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I. Universal and National Bibliographies

II. Subject Bibliographies By Period

A. Early and Medieval

B. Renaissance

C. Restoration and Eighteenth Century

D. Nineteenth Century

E. Twentieth Century

IV. Primary Sources

A. Printed

1. Bibliographies of printed primary sources

2. Collections of printed source documents

3. Newspapers

4. Periodicals

-- Bibliographies

-- Indexes and Abstracts

----- To periodicals of the period(s)

----- To secondary literature

5. Parliamentary publications

B. Microformat

C. Manuscript and archival

1. General guides

2. Guides to specific collections or types of records

3. Bibliographies

4. Indexes and calendars

-- ArchivesUSA

-- List & Index Society

-- National Inventory of Documentary Sources (NIDS)

-- National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections

-- Public Record Office

-- Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts

V. UNIVERSAL AND NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES This bibliography does not include information on the British trade bibliographies which reflect publishing activity of their respective periods.

The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints. London: Mansell, 1968-81. 763v. (Usually referred to as the NUC)
Bibliography Z881 A1 +N37 (LC)
Located in the back of the Starr Main Reading Room Annex

A comprehensive catalog of the holdings of over 800 research libraries in the United States and Canada. An author catalog, it contains records, with location information, for books published anywhere in the world before 1956 but now held in the United States or Canada.

Supplemented by: National Union Catalog : A Cumulative Author List Representing Library of Congress Printed Cards and Titles Reported by Other American Libraries. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1958-1983.
Bibliography Z881 A1 +N373 (LC)

NUC. Books [microform]. [Washington, DC: Library of Congress] Jan.1983- . Monthly, with annual [and more comprehensive] cumulations.
Bibliography Microfiche S122

Eighteenth Century British Books; an Author Union Catalogue extracted from the British Museum General Catalogue of Printed Books, the Catalogues of the Bodleian Library, and of the University Library, Cambridge. Folkstone: Dawson, 1981. 5v.
Bibliography Z1016 +B75 1979 (LC) [v.1-4 only]
Also: Divinity [v.1-4 only]

" A seriously misguided effort" (Sheehy no.AA814). Not to be confused with no.58.

English Short Title Catalogue. In progress.

This file, accessed through the Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN), is the ongoing record of an international project to identify and locate copies of all books published in England or in English during the eighteenth century.

Eureka; the online database of the Research Libraries Group.

The database of material in all formats, including manuscript and archival material, cataloged by over sixty major research libraries in the United States and Canada since the mid-1970's.

Nineteenth Century Short-Title Catalogue. Teaneck, NJ: Distributed by Chadwyck-Healey, 1984- . ser.1, phase 1: 1801-1815 (6v.); ser.2, phase 1: 1816-1870 (14v.) In progress.
Bibliography Z2001 +N65 1984 (LC)

Records extracted from the catalogues of the Bodleian Library, the British Library, the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, the National Library of Scotland, and the University Libraries of Cambridge and Newcastle and designed to provide a bibliographic record of British books published during the 19th century. This includes all books published in Britain, all books in English wherever published, and all translations from English.

British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books. General Catalogue of Printed Books...to 1955. London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1959-1966. 263v.
Bibliography Z921 +B86 (LC)

Supplements: 1956/65 (50v.); 1966/70 (26v.); 1971/75 (13v.)

Supplemented by: British Library. General Catalogue of Printed Books 1976-1985 [microform]. London: British Library, 1986. 402 microfiche
Bibliography Fiche B1221

Indexed by: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum, 1881/1900-[1956/60]. London: 1902- . 30v.
Bibliography Z1035 +B75 (LC)

Great Britain. Colonial Office. Library. Catalogue of the Colonial Office Library, London. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1964. 15v. plus supplement (1v.)
Bibliography Z921 +L388 (LC)

In 1968 the Library was merged with the Foreign Office Library; the 2nd and 3rd supplements reflect the merger.

-----. Commonwealth Relations Office. India Office Library. Catalog of European Printed Books. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1964. 10v.
Bibliography Z3209 +I53 1964

-----. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Library. Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Accessions to the Library, May 1971-June 1977. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1979. 4v.
Bibliography Z921 G66 +G73 1979 (LC)

Accessions prior to May 1971 are found in nos.151 and 154.

-----. Foreign Office. Library. Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the Foreign Office. London: H.M.S.O., 1926
Bibliography Z921 +G713 1926 (LC)

Supplemented by: -----. -----. -----. Catalogue of the Foreign Office Library, 1926-1968. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1972. 8v.
Bibliography Z921 +G682 1972 (LC)

Rothschild, Nathaniel Mayer Victor. The Rothschild Library : A Catalogue of the Collection of Eighteenth-Century Printed Books and Manuscripts. Cambridge, England: Privately Printed at the University Press, 1954.
LSF Z997 R85 (LC)
BEINECKE, Reference Z997 R85 (LC)
MEDICAL/HISTORICAL, Hist Z997 R68 1954

A. EARLY AND MEDIEVAL

Search Orbis by Subject Heading

• England Civilization 1066-1485 Bibliography
• Great Britain History To 1066 Bibliography.
• Great Britain History Norman period, 1066-1154 Bibliography.
• Great Britain History Plantagenets, 1154-1399 Bibliography
• Great Britain History William I, 1066-1087 Bibliography

Altschul, Michael. Anglo-Norman England, 1066-1154. London: Cambridge University Press, 1969.
Reference Z2017 A43 (LC)

Bonser, Wilfrid. An Anglo-Saxon and Celtic Bibliography, 450-1087. Oxford: Blackwell, 1957. 2v.
Reference Z2017 B65 (LC)

Guth, DeLloyd J. Late Medieval England, 1377-1485. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976.
Reference Z2017 G87 (LC)

Hall, Hubert. Select Bibliography for the Study, Sources, and Literature of English Medieval Economic History. London: P.S. King & Son, 1914.

