Where to Consult Special Collections
These tables show the approprate reading room for consultation of Special Collections together with their associated reference and microform resources.
The Special Collections Reading Room in the New Bodleian Library is now CLOSED and the new Bodleian Library Special Collections Reading Room at RSL opened in December 2009.
To enquire further about the availability of collections and for other queries, please contact Special Collections Enquiries by email at enquiries.sc@bodleian.ox.ac.uk, or by telephone on (01865) 277046.
Open-access resources to be located in SCRR (RSL) | Microform resources to be located in SCRR (RSL) | Open-access resources to remain in Bodleian reading rooms | Microform resources to remain in Bodleian reading rooms
1. Western Manuscripts
A. Shelfmarked collections
| Shelfmark | CURRENT reading room for consultation |
| Conservative Party Archives | Duke Humfrey |
| Dep. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Dep. BAAS | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Dep. Bland Burges | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Dep. Blish | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Dep. Bridges | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Dep. Chandler | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Dep. CMJ | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Dep. Collingwood | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Dep. Hughenden | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Dep. Lovelace-Byron | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Dep. Monckton | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Dep. Monckton Trustees | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Dep. Monk Bretton | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Gough Maps | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Humanities Theses | Duke Humfrey |
| Library Records (a-b sizes) | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Library Records (c size) | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Library Records (d-g sizes) | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. … (Rolls) | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Abinger | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Acland | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Add. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Addison Dep. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Allen | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Arch. Selden | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Ashmole | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Asquith | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Attlee dep. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Aubrey | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Auct. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Autogr. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Ballard | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Bankes | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Barlow | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Barocci | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Basque | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Beckford | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Benson | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Berlin | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Blakeway | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Bodl. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Bonham Carter | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Boreal. | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Bowyer | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Bradley | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Brasenose College | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Breton | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Bryce [on microfilm only] | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Buchanan | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Bywater | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Cadoux | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Canon. | BLCSRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Carte | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Cary | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Casaubon | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Castle | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Charters | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Cherry | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Clar. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Clar. Dep. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Clarendon Press | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Cornish | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Coulson | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Crampton [on microfilm] | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Crawford | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Cromwell | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Curtis [on microfilm] | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Curzon | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. D.D. Barker | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. D.D. Barrett | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. D.D. Batt | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. D.D. Bertie | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. D.D. Brocas | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. D.D. Buxton | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. D.D. Christ Church | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. D.D. Dashwood | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. D.D. Dawkins | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. D.D. Dew | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. D.D. Ewelme | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. D.D. Fitt. | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. D.D. Harcourt | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. D.D. Hautonville Cope | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. D.D. Loveday | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. D.D. Mallam | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. D.D. Queens | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. D.D. Radcliffe [Trust] | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. D.D. Risley | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. D.D. Sale | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. D.D. Shrewsbury | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. D.D. Stevens | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. D.D. Tyrwhitt-Drake | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. D.D. Weld | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. D.D. Wykeham-Musgrave | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Darlington | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Dawson | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Dep. Mavrogordato | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Digby | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Dobell | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Dodsworth | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Don. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. D'Orville | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Douce | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Drawings | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Dugdale | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Duke Humfrey | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Dutch | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. e Mus. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. E.D. Clarke | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Eng. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Eng. bibl. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Eng. hist. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Eng. lang. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Eng. lett. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Eng. lit. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Eng. misc. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Eng. poet. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Eng. th. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Facs. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Fairfax | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Fell | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Finch | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Firth | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Fisher | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Fisher adds. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. French | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. German | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Gilbert Murray [on microfilm] | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Gore-Booth | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Gough | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Gr. