Cardiff University Archives / Prifysgol Caerdydd
- Archives Hub Features
- Related Resources
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- Address
- Corbett Road, Cardiff CF10 3EU, Wales, UK
- Directions
- The Arts and Social Studies Library is situated at the junction of Corbett Road, Park Place and Colum Road, and is easily accessible by public transport. Buses 36, 51, 86 and 95 stop on Park Place. Cathays train station is a five minute walk away, with frequent connections to Cardiff Central.
- Opening Hours
- Mon-Fri: 09.00-17.00
- Closing Hours
- Public holidays
- Terms of Use
- Special Collections and Archives is open to all, with proof of identity (University members: ID card, external visitors: ID with a current address and photo)
- Access Information
- If would like to use an archival collection, it is advised to make an appointment in advance.
- Photographs Allowed
- Depending on the material
- Photocopying Services
- Graphic Services
- Public Internet Access
- Wifi access via Eduroam (available to visitors from other institutions who are already registered to use Eduroam)
- Accessible
- Yes
- An accessible entrance for assisted entry to the building is located on the west side of the building at lower ground floor level. Disabled parking spaces are available close to the Arts and Social Studies Library (by the railway line) which can be accessed from Colum Drive An accessible toilet is provided on the entrance floor.
- Archival and Other Holdings
- Archives of Cardiff University, Literary Archives, Welsh Archives, History of Medicine Archives, Journalism Archives, Music Archives.
- Extent
- 1,500 m. Linear Metre
- History
- Special Collections and Archives is a part of Cardiff University Library. The University was established in 1883, and is the largest research university in Wales.
List of Collections(View as Search Results)
- Accounts of the Battle of Mametz Wood collected by A. Colin Hughes
- Adrian Gibson architecture slides, 1950-2006
- Anarchist magazines, 1980-2006
- Theatre reviews and programmes, 1944-78
- Benjamin Morse (1899-1977), Professor of Italian, c. 1935-1966
- Beowulf manuscript, 20th century
- Cardiff Universities Social Services
- Cardiff University Photographic Archive, 1883-2001
- Charles Harry 'Slim' Hewitt (1915-1987), photographer
- Diaries of Priscilla Scott-Ellis (1916-1983), Spanish Civil War nurse
- European travel notebooks of Richard Frith-Beard, 1889-1914
- First World War photos and pamphlets
- Ifor B. Powell collection of political pamphlets, 1918-1972
- Joan Reeder (1921-1997), journalist and Royal correspondent
- Library catalogue of Aberdare Hall, 1885-2011
- Local records of the National Docks Labour Board
- Minutes of the Joint Standing Disputes Committee of the Conciliation Board for the Coal Trade of Monmouthshire and South Wales, 1920-1946
- Minutes of the South Glamorgan Health Authority, 1975-78
- National Coal Board leaflets, 1979
- Notebooks of Prof. E. C. Llewellyn, Professor of English, 1936-64
- Notes on press prosecutions in King's Bench Indictments, 1733-1911
- Papers collected by Richard Reece (1772-1850), surgeon and major of Cardiff
- Papers concerning the de-federation of the University of Wales, collected by Prof. Emrys Williams, 1960-74
- Papers of A. H. Trow, fl 1906-1933, Principal and botanist
- Papers of Alexander Harvey on technical education in Cardiff, 1928-1968
- Papers of Bert Hardy (1913-1995), photojournalist and photographer
- Papers of Cymdeithas Cymry’r Eglwys Newydd (Whitchurch Welsh Society), 1942-1997
- Papers of David Evan Evans (1898-1951), economic historian
- Papers of David Wynne (1900-1983), Welsh music teacher and composer
- Papers of E. H. Griffiths (1851-1932), Principal and Professor of Physics
- Papers of E. R. G. Salisbury (1819-1890), barrister and book-collector
- Papers of Edward Thomas (1878-1917), poet and critic
