Transcript Research and Special Collections in Liverpool

Treasures
of Liverpool Libraries
Will Reid (LIPA)
Sheena Streather (LJMU)
Libraries Together Partnership
Liverpool Hope University
Central Library
LIPA
Liverpool John Moores University
University of Liverpool
Liverpool Central Library
Picton Reading Room
and Hornby Library
Audubon’s Birds of America
Letter from Elizabeth I
Medieval Manuscripts
Kelmscott Press: Canterbury Tales
Illustrated books
Book Bindings
Liverpool Hope University
Special Collections at Hope
• The SheppardWorlock Library,
Hope Park, Childwall
• Visitors welcome,
guided visits may be
arranged in advance
Gradwell Collection
• Collection acquired
from St Joseph’s
Catholic Seminary,
Upholland
• Collection strengths:
theology, philosophy,
secular and
ecclesiastical history
• Includes fine
examples of early
printed works
Gradwell Collection
Centre for the Study of AfricanAsian Christianity
• Materials have been
donated by Professor
Andrew F. Walls
• Special collection of
material relating to
Christianity in Africa and
Asia including mission
studies
• Materials include books,
journals, newsletters,
ephemera
Centre for the Study of AfricanAsian Christianity
Centre for Millennialism Studies
• Focuses on study of
contemporary
manifestations of
millennialism and
apocalypticism
• Collection consists of
books, DVDs, games,
graphic novels &
ephemera
Liverpool John Moores University Library
Aldham Robarts Learning Resource Centre
Special Collections & Archives
LJMU Archives
LJMU Archives
Everyman Theatre Archive
Everyman Theatre Archive
Willy Russell Archive
Frankie Vaughan Archive
England’s Dreaming Punk Archive
Liddell Hart Collection of Costume
Stafford Beer Collection
International Times Archive
Keith Medley Photographic Collection
Recent acquisitions
• Willy Russell
Archive
• Fuse Theatre
Archive
• Royal Court Theatre
Archive
University of Liverpool
Sydney Jones Library
Special Collections & Archives
http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/index.html
Liverpool University Archive
Medieval manuscripts
Early Printed Books
Private Press Books
Science Fiction
Gypsy Lore Society Archive
Modern Literary Manuscripts
Children’s Books
Personal Papers
Josephine Butler
John Fraser Collection
Cunard Archive
Digital Collections
SCA web pages
http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lea/77343.htm
Treasures of
Liverpool Libraries