Wilkinson, Bertie. The High Middle Ages in England, 1154-1377. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978.
Reference Z2017 W54 (LC)

B. RENAISSANCE

Search Orbis by Subject Heading:

• Great Britain History Stuarts, 1603-1714 Bibliography
• Great Britain History Tudors, 1485-1603 Bibliography

Davies, Godfrey. Bibliography of British History, Stuart Period, 1603-1714. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970.
Reference Z2018 D38 1970 (LC)

Levine, Mortimer. Tudor England, 1485-1603. London: Cambridge University Press, 1968.
Reference Z2017.5 L48 (LC)

Read, Conyers. Bibliography of British History, Tudor Period, 1485-1603. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959.
Reference Z2018 R43 1959 (LC)

C. RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Search Orbis by Subject Heading:

• Great Britain History 1660-1714 Bibliography
• Great Britain History 18th century Bibliography.
• Great Britain History 18th century Sources Bibliography
• Great Britain History Restoration, 1660-1688 Bibliography

Grose, Clyde Leclare. A Select Bibliography of British History, 1660-1760. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1939].
SML Z2016 G76 (LC)
Andrews Study Z2016 G76 1967 (LC)

Morgan, William Thomas. A Bibliography of British History (1700-1715). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1934-1942. 5 v.
Reference Z2018 M67 (LC)

Pargellis, Stanley McCrory. Bibliography of British History: The Eighteenth Century, 1714-1789. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951.
Reference Z2019 P37 (LC)

Sachse, William L. Restoration England, 1660-1689. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971.
Reference Z2018 S23 (LC)

D. NINETEENTH CENTURY

Search Orbis by Subject Heading:

• Great Britain Civilization 19th century Bibliography
• Great Britain --History --1789-1820 --Bibliography.
• Great Britain --History --19th century --Bibliography.
• Great Britain --History --George III, 1760-1820 --Bibliography.
• Great Britain --History --1800-1837 --Bibliography.

Altholz, Josef Lewis. Victorian England 1837-1901. Cambridge [Eng.]: Conference on British Studies at the University Press, 1970.
Reference Z2019 A47 (LC)
SML Z2019 A47 (LC)
Andrews Study Z2019 A47 (LC)

Brown, Lucy M. Bibliography of British History, 1789-1851. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977.
Reference Z2019 B76 (LC)

Hanham, Harold J. Bibliography of British History, 1851-1914. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976.
Reference Z2019 H35 (LC)

Smith, Robert A. Late Georgian and Regency England, 1760-1837. Cambridge, Eng: University Press for the Conference on British Studies, 1984.
Reference Z2041 S64 1984 (LC)

E. TWENTIETH CENTURY

Search Orbis by Subject Heading:

• Great Britain --Civilization --20th century --Bibliography.
• Great Britain --History --20th century --Bibliography.

Havighurst, Alfred F. Modern England, 1901-1984. 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
Reference Z2020 H38 1987 (LC)

The Autobiography of the Working Class: An Annotated Critical Bibliography. Ed. John Burnett. Brighton, Sussex: Harvester Press, 1984- .
Reference Z7164 L1 A86 1984B (LC)

Great Britain Social conditions Bibliography.

Bailey, Susan F. Women and the British Empire: An Annotated Guide to Sources. New York: Garland, 1983.
Reference Z7964 G7 B34 1983 (LC)

Women Great Britain Colonies History Sources Bibliography

Bateson, F. W. The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. New York: Macmillan, 1941. 5v.
Reference Z2011 B37 1941 (LC)
Also: SML IB50 H940CB

v.II: 1660-1800; v.III: 1800-1900; v.IV: Index; v.V: Supplement, A.D. 600-1900

New edition: The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Ed. George Watson. Cambridge: University Press, 1969-1977. 5v.
Reference Z2011 N4 1969 (LC)

English literature Bibliography

Bell, Peter. Victorian Women: An Index to Biographies & Memoirs. Edinburgh: P. Bell, c1989.
SML HQ1593 A12 B45 1989 (LC)

Women Great Britain Biography Bibliography

Bruce, A. P. C. Bibliography of the British Army, 1660-1914. 2nd ed. London; New York: K. G. Saur, 1985.
Reference Z6725 G7 B78 1985 (LC)

Great Britain. Army History Bibliography

Chaloner, W. H. Bibliography of British Economic and Social History. Dover, NH: Manchester University Press, 1984.
SML Z7165 G8 C43 (LC)

Great Britain Social conditions Bibliography

Frey, Linda. Women in Western European History: a Select Chronological, Geographical, and Topical Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982-1984. 2v.
Reference Z7961 F74 1982 (LC)

v.1: From Antiquity to the French Revolution; v.2: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.

Supplement: -----. -----. First supplement. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986.

Reference Z7961 F74 1982 Suppl.

Women Europe History Bibliography

Goodall, Francis. Bibliography of British Business Histories. Aldershot, Hants, England; Brookfield, VT: Gower, 1987.
Reference Z7165 G8 G59 1987 (LC)

Great Britain Economic conditions Bibliography

Grant, Eric. Scotland. Oxford: Clio Press, 1982.
Reference Z2051 G7 1982 (LC)

Scotland Bibliography

Hancock, P. D. Bibliography of Works Relating to Scotland. Edinburgh: The University Press, 1959.
Reference Z2061 H35 (LC)

Scotland History, Local Bibliography

Higham, Robin D. S. A Guide to the Sources of British Military History. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971.
Reference Z2021 M5 H54 (LC)

Supplement: British Military History: A Supplement to Robin Higham's Guide to the Sources. Ed. Gerald Jordan. New York: Garland, 1988.
Reference Z2021 M5 H54 Suppl. (LC)

Great Britain History, Military Bibliography

Matthews, William. British Autobiographies: An Annotated Bibliography of British Autobiographies Published or Written Before 1951. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1955.