- Papers of Gilbert E. Ruddock (b 1938-), Welsh literary critic
- Papers of Glyn Ashton (1919-1991), Keeper of the Salisbury Library, University College Cardiff
- Papers of Grace Williams (1906-1977), Welsh composer
- Papers of Ian Horsburgh, Cardiff City Planning Officer, 1971-87
- Papers of John Viriamu Jones (1856-1901), Principal and Professor of Physics
- Papers of Keith Waterhouse (1929-2009), novelist and columnist
- Papers of Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891-1918), composer and mezzo-soprano
- Papers of Paul E. E. Barbier (1846-1921), lecturer in French
- Papers of Prof. Bernard Knight (b. 1931-), forensic pathologist and crime writer
- Papers of Prof. Claude Metford Thompson (1855-1933), Professor of Chemistry, 1883-1921
- Papers of Prof. Cyril Brett (1882-1936), Professor of English, 1921-36
- Papers of Prof. Evan John Jones (d. 1977), Welsh historian
- Papers of Prof. John Pemberton (1912-2010), epidemiologist
- Papers of Prof. R. George Thomas (1914-2001), literary critic
- Papers of Prof. Sir Miles Irving (1935-), surgeon
- Papers of Prof. Stanley Bertram Chrimes (1907-1984), historian
- Papers of Prof. W. J. Gruffydd (1881-1954), Professor of Welsh, 1919-46
- Papers of Sir Hugh Cudlipp (1913-1998), journalist and newspaper editor
- Papers of Sir Tom Hopkinson (1905-1990), journalist
- Papers of Sir W. A. Bryan Hopkin (1914-2009), economist
- Papers of Sir Peter S. Harper (1939-2021), geneticist
- Papers of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers Heritage Group, 1861-2018
- Papers of the Equal Opportunities Commission, 1980-85
- Papers of the Lower Swansea Valley Project, 1961-1967
- Papers of Theodore H. Robinson (1881-1964), Professor of Semitic Languages, 1927-44
- Papers of Thomas Williams 'Brynfab' (1848-1927), poet
- Papers relating to the Hinkley Point Public Inquiry, 1988-89
- Personal papers of Dr Clive Hubert Knowles (1933-2006), senior lecturer in History, 1959-1993
- Photographs of English gothic architecture, 1899
- Photographs of Philip Jones Griffiths (1936-2008), photojournalist
- Press cuttings from Western Mail and Y Cymro, 1989-1995
- Press cuttings relating to the coal mining industry
- Property deeds formerly held in the Cardiff Office of the Church in Wales, 1607-1927
- Publications and reports of the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, 1977-2001
- R. C. Livesey committee papers on the ports industry, 1961-1974
- Records of Cardiff's Technical Colleges, 1866-1988
- Records of the Cardiff Cymmrodorion Society, 1887-1950
- Records of the District Auditors' Society, 1846-2004
- Records of the UK Cochrane Centre (1992-), producer of evidence-based reviews of healthcare interventions
- Records of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and University College Cardiff, 1882-1988
- Records of Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (UCAC), 1937-93
- Scores belonging to Thomas Llyfnwy Thomas (1911-1983), baritone singer
- Scrapbooks recording daily local and national news coverage of the First World War
- Sir Herbert Mackworth collection of opera scores, 1600-1900
- Sir Iain Chalmers (1943-), epidemiologist
- South Wales Educational Settlements, 1929-45
- St Asaph cathedral manuscripts, 1840-1939
- Student newspapers and magazines of Cardiff University and its predecessors, 1885-current
- Student notebooks of Owen Morgan Edwards (1858-1920), Welsh historian
- Student papers of Abraham Weiner (1876-1952), historian
- 15th century Russian and Byzantine music manuscripts
- Thomas H. Lewis (1889-1973), Welsh scholar
- W. G. Collingwood (1854-1932) family archive
- Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement papers, 1985-92
- Wales Council for Voluntary Organisations (WCVA) annual reports, 1934-2019
- Welsh Anti-Nuclear Alliance, 1980-88
- Welsh Book of Remembrance facsimile, 1939-45