With historic archives and state-of-the-art facilities, our Library is home to extraordinary collections. From medieval manuscripts to contemporary digital resources, our expert team is here to help you navigate the collections and access the latest publications and resources.
The College Archives are among the richest in Cambridge and a treasure trove for historians, containing comprehensive records of the College from its foundation in 1511 and beyond, with estate records dating back more than 800 years.
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The College Library has a bookable sound-proof booth, which students use for online meetings or supervisions, for listening to resources or for small group discussions.
For Linguistics students, the booth is useful for working on course components like practical phonetics, that require you to produce more and less usual sounds, or where you need to listen to recordings, for example concerning varieties of English, language acquisition or psycholinguistics.
Our Special Collections include original primary source material, ranging from beautiful early medieval handwritten texts to the personal research papers of contemporary scholars. These unique resources provide fantastic source material for dissertations and research projects. Students can make an appointment to consult special collections material at any time of the year.
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Deciphering old handwriting is a valuable skill when you're studying texts from the past. Our experienced Archivist offers free palaeography classes during term time to any student interested in learning more about working with historical documents and manuscripts.
The College Archive collections are particularly rich in medieval material, and classes are held online from our state-of-the-art Archive Centre inside the ancient School of Pythagoras (the oldest extant secular building in Cambridge). Students of any subject can also sign up to a general 'Introduction to the Archives' session at the start of each academic year.
