Cambridge University Library: Manuscripts

Manuscripts and archives which are acquired normally fall into one or both of the following categories: 1) material concerning the University of Cambridge and its members; and 2) material which enhances or complements the Library's existing manuscript holdings. For a full statement of the Department's policy see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/CollectionDevelopment.html#MANUSCRIPTS

For information on the history of the University of Cambridge, see "A History of the University of Cambridge", edited by Christopher N. L. Brooke (Cambridge: C.U.P., 1988-97) 4 volumes (of which volume 2 is pending), as well as Elisabeth Leedham-Green, "A Concise History of the University of Cambridge" (Cambridge: C.U.P., 1996). For information on the history of Cambridge University Library, see "Cambridge University Library: a history", vol. 1, J. C. T. Oates, "From the beginnings to the Copyright Act of Queen Anne", and vol. 2, David McKitterick, "The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries" (Cambridge: C.U.P., 1986). There are numerous published guides to particular manuscripts, collections, and categories of manuscripts and collections held by the Department.