Archive and Local Collections
Introduction
Both the Manchester Room@City Library and the Greater Manchester Record Office hold a wide range of printed and archive material relating to the history of the Manchester region.
This page offers a summary of the main collections held at the Manchester Room@City Library and the Greater Manchester County Record Office. Please select an option from the menu below.
For books you may wish to search the Library Catalogue. For archives you may also wish to search the Pastfinder Catalogue which describes archive collections held across Greater Manchester.
Contents of Archive and Local Collections
- Introduction (this page)
- Archives of Businesses, Families and Societies
- Books, Newspapers and Periodicals
- Cemetery, Probate and Coroners Registers
- Commonwealth Games Legacy and Archive (M2002 Ltd.)
- Church Registers
- Court and Prison Records
- Current Information
- Electoral Registers, Rate Books and Land Tax
- Ethnic Minorities
- Hospital Records
- LGBT History
- Maps, Directories and Phone Books
- The 1996 Manchester Bomb and the City's Regeneration
- Manchester City Council Records
- Methodist Records
- Photographs and Illustrations
- Political and Trade Union Records
- Poor Law and Workhouse Records
- School Records