Bibliography Z2027 A9 M37 (LC)

Great Britain Biography Bibliography.

McFeely, Mary Drake. Women's Work in Britain and America from the Nineties to World War I: An Annotated Bibliography. Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1982.
Reference Z7963 E7 M43 1982 (LC)

Women Employment Great Britain Bibliography

Perkins, Roger. Regiments of the Empire: A Bibliography of Their Published Histories. Devon, England: R. Perkins, 1989.
SML Z6725 G7 P47 1989 (LC)

Great Britain. Army History Bibliography

Rasor, Eugene L. British Naval History Since 1815: A Guide to the Literature. New York: Garland Pub., 1990.
Reference Z2021 N3 R38 1990 (LC)

Great Britain History, Naval 19th century Bibliography

Roach, John Peter Charles. Bibliography of Modern History. London: Cambridge University Press, 1968.
Reference Z6204 R63 (LC)

History, Modern Bibliography

A. BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Craig, Mary Elizabeth. Scottish Periodical Press, 1750-1789. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1931.
Bibliography PN5134 C73

Fulton, Richard D. Union List of Victorian Serials; a Union List of Selected Nineteenth-Century British Serials Available in United States and Canadian Libraries. New York; London: Garland, 1985.
Bibliography Z6956 G6 F85 1985 (LC)

New Serial Titles. New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1953- . Monthly with annual and quinquennial cumulations.
Bibliography Z6945 +N48 (LC)
Also: Catalog Reference Desk

A union list of serials which began publication in 1950 or later anywhere in the world, with holdings information for U.S. and Canadian libraries.

Victorian Periodicals; a Guide to Research. New York: Modern Language Association, 1978.
Reference PN5124 P4 V5

North, John S.The Waterloo Directory of Irish Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900. Waterloo, Ontario: North Waterloo Academic Press, 1986.
Bibliography Z6956 I7 N67 (LC)

__________. The Waterloo Directory of Scottish Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900. Waterloo, Ontario: North Waterloo Academic Press, 1989. 2v.
Bibliography Z6956 G6 N65 1989 (LC)

Union List of Serials in the United States and Canada. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1965. 4v.
Catalog Reference Desk Z6945 +U53 1965 (LC)
Also: Bibliography

A union list of serials which began publication anywhere in the world before 1950, with holdings information for U.S. and Canadian libraries.

Waterloo Directory of English Periodicals, 1800-1900. Waterloo, Ontario: North Waterloo Academic Press, 1992- .

The Waterloo Directory of Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900. Waterloo, Ontario: Published for the University of Waterloo by Wilfred Laurier University Press, 1976- .
Bibliography Z6956 G6 W38 (LC)

B. INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS
1. TO PERIODICALS OF THE PERIOD

Bibliographie der fremdsprachigen Zeitschriftenliteratur. Leipzig: F. Dietrich, 1911-1964. 69v.
Reference AI9 B535 (LC)

Houghton, Walter Edwards. Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966-1989. 5v.
Reference Z2005 H68 (LC)
Also: SML Stacks

Table of contents, chronological listings of 43 major journals of the period, providing the identity of authors of many articles which were published anonymously or under pseudonyms; v.5 consists of dated bibliographies of all identified authors and their contributions to the major quarterlies and monthlies.

International Index to Periodicals. v.1- 1907/15-1965. New York: H. W. Wilson. Quarterly.
Reference AI1 S63 (LC)

Continued in part by The Subject Index to Periodicals found below.

Periodicals Index Online. Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey, 1994.

A database of millions of articles published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years. It enables researchers to quickly locate articles relevant to their particular field of study.

Poole's Index to Periodical Literature. Rev. ed. Boston; New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1891- . 6v. in 7
Reference AI3 P656 1938 (LC)
Also: SML stacks, Beinecke Reference

v.1: 1802-1880; v.2: 1892-1896; v.3: 1897-1891; v.4: 1892-1896; v.5: 1897-1901; v.6: 1902-1906.

Supplemented by: Wall, C. Edward. Cumulative Author Index for Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, 1802-1906. Ann Arbor: Pierian Press, 1971.
Reference AI3 +P657 (LC)

Poole's Index: Date and Volume Key. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 1957.
Reference AI3 +P658 (LC)
Poole's Plus: Online 19th Century Masterfile

Nineteenth Century Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-1899, with Supplementary Indexing, 1900-1922. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1944. 2v.
Reference AI3 R43 (LC)

The Subject Index to Periodicals. London: [Library Association], 1919-1962. v.1-41 (1915/16-1961).
Reference AI3 +A832 (LC)

Continued by Periodicals - Indexes and Abstracts - To Secondary Literature
British Humanities Index

Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History. Hassocks, England: Harvester Press, 1975- .
Reference Z2016 A55 (LC)

Designed to provide interim coverage because of the long delays in publishing Writings in British History .

Annual Bibliography of Scottish Literature. Aberdeen: Published from the Aberdeen University Library ... , 1969-.
Reference Z2057 A55 (LC)

Annual Bibliography of Victorian Studies. Edmonton, Alta.: LITIR Database, 1980- .
Reference Z2019 +A55 (LC)

Earlier cumulation: Chaudhuri, Brahma. Cumulative Bibliography of Victorian Studies: 1970-1984. Edmonton, Alta.: LITIR Database, 1988. 2v.
Reference Z2019 +C49 1988 (LC)

Arts & Humanities Citation Index. 1976- . Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information, 1977- . Three times a year, with the last issue the annual cumulation.
Reference Z5937 +A795 (LC)
Also available online

British Humanities Index. London: Library Association, 1962- . Monthly.
Reference AI3 +B75 (LC)

Continues the Subject Index to Periodicals

Current Research in British Studies by North American Scholars. Manhattan, KS: Military Affairs, 1953- . Irregular.
SML Z2016 C87 (LC)

A listing of research in progress, including doctoral dissertations, arranged primarily by period.

