heisler Collection
Social Sciences
Family Welfare Association Library ; Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
Socialism
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; John Burns Collection ; Richardson Collection ; Ron Heisler Collection
Spain
Spinoza, Baruch (1632-1677)
Spiritualism
Harry Price Library of Magical Literature
Temperance
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; John Burns Collection
Ternan, Ellen Lawless (1839-1914)
Theology
Elzevier Collection ; Ethel M. Wood Biblical Collection ; Graveley Parish Library ; Lady Welby Library ; Porteus Library
Trade
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
Trades Unions
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; John Burns Collection ; Ron Heisler Collection
Travel
Trotsky, Leon (1879-1940)
Richardson Collection ; Ron Heisler Collection
Trotskyism
Richardson Collection ; Ron Heisler Collection
Uzanne, Octave (1852-1931)
Wells, H.G. (1866-1946)
Witchcraft
Harry Price Library of Magical Literature
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