The Library of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne has its origins in the nineteenth century, in the libraries of the College of Science (later Armstrong College and founded in 1871) and of the College of Medicine (founded 1834), which, though located in Newcastle upon Tyne, were constituent colleges of the University of Durham. The relationship between the two Newcastle institutions has a complex history, but eventually, in 1937, they united to form King's College, which, in its turn, became in 1963 the independent University of Newcastle upon Tyne. The present purpose-built library, the Robinson Library, was occupied in 1982, followed by an extension in 1996.
The Robinson Library is a general academic library which caters for the teaching and research needs for all faculties except Medicine and Law, which are served by separate divisional libraries.
The manuscript collections are particularly strong in 19th and early 20th century family and political papers; also papers of local writers; some medical history.
Special features: Iraq, Town and Townscape: The Work and Life of Thomas Sharp
Telephone: 0191 222 5146
Email: lib-specenq@ncl.ac.uk Web: shttp://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/
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- Barry MacSweeney Papers
- Bosanquet Papers
- Charles Villiers Stanford Collection
- David Barlow Papers
- Edwin Wilcox Papers
- Frederic Whyte Papers
- Gertrude Bell Papers
- Jack Common Papers
- Mary Moorman Papers
- Sid Chaplin Papers
- Spence Watson Papers
- Thomas Sharp papers, 1932-1985
- Thomas Sopwith Diaries
- Trevelyan Family Papers
- Walter Runciman Papers