The Eighteenth Century; a Current Bibliography. Philadelphia: American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies. 1970-1974; n.s. v.1- 1975- .
Reference Z2012 E33 (LC)

Essay and General Literature Index. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1900/33- .
Reference AI3 E77 (LC)
Also available online

Historical Abstracts. v.1-16. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 1955-1970.
Reference D1 +H48

Historical Abstracts. Part A: Modern History Abstracts, 1450-1914. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 1971- . v.17- .
Reference D1 +H482

Historical Abstracts. Part B: Twentieth Century Abstracts, 1914- . v.17- Santa Barbara:ABC-Clio, 1971- .
Reference D1 +H483

Historical Abstracts. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio.
Also available online

Historical Association (Great Britain). Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature. London: Historical Association, 1911- .
Reference Z6205 H57 (LC)

Humanities Index. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1974- . Quarterly.
Reference AI1 H84 (LC)

Modern Language Association. MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures. New York, 1921- . Annual.
Reference Z7006 M63 (LC)
Also available online

The Romantic Movement; a Selective and Critical Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1964-. v.1-. Annual.
Reference Z6514 R6 R63 (LC)

Writings on British History. London: J. Cape, 1901/33- . Annual.
Reference Z2016 W75 (LC)

The early volumes of this title (1903-33; 5v. in 7) were compiled retrospectively (1968-1970) and specifically exclude overlap with the coverage of nos.212, 213, 216. v.4 (2v.) of this early set covers 1714-1815, v.5 covers 1815-1914.

A. PRINTED
1. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES

Allison, A.F. The Contemporary Printed Literature of the English Counter-Reformation between 1558 and 1640. Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1989. 2v.

Atkins, P. J. The Directories of London, 1677-1977. London; New York: Mansell, 1990.
SML Z5771.4 G7 A85 1990 (LC)

Gross, Charles. A Bibliography of British Municipal History. 2nd ed. Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1966.
SML XO61 897Gb

A photographic reprint of the 1897 first edition. It includes general authorities as well as public records and histories of particular towns.

Continued by: Martin, Geoffrey Haward. A Bibliography of British and Irish Municipal History. Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1972- . v.1- . In Progress
Reference Z2023 M37 (LC)

Hanson, L. W. Contemporary Printed Sources for British and Irish Economic History, 1701-1750. Cambridge: University Press, 1963.
Reference Z7165 G8 H35 (LC)

Hodson, Donald. County Atlases of the British Isles Published After 1703: A Bibliography. Welwyn, Herefordshire, England: Tewin, 1984- .
Map Collection Z6027 G7 H623 (LC)

Hodson, Yolanda. Ordnance Surveyors' Drawings, 1789-c.1840: The Original Maps of the First Ordnance Survey of England and Wales from the British Map Library. Reading, England: Research Publications, 1989.
Map Collection Z6027 G7 +H66 1989 (LC)

Muncey, Raymond Waterville Luke. The Romance of Parish Registers. London: L. Williams Ltd., 1933.
SML Bb34 202

Includes a "List of Printed Parish Registers", pp.34-55.

Norton, Jane Elizabeth. Guide to the National and Provincial Directories of England and Wales, Excluding London, Published Before 1856. London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1984.
British Art Reference Z5771 N67 1984 (LC)

Stephens, W. B. Sources for English Local History. New York: Cambridge University Press, c1981.
Reference Z2023 S74 1981 (LC)

Storey, Richard. Primary Sources for Victorian Studies: A Guide to the Location and Use of Unpublished Materials. London: Phillimore, 1977.
Bibliography Z2019 S76 (LC)

Williams, Judith Blow. Guide to the Printed Materials for English Social and Economic History, 1750-1850. New York: Columbia University Press, 1926.
Reference Z7165 G8 W55 (LC)

"The aim of the book is to include every new English work on economic affairs published in the period ... [excluding public acts and newspapers]. A great deal of the material included here relates to Parliamentary legislation" (Introduction). Arranged by topic, then chronologically; with holding libraries given.

English Historical Documents. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1953-1977. 12v.
Reference DA30 E55 1953

v.8: 1660-1714; v.9: American colonial documents to 1776; v.10: 1714-1783; v.11: 1783-1832; v.12, pt.1: 1833-1874; v.12, pt.2: 1874-1914.

New edition: English Historical Documents. Ed. Andrew Prescott. London: British Library, 1979- . In Progress.
Reference DA 30 E5
SML DA30 E534 1988

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. JP. London: H.M.S.O, 1962- . v1. Irregular.
Classed individually.

For volumes in this series cataloged after 1980, search under the series title Joint publication (Great Britain. Historical Manuscripts Commission). This series is designed to help local and other record societies to publish editions of texts of historical importance. The volumes are selected by the record societies and are then published simultaneously by the societies and the Historical Manuscript Commission (Rodgers, p.677).

Prime Ministers' papers series. London: H.M.S.O., 1968- . Irregular.
Classed individually.

Search in Orbis under the series name for a list of the titles held in this series:

Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart). W. E. Gladstone. Edited by John Brooke and Mary Sorenson. London: H.M.S.O., 1971-1981. 4v.
SML D563 A35

Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount. Palmerston. Edited by Roger Bullen and Felicity Strong. London: H.M.S.O. v.1- 1985- .
ON ORDER

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of. Wellington, political correspondence. London: H.M.S.O. v.
SML DA68.12 W4 A4 1976

British Library. Newspaper Library. Catalogue of the Newspaper Library Colindale. London: British Museum Publications, 1975. 8v.
Bibliography Z6945 +B867 (LC)

Crane, R. S. Census of British Newspapers and Periodicals, 1620-1800. (Studies in Philology, XXIV; January, 1927, 1-205). Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1927.
Bibliography Z6956 E5 C73 (LC)

Early English Newspapers. New Haven, CT: Research Publications, 1978-
Microtext Film S1460

Guide: Early English newspapers; immediate title availability.
Microform Reference Z6956 G6 E27 Index (LC)
A comprehensive collection of more than 800 early newspapers from London, areas outside of London, and colonial possessions excluding America. Most are from the 18th century. The set preserves much of the British Libra ry's Burney Newspaper Collection, supplemented by holdings from the Bodleian.