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Grabe | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Gwynne dep. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. H.J. Murray | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Hamilton | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Hammond | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Hanson | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Harcourt dep. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Harcout dep. adds. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Hatton | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Hearne’s diaries | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Hertford College | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Holkham | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Holmes | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Hung. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Iceland. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Ir. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Ital. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. James | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Jesus College | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Johnson | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Jones | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Junius | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Langbaine | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Lat. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Laud | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Lincoln College | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Lister | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Liturg. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. LMH | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Locke | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Locke print-outs | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Lyell | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Macmillan Dep. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Malone | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Manx | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Maps | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Marconi | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Marshall | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Mendham | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Mex. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Milner Dep. [on microfilm] | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Minn | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Montagu | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Morell | Duke Humfrey |
| MSS. Myres | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Nalson | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Nathan | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. North | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Num. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Oxford Barbers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Pattison | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Percy | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Perrott | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Phillipps-Munby | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Phillipps-Robinson [on microfilm] | Duke Humfrey |
| MSS. Photogr. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Piggott | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Polish | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Pollard | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Polyglot | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Portug. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Primrose League | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Pym | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Radcliffe Trust | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Rawl. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Rigaud | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Roe | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Rubbings | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Rubbings (Rolls) | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Rumbold dep. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Russ. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Rylands | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Sancroft | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Savile | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Sayce | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Scand. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Selborne | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Selden | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Selden Supra | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Shelley | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Shelley adds. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Shelley Deeds | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Sherfield | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Sidgwick and Jackson | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Simon | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Smith | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Span. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. SPSL | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. St. Amand | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. St. Edmund Hall | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Stein | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Talbot | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Tanner | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Tercentenary | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Tolkien | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Tolkien Drawings | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Top. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Toynbee [Paget] | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Trinity College | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Twyne and Twyne Langbaine | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. University College | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Viner | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Violet Milner | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Walker | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Walpole | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Welsh | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Wharton | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| MSS. Wilberforce | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Wilkinson Dep. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. William Clark | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Willis | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Wilson | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Wood | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Woolton | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Zimmern | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Papyri | BLSCRR (RSL) |
B. Other collections available to readers
| Collection name | CURRENT reading room for consultation |
| Abraham papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Aldiss papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Arnold Toynbee papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Barfield papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Benjamin papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Biggs-Davison papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Bill Butler papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Brampton papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Brand papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Browne papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Bunsen papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| C.V. Butler papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Callaghan papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Cam papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Caudwell papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Charles Williams papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Chatwin papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Chavasse papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Christopher papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Church papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Craven Estate papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Cripps papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Crisp papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Cuming papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Daryush papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| De Bunsen papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| De Freitas papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| De La Mare papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Deneke papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Denman papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Dodds papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Dougall papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Druce papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Dunston papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| E.P. Thompson papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| E.W. Gilbert papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Edgeworth papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Emden papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Ensor papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Evans papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| F.W. Thomas papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Fairbank papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Farrer papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Finzi papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Fitter papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Fitzgerald papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| G.N. Clark papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Gatliff papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Gilliatt papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Gilpin papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Gladden papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Golding papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Gorell papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Gregory papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Griffiths papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| H.M. Powell papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Haldane papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Harvey papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Hawkes papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Headlam papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Hedley Bull papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Hemming papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Hindle papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Hirst papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Hodgkin additional papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Hodgson papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Holland papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Hulton papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Hunt papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Inverchapel papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Jacobsthal papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Jarvis papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Jenkins papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Jerome papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Jones/Hazlitt papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Kendrew papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Kennington papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Ker papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Kettlewell papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Lawn manuscripts | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Levi papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Lightfoot papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| M. Gilbert papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Macneice papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Masefield papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Midland and Oxford Circuit papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Moberley papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Nagy papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Newbolt papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| OAHS papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| OICCU papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Opie papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Oppenheimer papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| OU Musical Club & Union papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Pantin papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Parkes papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Peierls additional papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Peters/Donne papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Pitter papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Primrose League additional papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Prior papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Pszczolowski-Ostrowski papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Pym/Walton papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Quick papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Reckitt papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Reeves papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Rennell of Rodd papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Ripon Hall papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Rogers papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Roniger papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Ruddy papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Russell papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Ryder papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Schuster papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Sir J.A. Murray papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Southwood papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Spokes papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Stallworthy papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Steen papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Sutherland papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Syme papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Thewlis papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Twemlow papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Unbegaun papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| W.H. Ingrams papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Waismann papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Westminster Archives | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Whye papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Wiggin papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Wind papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Winterton papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Wright papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| York papers | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Ziman papers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
2. Oriental Collections
| Shelfmark/collection name | CURRENT reading room for consultation |
| Backhouse | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Backhouse Dep. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Bibl. Ind. III | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Christ Church Thai | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Corean | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Elliott Printed | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Iranian oral history tapes (open) | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Iranian oral history transcripts (open) | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Kennicott Printed | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Khedive | BLSCRR (RSL)* |
| Magd. Coll. Chin. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Aeth. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Afr. Misc. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Amer. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Arab. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Arch. Seld. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Arm. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Asiat. Misc. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Backhouse | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Backhouse Dep. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Bodley Or. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Bruce | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Burm. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Can. Or. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Caps. Or. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Chandra | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Chin. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Copt. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Dawkins | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Dep. Or. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Digby Or. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Douce Or. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Drower | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. E.D. Clarke Or. