Named Special Collections
The following is a broad subject index to the Library's many Special Collections.
Agriculture (history of)
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
Africa (history of)
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Antiquities
Chichester Cathedral Library Collection ; Graveley Parish Library
Archaeology (Greece and Rome)
Art (political expression in)
Astronomy
Australia (history)
Bacon, Sir Francis (1587-1657)
Durning-Lawrence Library ; Francis Bacon Society Library
Bible
Durning-Lawrence Library ; Ethel M. Wood Biblical Collection
Bibliography
The Blind
Family Welfare Association Library
Children’s literature
Longley Collection ; M.S. Anderson Collection ; Martin Collection ; Prize Collection
Church history
Graveley Parish Library ; Porteus Library
Classics
Chichester Cathedral Library Collection ; Crofton Collection ; Durning-Lawrence Library ; Elzevier Collection ; Graveley Parish Library ; Grote Collection
Crimean War (1853-1856)
De La Mare, Walter (1873-1956)
De Vere, Edward, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604)
Dictionaries
Elzevier Collection ; Graveley Parish Library
Dobson, Austin (1840-1921)
Economics (including history of)
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; John Burns Collection ; Lady Welby Library ; Manton Marble ; Prothero Collection ; Reform Club Pamphlets ; Sabatier Collection ; Sheffield Collection
Education
Family Welfare Association Library ; Lady Welby Library ; Quick Memorial Library
Emblem books
English drama
Henry Arthur Jones Collection ; Malcolm Morley Collection ; Sturge Moore Collection
English literature
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 ; M.S. Anderson Collection ; Malcolm Morley Library ; Martin Collection ; Prize Collection ; Ron Heisler Collection ; Sterling Library ; Sturge Moore Collection ; Troup Horne Collection ; Walter de la Mare Library
English poetry
Austin Dobson Collection ; Sturge Moore Collection
The Enlightenment
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
Erotica
Craig Collection ; Foskett Uzanne Collection
Finance
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
France (history of)
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
French literature
Crofton Collection ; Elzevier Collection ; Foskett Uzanne Collection ; M.S. Anderson Collection
French Revolution
Great Britain (history of)
Bromhead Library ; Durning-Lawrence Library ; Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; John Burns Collection ; Porteus Library
Greece (ancient history)
Health
Family Welfare Association Library
History (general)
Elzevier Collection ; Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; Graveley Parish Library ; M.S. Anderson Collection ; Ron Heisler Collection ; Walter de la Mare Library
India (history of)
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 ; Elzevier Collection ; Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
Linguistics
Literature
Durning-Lawrence Library ; Ron Heisler Collection
London (history of)
Bromhead Library ; Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
Madrid (history of)
Magic
Harry Price Library of Magical Literature
Maps
Bromhead Library ; E.G.R. Taylor Collection ; Eliot-Phelips Collection ; Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
Mathematics
Medicine
Music
Cohen Collection ; George Collection of Piano Music ; Littleton Collection ; Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society Library
Music scores
Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815)
Occultism
Harry Price Library of Magical Literature
Palaeography
Pacifism
Philology
Philosophy
Chichester Cathedral Library Collection ; De Morgan Library ; Durning-Lawrence Library ; Elzevier Collection ; Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; Grote Collection ; Lady Welby Library
Political science
Elzevier Collection ; Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; Grote Collection ; Henry Arthur Jones Collection ; Prothero Collection ; Reform Club Pamphlets ; Richardson Collection ; Ron Heisler Collection
Poverty
Family Welfare Association Library
Pratchett, Terry (1948-)
Colin Smythe Terry Pratchett Archive
Priestley, J.B. (1894-1984)
Private Press editions
Sterling Library ; Troupe Horne Collection
Psychical research
Harry Price Library of Magical Literature
Railways (history of)
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; Rastrick Collection
Rome (ancient history)
Rosicrucians
Russia (history of)
Science (history of)
De Morgan Library ; Graveley Parish Library ; Lady Welby Library
Science fiction
Colin Smythe Terry Pratchett Archive
Semantics
Sermons
Sexuality
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Durning-Lawrence Library ; Eggar Collection ; Francis Bacon Society Library
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 ; Sheffield Collection
Social sciences
Family Welfare Association Library ; Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; Reform Club Pamphlets
Socialism
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; John Burns Collection ; Richardson Collection ; Ron Heisler Collection
Spain (history of)
Spinoza, Baruch (1632-1677)
Spiritualism
Harry Price Library of Magical Literature
Temperance
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; John Burns Collection ; Temperance Collection
Ternan, Ellen Lawless (1839-1914)
Theatre
Theology
Crofton Collection ; Elzevier Collection ; Ethel M. Wood Biblical Collection ; Graveley Parish Library ; Lady Welby Library ; Porteus Library ; Prothero Collection
Trade
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
Trades Unions
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; John Burns Collection ; Ron Heisler Collection
Transport
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; Rastrick Collection
Travel
Crofton Collection ; Graveley Parish Library ; M.S. Anderson Collection ; Porteus Library ; Walter de la Mare Library
Trotsky, Leon (1879-1940)
Richardson Collection ; Ron Heisler Collection
Trotskyism
Richardson Collection ; Ron Heisler Collection
United States (history of)
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; Manton Marble
University of London (history of)
Uzanne, Octave (1852-1931)
Waterways (history of)
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature ; Rastrick Collection
Wells, H.G. (1866-1946)
Witchcraft
Harry Price Library of Magical Literature
World War (1914-1918)
Mrs Humphrey Ward Collection ; Playne Collection
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