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Special Collections

Resource guides

A comprehensive listing of the research materials we hold on subjects that are strongly represented in our library and archive collections.

These guides are designed to give an overview of resources linked to these subjects, organised by topic. If you can't find what you're looking for, or would like more information, please get in touch.

Devolution

Devolution

Sources cover pre- and post-1970 Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England, and devolution in the EU.

Eastern and Central Europe

Eastern and Central Europe

A wide range of print and archival materials relating to Eastern and Central Europe from the 16th century onwards, comprising unique collections on Czechoslovak history during the 20th century.

First World War

First World War

Books, newspapers, journals, archives and ephemera from the period 1914-18, covering a wide range of topics.

Gender history

Gender history

Sources useful for understanding history from a gendered perspective, from ballads, lawsuits, fiction, and works on anatomy from 17th to 20th centuries.

Illustrated sources

Illustrated sources

A guide to locating illustrated sources in the rare books, archives, ephemera, newspaper and journal collections.

Labour history

Labour history

A guide to print and archival sources on working class lives, trade unions, the Labour Party, and left-wing politics.

Welsh ballads

Welsh ballads

Digitised Welsh ballads, complemented by scholarly articles by Prof. E. Wyn James on their study and appreciation.

Welsh emigration

Welsh emigration

A bibliography relating to Welsh emigration to America, Canada, Patagonia and other countries.

Welsh travel

Welsh travel

16th-20th century books on travel within Wales, and Welsh language books on travel outside Wales.

Witchcraft and related beliefs

Witchcraft and related beliefs

Sources from the late 15th to 18th centuries including incunabula, religious and demonological writings, trial accounts, and various texts on witchcraft, magic, and related beliefs.

Digital primary sources

Digital primary sources

A guide to major, comprehensive digital collections of books, newspapers, maps, archives and ephemera, organised by subject.