Times, London. Index to the Times. London : The Times, 1790-
Reference A121 T56 (LC)

Available online

Palmer's Index to The Times, 1790-1905. Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey, 1993.

Microform Room

Available Online

Yale University. Library. Newspaper Holdings. Part II: United Kingdom and Ireland. New Haven: July, 1992.

Available at the Reference Desk and at the service desk in the Microform Room. A list of all newspapers published in the United Kingdom and Ireland held by the Yale Libraries, with the exception of those held at the Beinecke, those bound and in the Sterling stacks, and those which may appear as part of microform collections. It does, however, include those titles which are included in Early English Newspapers (no.181). The list is arranged by country of publication (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland), and subarranged by title.

Ford, Percy. Guide to Parliamentary Papers : What They Are, How to Find Them, How to Use Them. Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Little Field, 1972.
Bibliography Z2009 A1 F67 1972 (LC)

Jones, David Lewis. Debates and Proceedings of the British Parliaments: A Guide to Printed Sources. London: H.M.S.O., 1986.
SML Z2009 J65 (LC)

Great Britain. Parliament. The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803... . v.1-36 (1066/1625-1801/03). London: Printed by T. C. Hansard. . ., 1806-1820.
Mudd O7301 H2 C6

-----. -----. The Parliamentary Debates . . .. v.1-v.41 (1803-1908). London: H.M.S.O., 1804-[1908].
Mudd O7301 H211

Generally known as "Hansard's debates", indexed in each volume.

-----. -----. House of Commons. The Parliamentary Debates; Official Report[s]. v.1- 1909- . London: H.M.S.O., 1909- .
Mudd O7301 H212 (I. 1-993)/O7301 +H212 (I. 994- )

-----. -----. House of Lords. Parliamentary Debates; Official Report[s]. London: H.M.S.O., 1909- . v.1.
Mudd O7301 H212 II

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Journals of the House of Commons . . .. Nov. 8, 1547- . London: Printed by the Order of the House, (1797?- ).
Mudd O7301 +K3

Index: -----. -----. -----. General Index to the Journals of the House of Commons [1547- ]. London: H.M.S.O., 1852- .
Mudd O7301 +K3a

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Journals of the House of Lords. . .. v.1- 1509-. London, (180?- ).
Mudd O7301 +J3

Index: -----. -----. -----. General Index to the Journals of the House of Lords [1509- ]. London, 1836- .
Mudd O7301 +J3a

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Sessional Papers. [London: H.M.S.O.], 1786- .
Mudd O7301 +K6 [to 1921]
Mudd O7301 K6 [1922-1976/77]
SML Microform Reading Room Fiche S84 [1801-1953/54, 1975/76- ]
(Indexes within the microfiche are indicated by a red dot)

Indexed by (official indexes):
-----. -----. -----. Catalogue of Parliamentary Reports, and a Breviate of their Contents...1696-1834. (London), (1836).
Bibliography J301 +K62 (LC)

-----. -----. -----. House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century. Ed. Sheila Lambert. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, [1975-1976]. 2v.
Bibliography J301 +K63 Index (LC)

-----. -----. -----. List of House of Commons Sessional Papers, 1701-1750. Ed. Sheila Lambert. London: Swift, 1968.
Bibliography Z2016 +L57 (LC)

-----. -----. -----. House of Commons Papers. General Index, 1801-1852. London: H.M.S.O., 1853-1938.
Bibliography J301 +M3 1801-1852 (LC)

-----. -----. -----. General Alphabetical Index to the Bills, Reports, Estimates, Accounts and Papers, Printed By Order of the House of Commons, and to the Papers Presented By Command,1852-1899. London: H.M.S.O., 1909.
Bibliography J301 +M3 1852-1899A (LC)

-----. -----. -----. General Index to the Bills, Reports and Papers Printed By Order of the House of Commons and to the Reports and Papers Presented By Command, 1900-1949. London: H.M.S.O., 1960.
Bibliography J301 +M3 1900-1949 (LC)

-----. -----. House of Lords. General Index to the Sessional Papers Printed By Order of the House of Lords...1801-1859. London, 1938.
Bibliography J301 +J623 (LC)

-----. -----. -----. General Index to the Sessional Papers...Printed By Order of the House of Lords, 1801-1859.
Bibliography J301 +J65 (LC)

Indexed by (other indexes):

Cockton, Peter. Subject Catalogue of the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers 1801-1900. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1988. 5 vol.
Bibliography Z2019 C63 (LC)

Cole, Arthur Harrison. Finding-List of British Royal Commission Reports: 1860 to 1935. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1935.
SML Z2009 C65 (LC)

Di Roma, Edward. Numerical Finding List of British Command Papers Published 1833-1961/62. New York: Arno Press, 1971.
Bibliography Z2009 D57 1971 (LC)

Temperley, Harold. A Century of Diplomatic Blue Books, 1814-1914. Cambridge, Eng.: University Press, 1938.
Bibliography Z2009 T45 (LC)
Also: SML X466 938t

B. MICROFORMAT (selected collections of primary materials held at Yale)
Yale owns a great many manuscript records of various branches of the English and British government microfilmed by the Public Record Office (see items 229 through 236, below). Some examples of these records are included in the selected list, following.