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Egypt | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Elliott | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Facs. Or. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Fraser | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Fraser Sansk. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Georg. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Greaves | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. H.J. Murray Or. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Hatton Or. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Heb. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Hindi | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Hodgson | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Huntington | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Huntington donat. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Hyde | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Ind. Inst. [Arab.-Urdu] | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Ind. Inst. Misc. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Ind. Misc. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Jav. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Kashmere | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Kennicott | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Laud Or. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Lister Or. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Malay | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Marsh | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Marshall Or. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Max Muller | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Mich. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Mich. Adds | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Mill | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Opp. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Opp. Adds | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Or. Aris | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Or. Dubs | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Or. Margoliouth | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Or. Richardson | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Or. Tefvik | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Or. Thomasson | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Or. Polyglot | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Ouseley | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Ouseley Adds. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Pali | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Pers. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Pococke | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Prakrit | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Radcliffe Or. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Rawl. Or. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Reggio | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. S. Clarke | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Sale | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Samar. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Sansk. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Selden Supra | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Sinhal. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Stein Or. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Syr. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Tam. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Tanner (Or.) | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Tel. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Thurston | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Tibet | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Turk. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Walker | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Wardrop | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Whinfield | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Wilson | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MSS. Zend. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Opp. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Sinica | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| St. John's Coll. Chin. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Tibetan Blockbooks | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Vet. Or. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Wardrop | BLSCRR (RSL) |
3. Rare Books
| Shelfmark | CURRENT reading room for consultation |
| A.S. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Antiq. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Arch. Jur. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Arch. Antiq. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Arch. Nat. Hist. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Arch. Num. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Arch. Sigma | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Arch. Seld. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Auct. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Broxbourne | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Broxbourne adds. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Buchanan | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Bywater | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Cons. Res. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Crynes | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Denyer | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Dep. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Douce 1-314 | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Holkham | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Inc. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Jur. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Lawn | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Linc. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Lister | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Locke | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Malone (Mal.1-Mal.1061 only) | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Marlborough Vicars | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Marshall | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Med. 4o | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Med. 8o | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Med. fols. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Mortara | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Res. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Rigaud | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Ross | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Savile | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| S. Seld. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Art. Seld. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Jur. Seld. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Med. Seld. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Th. Seld. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Tanner | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Double letter Th. (e.g. AA 5 Th.) | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Toynbee | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Tractt. Luth. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Vet. 1-3 | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Wood | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| All other Rare Books shelfmarks | Bodleian reading rooms as permitted by SOLO. See further guidance on restricted books |
4. Map Collections
| Shelfmark | CURRENT reading room for consultation |
| MAP RES 1 - MAP RES 139 | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Allen 1 – Allen 416 | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Allen LRO 6 – Allen LRO 716 | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| (MS) A1 – (MS) K [most] | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| (MS) C2:7 (23); (MS) D1 (185) [1-13]; (MS) K1 (110)-(111) | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| All other map collections | Duke Humfrey |
| Shelfmark | CURRENT reading room for consultation |
| MS. Harding | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MS. Mus. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MS. Mus. Sch. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MS. Mus. Sch. Ex.. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MS. North Music | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| MS. Tenbury | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Deneke | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Ella | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Horsley (incl. MS. Horsley) | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Marillier | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Rosenthal Mus. | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Sterndale Bennett | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Westrup/Allen | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| All other music collections | Duke Humfrey |
