Print and Manuscript Collections
Collection of text books collected by Canadian writer and Anglican clergyman Henry Scadding (1813–1901). The collection includes works used by Scadding while he was a student and teacher at Upper Canada College during the nineteenth century. Consists of books.
Collection of medieval manuscripts and incunabula. Consists of early printed books.
General collection of works in all branches of the sciences, medical science excluded, with a focus on renaissance and seventeenth century English experimental science. Consist of books, maps, pamphlets, and periodicals.
General collection of works in chapbook format on a variety of subjects. Many of the chapbooks in the Library were collected by the wood-engraver, illustrator and humorist Joseph Crawhall (1821–1896) who, with Andrew Tuer, initiated a brief revival of the chapbook form at the Leadenhall Press in the 1880s. Consists of chapbooks.
Collection of works by minor Scottish poets of the nineteenth century. The collection represents established publishing centres as well as scarce and unusual imprints issued by local printers in smaller communities scattered across the country. Labouring-class poets are well represented alongside poets from middle or upper class backgrounds. Consists of books.
General collection of works on the subject of Australia and Oceania. Consists of books, pamphlets, periodicals, posters, and printed ephemera.
Collection of the four Shakespeare folios as well as subsequent editions of both collected and individual works dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Some early editions of works believed to be sources for Shakespeare’s plays are also included in the collection along with music settings for Shakespeare’s songs, and general Shakespeariana such as forgeries and biographies. Consists of books.
Collection of works from the library of the first Lieutenant-Governor General of Upper Canada John Graves Simcoe (1752–1806) and his father John Simcoe at Wolford Lodge, Devon. The collection is military in focus. Consists of books.
Collection of works on British philosophy. Consists of books, pamphlets, and periodicals.
Collection of works on American philosophy. Consists of books, pamphlets, and periodicals.
Collection of trade publications acquired by Southam Press as well as subsidiary publishers. Consists of periodicals.
Collection of works on the subject of the Spanish Civil War and it's impact on the international community. Consists of books.
Collection of Spanish plays dating from the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Consists of books.
Collection of works published by the cloistered order of Benedictine nuns at Stanbrook Abbey, Worcester, UK. Consists of books, pamphlets, broadsides, and printed ephemera.
Collection of works on Portuguese literature and history with an emphasis on Portuguese epic poetry from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Consists of books and manuscripts.
Collection of early science material with emphasis on the work of Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) and his contemporaries. Consists of books.
Collection of materials pertaining to the history of South Africa from the fifteenth to the twentieth century, covering the time of early European exploration through the colonial period. Works concerning the discovery and industrialization of mining gold and diamonds in the region, as well as works observing the histories of Kimberly, Cape Town and Johannesburg are included. Consists of books and pamphlets.