Print and Manuscript Collections

Collection of signed English publishers’  bindings dating from 1846–1880. Among the designers represented are John Leighton, W. H. Rogers, A. W. Warren, John Sliegh, and Robert Dudley. Consists of books.

Collection of materials related to Louis Riel, the Métis, the Red River Resistance (1869–1870), and the North-West Resistance (1885). Consists of books and periodicals.

Collection of typewritten samizdat works written in Czech and Slovak by authors not permitted to publish officially in Czechoslovakia before 1989. Samizdat refers to works of literature published, copied, and circulated in secret due to censorship. Consists of books, manuscripts, pamphlets, and periodicals. 

Collection of postcards printed in the late twentieth century featuring prints of Portugal in colour. The collection includes depictions of diverse Portuguese regions including Lisbon, Madeira, and the Algarve. Changes in the landscape of Portugal, as well as changes to postcard manufacturing and usage are well documented. Consists of printed ephemera.

Collection of ephemeral material issued during and after the Carnation Revolution that took place in Lisbon in 1974. Consists of printed ephemera.

Collection of works by the French philosopher August Comte (1798–1857) and his followers. Consists of books.

Collection of works that contain accounts of paranormal phenomena. The collection includes psychical research, supernatural histories, and science fiction. Consists of books and periodicals.