To locate this microfilm most efficiently, search by call number (Local) in Orbis. In Simple Search, type film gb [Public Record Office group abbreviation], for example:

film gb c Locates Court of Chancery material

film gb cab Locates Cabinet Office (CAB) material

film gb co Locates Colonial Office (CO) material

film gb fo Locates Foreign Office (FO) material

film gb ho Locates Home Office (HO) material

film gb pc Locates Privy Council (PC) material

film gb wo Locates War Office (WO) material

great britain court of chancery

great britain colonial office

Anti-slavery collection: 18th-19th centuries, from the Library of the Society of Friends, 1760-1978 [inclusive] [microform]. 25 reels
Manuscripts and Archives FILM MISC 1138

Anti-slavery materials: regional records and other pamphlets, 18th-19th centuries: the collection at John Rylands University Library, Manchester [microform]. London: World Microfilms, 1989. 19 reels
SML, Microform Film B14879

British general election campaign guides: 1885...1950. (British political sources series) Hassocks, England: Harvester Press, 1976. 81 microfiche
Microform Fiche B1109

The guides - which mostly reflect the Conservative viewpoint - were compiled for 1885, 1892, 1895, 1900, 1906, 1909, 1914 and late years. They provide a history of all the major issues of the time and describe the performance of the Conservative, Labour, Liberal, and Radical parties and all significant utterances of major political figures of the period. Each guide is indexed.

England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603: Elizabeth I). Un-calendared State Papers Foreign of Elizabeth for the period May 1592-March 1603: Denmark; Flanders; France, Germany (Empire), and Hungary; Germany (State); Hamburg and Hanse towns; Holland; Italian States and Rome; Spain; Venice. Brighton: Harvester, 1982. 31 reels.
Microform Film B5674

Great Britain. Court of Chancery. Patent Rolls, 1558-1837 (inclusive). London: Public Record Office. 15 reels
Microform Film GB C66

Patent rolls consist of lists of letters issued "patent" (i.e. open) under the sovereign's seal. This collection consists of a series of manuscript calendars and indexes of the Patent Rolls from Elizabeth I through William IV (1558-1837).

Great Britain. Privy Council. Privy Council Records, 1629-1699 (inclusive). London: Public Record Office. 12 reels.
Microform Film GB PC2

Great Britain. Public Record Office. Ancient Correspondence, 1175-1538: PRO class SC 1. Brighton: Harvester, 1985. 26 reels.
Microform Film B5677

London directories from the Guildhall Library, 1677-1900. New Haven: Research Publications, 1972- . 61 reels.
Microform Film B975

Comprises all of the directories, chronologically arranged, to be found in the Guildhall's Library at the time of filming. Group I covers 1677-1799 (except for those directories published by T. Boyle) (22 reels); Group II covers 1800-1855 (except for the Boyle directories and the Post Office Directories) (38 reels).

The nineteenth century [microform]. Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey, 1986- .
Microform Fiche B1244

A collection which reproduces English language books and pamphlets published outside of North America between 1801 and 1900. It's arranged in "collections": the General Collection covers politics, economics, geography and topography, agriculture, history and archaeology, jurisprudence, philosophy, psychology, education, recreation, science, medicine, family life and household management, technology and useful arts, and religion; the Specialist Collections include Visual Arts and Architecture; Publishing, the Book Trade, and the Diffusion of Knowledge; Children's Literature; and Women Writers.

Guide: The Nineteenth Century: the General Collection.
Microform Reference DA533 +N56

The Nineteenth Century: the Specialist Collections.
Microform Reference DA533 +N563

Also: Index to The Nineteenth Century Collection: the General Collection; Society and Culture in the Nineteenth Century.
CD-ROM index in the Microform Room

Rhodes House Library, Oxford, anti-slavery collection, 1795-1880 [inclusive] [microform]. 59 reels.
Manuscripts and Archives FILM MISC 1139

William Smeal Collection from the Glasgow Public Library, 1833-1893 [inclusive] [microform]. 11 reels.
Manuscripts and Archives FILM MISC 1147

State Papers (arranged chronologically)

Great Britain. Public Record Office. The Complete State Papers Domestic, Series I, 1547- 1625. Brighton: Harvester, 1979- .
Microform Film B3632
Yale holds: James I (1603-1625; SP 14/1-216) and the Addenda:
Edward VI to James I (1547-1625; SP 15/1-43)

Great Britain. Sovereign (1547-1553: Edward VI). State Papers (Foreign) of Edward VI, 1547-1553. Wilmington: M. Glazier, 1979. 6 reels.
Microform Film B3857

Great Britain. Sovereign (1553-1558: Mary). State Papers (Foreign) of Mary, 1553-1558. Wilmington: M. Glazier, 1979. 5 reels.
Microform Film B3849

The Complete State Papers Domestic: Series Two, 1625-1702. Brighton: Harvester, 1981- . (SP 16,SP 18)
Microform Film B4066
Yale holds: Charles I (1625-1648)(SP16/1-542) and the Interregnum (1649-1653; SP18/1-64)(1655-1660; SP18/94-225)

The Complete State Papers: Regencies, 1716-1755. Brighton: Harvester Press, 1985- . (SP 43)
SML Microform Reading Room Microfiche B4991
Correspondence of George I and George II and their Ministers and Regencies. Issued in two parts, of which Yale owns Part 1 only covering 1716-1740 (16 reels).

The Complete State Papers Domestic: Series Two, 1716-1782. Hassocks, Sussex, England: Harvester Press, 1978- . (The Hanoverian State Papers Domestic, 1714- 1782) (SP 35-37) 164 reels
SML Microform Reading Room Microfilm B4288
Includes the reigns of George I, George II, and George III.
For indexes see no.218, v.139, 144, 155, 165, 173.

