For collections and archives that are not yet catalogued, there are printed catalogues and classification schemes available to download or to consult in the Reading Room. If you identify a particular area of interest but are having trouble finding what you're looking for, please email specialcollections@hope.ac.uk.

Catalogues

Andrew F. Walls Centre

Andrew F. Walls Centre (AWC) Classification & Index

Andrew F. Walls Centre (AWC) Ephemera listing by Organisation

Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade (WEC) Archive - List of Countries

Church Missionary Society Archive

Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society Archive

Gradwell Collection

Gradwell Collection Classification

Gradwell Local History Bibliography

UNITAPES [Upholland Northern Institute] Lectures (digital downloads)

Liverpool Hope Collections

Special Collections History material (uncatalogued)

Radcliffe Collection

Radcliffe Collection catalogue

Radcliffe Collection Medieval Manuscript Fragments

Talbot Library

Talbot Library Classification

Talbot Library Irish Studies Collection

Talbot Library Irish Pamphlets (pdf)

Talbot Library Irish Pamphlets (Excel)

Catholic Truth Society (CTS) Pamphlets (pdf)

Catholic Truth Society (CTS) Pamphlets (Excel)

Talbot Library Music Catalogue

Foundation Colleges' Archives

S. Katharine's College Archive (formerly Warrington Training College)

Our Lady's Training College Archive (Sisters of Notre Dame Mount Pleasant Training College)

Other Archives

Archbishop Stuart Blanch Archive

Formby CND Archive catalogue

John Henry Newman Personal Papers

Lois Loudon Papers

Militant Tendency, 1980s Liverpool Newspaper Archive

Militant Tendency, 1980s Liverpool Newspaper Archive (pdf)

R.S. Peters Archive Catalogue (pdf)

R.S. Peters Archive

Online Resources

British Library

British Library Catalogues and Collections

Early Printed Books

• ISTC - Incunabula Short-Title Catalogue
• ESTC - English Short-Title Catalogue

Explore Archives and Manuscripts

Digital Collections

Digital Bodleian

Discover over a million images of rare books, manuscripts, and other treasures from the Bodleian Libraries and Oxford college libraries.

SOAS Library

You can search the holdings of many specialist archives through online catalogue networks. The following provide useful starting points.

External Archive Databases

Archives Hub

The Archives Hub provides descriptions of archives held in UK universities and colleges. Search by keyword to find out which institutions may hold material of interest to you. Archives Hub includes some content from our Special Collections.

The National Archives

Discovery

The National Archives (TNA) Discovery platform provides access to catalogue records held by the National Archives and more than 2,500 archives across the UK. You can also find contact details for archive repositories, and useful guides on searching by person, place or subject.

Library Hub Discover

Jisc Library Hub Discover exposes the rare and unique research material of major UK and Irish academic, national and specialist library catalogues. This service replaces Copac and SUNCAT, providing access to a growing range of Jisc member libraries as part of the National Bibliographic Knowledgebase.

Archives Portal Europe

The Portal provides access to information on archival collections across Europe, as well as details of archival institutions and repositories.

Europeana

Europeana is a web portal created by the European Union containing digitalised museum collections of more than 3,000 institutions across Europe. It includes records of over 10 million cultural and scientific artefacts, brought together on a single platform.

Liverpool Cathedral Archives

Liverpool Catholic Archives - Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King

Catholic Archives Society

Online guides to using special collections and archives

These guides provide useful introductions to using archives for research:

Archives Hub: Using Archives: A guide for the inexperienced

The National Archives: Guides to reading old documents

Glossary of terms used in illuminated manuscripts

Medieval Manuscript Manual

YouTube video guides

Here you'll find a series of videos designed to help you use our archives and special collections, from handling techniques to reproduction and digital photography.

Tour of Archives & Special Collections

Handling Rare Books and Manuscripts - Learn how to handle manuscripts and rare books to help preserve them for future generations.

Handling Archives - How to handle archives when working with fragile material.

Digital Photography and Reproduction - Can I take photographs? A commonly asked question, watch the video to find out.

Sound Archives - Take a look at the sound archives we hold in the Gradwell Collection and the Andrew F. Walls Centre for the Study of African and Asian Christianity.

Visual Material - Our collections contain visual materials, often in an format that requires hardware, now deemed obsolete, in order to view them. Sometimes our book donations also come with artefacts, more readily seen in a museum.