About The Library Special Collection

The Library Special Collection contains some 12,000 early printed books and pamphlets, and a small number of manuscripts, from the 15th to 19th centuries.

English Catholic recusant items were listed in A. F Allison & D. M. Rogers' Contemporary Printed Literature of the English Counter-Reformation 1558-1640 (Volumes I & II, 1989). Pre-1700 titles are currently being included in the Universal Short Title Catalogue (University of St Andrews).

In the 1960s, a detailed printed catalogue was produced which forms the basis of the present online catalogue, currently being updated, and is searchable online.

To access the Special Collection catalogue only, without entering the main library catalogue, click on ‘Enter Library’ as directed. Type the word ‘Special’ in the box marked Reader Code (top right) and click on log in. In a few seconds, the background colour will change to green, indicating that you are in the Special collection catalogue.

The Glancey Library

Containing over 40,000 catalogued physical items, this library is the main library of the college and is largely made up of texts covering the Church and general history, theology and philosophy.

Museum

Established in 1839 by renowned, Gothic-revivalist architect Augustus Welby Pugin, our museum collection tells the story of the college and the Victorian Catholic revival.