The Thomason Tracts: the Pamphlets, Books, Newspapers, and Manuscripts collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1977.
Microform Film B3482

Indexed by: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books. Thomason Collection. Catalog of the Pamphlets, Books, Newspapers, and Manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason. . ..
Bibliography Z2018 B75 (LC)
Also: Microform Reference Z2018 B75 (LC)

C. MANUSCRIPT AND ARCHIVAL
1. GENERAL GUIDES

Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the United States. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 1988.
Bibliography CD3020 +D49 1988 (LC)

Foster, Janet. British Archives: A Guide to Archive Resources in the United Kingdom. 2nd ed. New York: Stockton Press, 1989.
Bibliography CD1040 F67 1989 (LC)

Owen, Dolores B. Guide to Genealogical Resources in the British Isles. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1989.
Bibliography Z5305 G7 O94 1989 (LC)

Record Repositories in Great Britain : A Geographical Directory. 9th ed. London: H.M.S.O., 1991.
Bibliography CD1041 J65 1991 (LC)

U.S. National Historical Publications Commission. Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the United States. Ed. Phillip M. Hamer. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961.
Bibliography CD3022 A16 (LC)

British Library. Dept. of Manuscripts. Index of Manuscripts in the British Library. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1984- . 10v.
Bibliography Z6621 B837 +B75 (LC)

Huff, Cynthia. British Women's Diaries: A Descriptive Bibliography of Selected Nineteenth-Century Women's Manuscript Diaries. New York: AMS Press, 1985.
Bibliography Z7964 G7 H84 1985 (LC)

Matthews,William. British Diaries: an Annotated Bibliography of British Diaries Written Between 1442 and 1942. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1950.
Bibliography Z2014 D5 M37 (LC)

Private Papers of British Colonial Governors, 1782-1900. London: H.M.S.O., 1986.
SML JV1061 G74 (LC)

Papers of British Cabinet Ministers, 1782-1900 . London: H.M.S.O., 1982.
LAW BiblA P199

Papers of British Churchmen, 1780-1940. London: H.M.S.O., 1987.
SML Z6611 C59 P36X 1987 (LC)

Papers of British Politicians 1782-1900. London: H.M.S.O., 1989.
Reference Z2018 P27 1989 (LC)
Also: SML Stacks

Private Papers of British Diplomats, 1782-1900. London: H.M.S.O., 1985.
SML Z6465 G7 P74 1985 (LC)

Matheson, Cyril. A Catalog of the Publications of Scottish Historical and Kindred Clubs and Societies and of the Papers Relative to Scottish History Issued by H.M.S.O. including the Reports of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 1908-1927, with a Subject Index ... . Aberdeen: Milne and Hutchison, 1928.
Reference Z2061 T37 (LC)
Also: Law

Mullins, E.L.C. Guide to the Historical and Archaeological Publications of Societies in England and Wales, 1901-1933. London: Athlone, 1968.
Reference Z5055 G6 G85 (LC)

Lists and indexes books and articles issued by more than 400 local and national societies of England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Arranged by society with author and subject indexes.

-----. Texts and Calendars; an Analytical Guide to Serial Publications. London: Royal Historical Society, 1958.
Bibliography Z2016 M85 (LC)

"An analytical guide to printed texts and calendars relating to English and Welsh history issued in general collections or in series by a public body or private society before the end of March 1957."(Preface) Arranged by issuing body, with an extensive index.

-----. Texts and calendars II: an analytical guide to serial publications, 1957-1982. London: Royal Historical Society, 1958.
Bibliography Z2016 M852 (LC)

Terry, Charles Sanford. A Catalogue of the Publications of Scottish Historical and Kindred Clubs and Societies and of the Volumes Relative to Scottish History issued by His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1780-1908, with a Subject Index. Aberdeen: Printed for the University, 1909. (Aberdeen University Studies, no.39)
Bibliography Z2061 T47 (LC)

Arranged by issuing Society, with a subject index.

Three major information resources are integrated in ArchivesUSA:
• A newly compiled directory of manuscript repositories, giving full addresses, including e-mail addresses and URLs, opening hours, and details of holdings and areas of special interest. This directory updates and supersedes the Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the United States (DAMRUS) last published in 1988.
• Collection records from the National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC). Information gathered and compiled by the Library of Congress from the 1950s to the end of 1995, covering some 75,000 collections. Each record also includes LC's subject and name indexing of the collection. ArchivesUSA is the only source that makes all of NUCMC fully searchable in electronic form.
• Names and detailed subject indexing of over 42,000 collections whose finding aids have been published separately in the major microfiche series, National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States (NIDS).

-- LIST & INDEX SOCIETY

List & Index Society. Lists and Indexes. v.1- 1965- . London.
SML X464 +L69L (v.1-212); v.213- are classed individually.

This series publishes lists and indexes from the Public Record Office and other British public archives.

Volumes 1-212 are classed together in X464, but each volume does not have a separate author-title entry in the card catalog or Orbis. For a complete list of titles in this series to v.212, see the card catalog under List & Index Society. [Lists and indexes]. For v.213- , a separate author-title entry does appear in Orbis for each volume, and each volume carries a unique call number reflective of the depository in which the collection is housed. Search Orbis under t=list index Society series for a complete list of titles beginning with v.213.

Selected volumes include:

v.9 State Papers Supplementary, Part I
v.19 State Papers Supplementary, Admiralty Papers, 1644-1673
v.22 Subject index and box list to Home Office papers, 1879-1900
v.23 Cabinet Office subject index of C.P. papers (Cabinet Memoranda), 1900-1909
v.28 Descriptive list of State Papers Supplementary (SP 46), Part III: Exchequer papers to 1603
v.30 Home Office registered papers
v.33 Descriptive list of State Papers Supplementary (SP 46), Private papers, sers.I, 1535-1705
v.66 Exchequer K.R. port books, 1701-1798; part II: south-east, south, and south-west coasts...
v.80 -----; part III: south-west and west coasts
v.118 State Papers Foreign: France (SP 78), 1723-1727. Descriptive list with index, 1714-1727
v.129 Descriptive list of State Papers supplemental (SP 46). Private papers, series II
v.139 State Papers Domestic, George I (SP 35)
v.143 Descriptive list of State Papers Domestic, supplementary (SP 46), part III
v.144 State Papers Domestic, George I (SP 35)
v.154 Descriptive list and index of State Papers Domestic, supplementary (SP 46); part IX: General papers, 1660-19th c.
v.155 State Papers Domestic, George I (SP 35). Typescript calendar. Part III, 1722-1725
v.165 -----. Part IV, 1725-1727 and supplementary material 1714-1725
v.172 British transport historical records. London & North Western Railway Co. (RAIL 410) and Midland Railway Co. (RAIL 491). Class list
v.173 State Papers Domestic, George I (SP 35)...
v.174 Principal probate registry, prerogative court of Canterbury, cause papers later series, 1783- 1858 (PROB 37)
v.177 Inland revenue estate duty registers and indexes (IR 26, 27), 1796-1894
v.188 State Papers Foreign: France (SP 78/185-200). List and index, 1727-1732
v.201 War Office regular army: soldiers documents 1760-1913 (WO 97)
v.203 Catalogue of colonial maps (C 700)
v.205 State Papers: France (SP 78/201), 1732-1738. Index
v.206-208 Index to railway correspondence (MT 6)

