Special Collections

The Library's special collections are housed in the Old Library and can be consulted in the Rare Books Reading Room. For further information on the collections and arrangements for viewing them please contact the Special Collections Librarian, Kathryn McKee on 01223 339393.

	Special Collections Spotlight Some of the most interesting finds in our Special Collections are featured below! New articles posted at least once a month.
	Manuscripts Descriptions of the medieval, post-medieval, and oriental manuscripts and papyrus fragments.
	Early Printed Books Details of the Library's rare books to 1800, and of the progress of the Cataloguing Project.
	Provenances and Bindings  Information on the ownership marks and interesting bindings.
	Personal and Family Papers Listings of the personal papers of College alumni.
	Photographic Collections Listings of photographs, negatives, and slides of College alumni, buildings and property.
	Artefacts Listings of busts, coins, medals, furnishings, and other objects.
	Fred Hoyle Project Information on the Fred Hoyle Collection and the 2008-2011 Hoyle Project.
	Samuel Butler Project Information on the Samuel Butler Collection and the current Heritage Lottery Funded Butler Project.
	Acquisitions and Donations Details of recent additions to the Library's special collections.

See also the College Archives, which contain resources describing the growth and history of the administration and finances of the College, and Janus, the union catalogue of archives held in Cambridge University and its Colleges.