Library Guides: Archives: Archives

City's archives and special collections

Library Services are custodians of the City, University of London Archives and Special Collections. Items from the collection are accessible to staff and students upon request. Find out more on our Archives and Special Collections guide.

Beyond City

Primary source databases available from Senate House Library
Complete the Senate House Library remote registration form to get offsite access to their online resources including primary source databases.
London Metropolitan Archives
Home to a range of documents, images, maps, films and books about London.
National Archives
Contains over 11 million historical government and public records from the Domesday Book to the Leveson Enquiry.
BFI Reuben Library
Huge collection of books, journals and digitised material about the world of film, television and the moving image.

HathiTrust
A not-for-profit collaborative repository of digital content from academic research libraries around the world.
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