Collections

Special Collections and Closed-access Material

These collections are only available Monday to Friday 10:00-17:00 and subject to fetches at 10.30 am and 2 pm rather than on demand.

If you are a registered reader, please apply at one of the Help Desks or in writing (paper or e-mail) or by ASR where appropriate.

If you are not a registered reader and you wish to consult specific items, please apply in writing (paper or e-mail) stating your identity, home institution, purpose of study and the item(s) you wish to consult.

Books

Rare book collection

Older material in the general classified sequence is kept in closed access (OLIS location: C RBR).
E-mail enquiries/applications to sac-enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
Material must be consulted at desks by the Floor 2 Help Desk when it is staffed.

Stack

Some medium-use material is kept in the 'Stack' (OLIS location: G Havrfld). The 'Stack' is on open shelves in the Haverfield Room. Access to the Haverfield Room is by stairs — any reader unable to reach the Haverfield Room should apply at the Main Help Desk.

Nuneham Courtenay

Some less-used material is kept at the Bodleian Libraries' book repository at Nuneham Courtenay (OLIS location: C Nuneham).
Registered readers may apply at the Main Help Desk or via Automated Stack Request on OLIS.
Material may normally be consulted at any desk but must be returned to the Main Desk after use.

Wind Collection

The Wind Collection consists primarily of books collected by Professor Edgar Wind and covering the fields of iconography/iconology and the Classical tradition. It is kept in the Wind Room (OLIS location: C Wind).

Specific items may be fetched for use in the Reading Rooms (with arrangements as for rare book collection): please apply at the 2nd floor Desk.

For access to the Wind Room, please apply to Graham Piddock (Librarian in Charge).

Micro site: Edgar Wind and Oxford

Haskell Collection

The Haskell Collection consists of materials collected by Professor Francis Haskell and primarily covering the field of French 18th to 19th century Salon criticism. It is kept in the Haskell Room and the Rare Books Room.

Specific items may be fetched for use in the Reading Rooms (with arrangements as for rare book collection).
For access to the Haskell Room, please apply at the 2nd floor Desk.

Library of the Oxford Architectural and Historical Society

Most of the collection is housed on open shelves in the Haverfield Room and is available to registered readers and members of the OAHS. Some items are in the rare book room and may be called up as per the rare book collection.