-- NATIONAL INVENTORY OF DOCUMENTARY SOURCES

National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United Kingdom [microform]. Teaneck, NJ: Chadwyck-Healey, [1984]- . In Progress [2,311 microfiche]
Microform Fiche B2262

Reproduces the calendars and finding aids of hundreds of public and private archives in the United Kingdom. Indexes provide access into the collection which is not arranged in order by archive, nor do all materials from the same archive appear on the same or contiguous microfiche.

Also: CD-ROM Index to the National Inventory of Documentary Sources
Microform Room

National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United Kingdom & Ireland [microform] : The Public Record Office Registers and Indexes. Cambridge, England: Chadwyck-Healey, 1988.
Microform Fiche B2262

This set reproduces the Public Record Office's Registers and Indexes of correspondence for the Foreign Office dealing with the Baltic States, Central Asia, Finland, Persia, Poland, and Russia. .

Also: CD-ROM Index to the National Inventory of Documentary Sources
Microform Room

-- NATIONAL UNION CATALOG OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS (U.S.)(NUCMC)

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Washington, DC: Library of Congress [etc.], 1959/61- .
Bibliography Z6620 U5 +N37 (LC)

Index to Personal Names in the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1959-1984. Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey, 1988. 2v.
Bibliography Z6620 U5 +I53 1988 (LC)

Index to Subjects and Corporate Names in the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1959-1984. Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck Healey, 1994. 3v.
Bibliography Z6620 U5+N36 1994 (LC)

v.43 List of volumes of State Papers relating to Great Britain and Ireland, including the records of the Home Office from 1782 to 1837
v.52 List of Foreign Office records to 1878 (1963)

-----. -----. -----. Supplementary series. no.1- 1964- . New York: Kraus Reprint.
SML DA25 +L7B

Includes lists and indexes produced after 1878.
v.8 List of War Office records (2v.)(1968-74)
v.10 Supplementary list of State Papers, domestic and foreign (1969)
v.13 List of Foreign Office records (29v.)(1964-85)

-----. -----. Public Record Office film catalogue. [London: 1970]
Bibliography CD1042 A2 +G74 1970 (LC)

This list indicates which original material in the collection is available on microfilm. The catalogue follows the arrangement of the Guide to the contents of the Public Record Office (no. )

Supplement -----. -----. Public Records [sic] Office microfilm catalogue. [London: 1983?]
Bibliography CD1042 A2 +G74 1983A (LC)

-- THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts is a standing commission first appointed in 1869. Its stated purpose is to inquire into the availability of papers and manuscripts in private hands that might be useful for the study of history, constitutional law, science, and general literature, and to bring them to the attention of scholars by the preparation of calendars and carefully edited texts (Rodgers, p.674.)

Great Britain. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Government publications. Sectional lists. London: H.M.S.O., 1950- .
Bibliography Z2009 G853 (LC)

Sectional List 17, Publications of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (issued annually), includes out-of-print as well as currently available titles. The contents of the Inspectors' Reports are identified in some detail.

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. Accessions to repositories and reports added to the National Register of Archives. London: H.M.S.O., 1972-1991. Annual.
SML Xx91 G5 G49

All original source material added to British libraries is reported in this publication and its predecessors (to 1954).

Continues: -----. -----. List of accessions to repositories. London: H.M.S.O., 1968-1971. Annual.

-----. National Register of Archives. List of accessions to repositories. London: H.M.S.O., 1956-1967.
The first two reports, for 1954 and 1955, were issued as special numbers of the National Register of Archives Bulletin.

-----. -----. Guide to the Reports of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts [issued] 1870/1911-[1911/1957]. London: H.M.S.O., 1914/38- [1966]. 7v. In progress
SML DA25 M2A
Also: Andrews Study

Described as "a guide to the reports on collections of manuscripts of private families, corporations, and institutions in Great Britain and Ireland...", this guide in an index to places and persons listed in the Appendices to the 1st-15th Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (no. ) and to its various Reports on collections (no. )(which are called just the Commission's Reports at Yale). It's issued in two parts: a topographical index and an index of persons.

-----. -----. Report. London: H.M.S.O. 1874- . Irregular.
DA25 +M2 v.1-9; DA25 M2 v.10-

The Commissioners' report to the Crown, with accounts of their activity and summary descriptions of the collections examined. The 22nd Report (1946) lists the locations of manuscript collections at that time.

-----. -----. Reports [on collections]. London: H.M.S.O. 1870- . Irregular.
Classed individually.

Until the 15th Report of the Commissioners (no.266), these Reports of the Inspectors were published as appendices to the Commissioners' Report and were bound as part of the same volume until the 9th Report (1883).
Searching in Orbis under the series name produces a list of titles in this series arranged alphabetically by title. Searching in the card catalog under the series name produces a list of the titles in this series, published through about 1986/87, arranged by the name of the collection or collector, regardless of the actual title of the work. Entries are also made under the name of the collector.

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