6. Open-access resources located at the Special Collections reading room in RSL
| Shelfmark | Description | Current Reading Room for Consultation |
|---|---|---|
| X. 10 | Ephemeral printing | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. 11 | Literature resources | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. 12 | Modern History and Politics resources | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. 13 | General reference | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. Cat. | Catalogues of Bodleian special collections | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. Cat. Ref. | Catalogues of collections elsewhere | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Z. A. | Arabic resources | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Z. Arm | Armenian resources | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Z. G. | Georgian resources | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Z. H. | Hebrew resources | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Z. P. | Persian resources | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Z. Sa. | Sanskrit resources | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Z. Sy. | Syriac resources | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Z. T. | Turkish resources | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Z. Z. | Oriental general reference | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Z. Cat. | Oriental mansucript catalogues | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Z. Dict. | Oriental dictionaries | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Z. fol. | Outsize catalogues of manuscripts | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Z. Pat. | Patrologia Orientalis | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Z. Per. | Oriental periodicals | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Z. Ref. | Oriental general reference | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| R. 5 | Bindings, book collectors, emblems, medieval bibliography, medieval libraries, essays and festschriften | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| R. 6. 31-500 | Bodleian manuscript collections, Oxford museum and college collections, local history and genealogy, heraldry, peerage | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| R. 12 | Bible, liturgy, saints, religious houses, clergy | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| R. Manuals | Guides to electronic resources for medievalists | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| R. Ref. | Dictionaries and other reference works (principally medieval), biography, Bodleian history, Bodleian exhibition catalogues, Bodleian manuscript catalogues | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| R. Cat. Ref. 1-49 | Guides to catalogues | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| R. Cat. Exh. | Exhibition catalogues | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| R.Bibl. 1-100/25 and 801-823 | Printed bibliography | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| R. Pal. | Script, illumination, history of the book, facsimiles | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| R. Cat. | Catalogues of manuscripts elsewhere | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Post-Summary catalogue Music MSS. (duplicate copy) | BLSCRR (RSL) | |
| Music School MSS revised descriptions (duplicate copy) | BLSCRR (RSL) | |
| Tenbury MSS catalogue (duplicate copy) | BLSCRR (RSL) | |
| The 3-vol. published catalogue of the Mendelssohn collection (duplicate copy) | BLSCRR (RSL) |
7. Microform resources located at the Special Collections reading room in RSL
| Shelf Mark | Description | Current Reading Room for Consultation |
|---|---|---|
| X. Films 1 | Gilbert Murray surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. Films 2 | Sandars surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. Films 3 | Crampton surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. Films 5 | Stein surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. Films 6 | Curtis surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. Films 7 | Vivienne Eliot surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. Films 8 | Bryce surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. Films 9 | Milner surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. Films 10 | Asquith surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. Films 11 | Goodhart surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. Films 12 | Collingwood surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. Films 13 | Edgeworth surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. Films 13a | Edgeworth surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. Films 14 | 19th cent Literary MSS | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. Films 15 | Margot Asquith surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. 10. 22a | Trade cards in BM | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. 10. 22b | Trade cards in BM | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. 11.100 | Backhouse surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. 11.100 | Bridges surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. 11.100 | Colefax surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. 11.100 | Eliot surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. 11.100 | Field surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. 11.100 | Lawrence surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. 11.100 | Lewis surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| X. 11.100 | Thompson surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| Film Or. | Oriental MSS surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| R. Films 101 | Bodleian MSS surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| R. Films 102 | Bodleian MSS surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| R. Films 1 | Bodleian benefactors' registers | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| R. Films 7 | Abinger/Shelley surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| R. Films 9 | Abinger/Shelley surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| R. Films 99 | Dee surrogates | BLSCRR (RSL) |
| - | Bodleian charters fiches | BLSCRR (RSL) |
8. Open-access resources located in Bodleian reading rooms
| Shelf Mark | Description | Current Reading Room for Consultation |
|---|---|---|
| X. 1 | Library guides and catalogues of rare books | Duke Humfrey |
| X. 2 | Book-trade history | Duke Humfrey |
| X. 3 | Book-collecting and book sales | Duke Humfrey |
| X. 4 | Printing history | Duke Humfrey |
| X. 5 | Printers and publishers | Duke Humfrey |
| X. 6 | Children's books | Duke Humfrey |
| X. 7 | Book illustration | Duke Humfrey |
| X. 8 | Theatre history | Duke Humfrey |
| X. 9 | History of photography | Duke Humfrey |
| R. 1 | Historical sources | Duke Humfrey |
| R. 2 | Historical sources | Duke Humfrey |
| R. 3 | Historical Manuscripts Commission reports | Duke Humfrey |
| R. 6. 1-30 | Bodleian MSS catalogues (second copies) | Duke Humfrey |
| R. 8 | OU lists and calendars | Duke Humfrey |
| R. 9 | History of art and architecture, iconography | Duke Humfrey |
| R. 13 | Archives | Duke Humfrey |
| R. Cat. Ref. 51-67 | Guides to topographical publications | Duke Humfrey |
| R. Bibl. 106/1-462/3 | Printed bibliography | Duke Humfrey |
| R. Top. | Topographical and local history guides and record publications | Duke Humfrey |
| - | All Music open-access reference materials | Duke Humfrey |
| - | All Maps open-access reference materials | Duke Humfrey |
9. Microform resources located in Bodleian reading rooms
| Shelf Mark | Description | Current Reading Room for Consultation |
|---|---|---|
| X. 7.34a | English Cartoons etc. in BM | Duke Humfrey |
| X. 7.34b | English Cartoons etc. in BM | Duke Humfrey |
| X. 9.47s | Arch. K c. 4 | Duke Humfrey |
| X. Films 4 | Phillipps-Robinson surrogates | Duke Humfrey |
| X. Films 60-67 | Conservative Party Archives surrogates | Duke Humfrey |
| X. Films 70-84 | Labour Party Archives | Duke Humfrey |
| X. Films 90-91 | Liberal Party Archives | Duke Humfrey |
| X. Films 101-151 | Cabinet Office papers | Duke Humfrey |
| - | Opie Collection fiches | Duke Humfrey |
| R. Films 3 | Bywater's Elenchus | Duke Humfrey |
| R. Films 5 | Polain/Pellechet [Incunables in France] | Duke Humfrey |
| R. Films 21 | British Library MSS poetry 1st line index | Duke Humfrey |
| R. Films 100 | OUA inventories and wills | Duke Humfrey |
| R. Films 950 | Episcopal registers | Duke Humfrey |
| R. Films 951 | Canterbury | Duke Humfrey |
| R. Films 952 | Norwich | Duke Humfrey |
| - | Probate calendars (fiches) | Duke Humfrey |
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Duke Humfrey's Library, Old Bodleian. - BLSCRR (RSL)
Bodleian Library Special Collections Reading Room at RSL. - BLSCRR (RSL)*
Bodleian Library Special Collections Reading Room at RSL: *N.B. collection stored offsite - advance notice required for consultation. - Bodleian
Bodleian reading rooms (as permitted on SOLO).