The Library houses a collection of around 15,000 rare and early publications printed in English, German, French and Italian and dating from the 17th century onwards.
We regularly showcase material from our Special Collections in the display cabinet on floor 1 of the Library. Follow the link below to see some of our earlier exhibitions, featuring early printed works, pamphlets and periodicals from our Ethnicity and Migration collections, or small press poetry from the mid twentieth century.
The Modern Records Centre, founded in October 1973, is the main British repository for national archives of trade unions and employers' organisations, and also has strong collections relating to pressure groups, fringe political parties and transport.
Digitised content from our special collections and the Modern Records Centre archives.
An exceptional collection of books, pamphlets and journals, which spans the 1960s to early 2000s. It includes the Sivanandan collection from the Institute of Race Relations and the CRER collection from the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations. Geographical coverage includes UK, Europe, US, Latin America, Asia.
