The University of Manchester Library

History

Both The John Rylands Library and Victoria University of Manchester Library had built up outstanding Special Collections. They merged in 1972.

Building(s)

Collections are mainly held in the Deansgate Building of The John Rylands Library. Other collections are held at the Main Library on the Oxford Road campus. These include the archives of the University of Manchester, Christian Brethren Archives, many scientific and medical archives, and post-1800 medical books.

Archival and Other Holdings

The Library holds several hundred archives of companies, business associations, trade unions, charities, social organizations and religious institutions, as well as landed families.

Particular strengths include Nonconformist archives (especially of Methodism); archives of recent and contemporary literature and drama; the archives of the University of Manchester; and the papers of individual scientists and academics.

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