Resources: Archives & Special Collections

Alfred Lane-Davies: Holy Wells of Cornwall (ICS2)

Manuscript and research materials for this seminal text.

Bill Douglas & Peter Jewell Special Collection (BD)

An exhaustive collection of rare and unusual books relating to film and film history.

Bill Mitchell Archive (FCP7)

Personal papers of Bill Mitchell: Artist, Theatre Designer and pioneer of Landscape Theatre.

Camborne School of Mines Archive (CSM)

An extensive Collection of records documenting School history.

Camborne School of Mines Historical Library (CSM)

A collection of rare and historical mining texts.

Canon Adams Collection (ICS3)

Research materials relating to Medieval Chapels and Theodore Palaeologus.

Charles Woolf Slide Collection (ICS12)

Charles Woolf was a Newquay-based studio and portrait photographer.

Chris Brooks Collection of Victorian Culture (CB)

Titles relating to Victorian literature and culture, with a particular emphasis on fiction, periodicals and poetry.

Cornish Poetry Collection (CP)

A collection of poetry written about, in, or inspired by, Cornwall.

Cornwall Archaeological Society Archive (ICS1)

Administrative records relating to Cornwall Archaeological Sociey and its predecessor, West Cornwall Field Club.

Dartington College of Arts Historical Records (DCA)

Dartington College of Arts merged with the then University College Falmouth in 2010.

Elmhirst Special Collection (EH)

Items from the personal library of Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst, founders of the Dartington Trust.

Francis Hewlett Archive (FCP2)

Francis Hewlett was a well-known artist and Head of Painting at Falmouth College of Art from 1960-1981.

Gorsedh Kernow Bardic Collection (GK)

A Collection of published materials created about or by Bards of the Cornish Gorsedh.

Hazel Sims Collection (FCP13)

A personal collection of published material reflecting a lifelong passion for sewing and embroidery, with unique hand-stitched covers.

Historic Journals Collection

The library has a Special Collection of historic journals which are kept in the Glass Cabinets at both Falmouth and Penryn Campus Libraries. Catalogue

Historical Records of Falmouth University (FAL)

This Archive documents the growth of the institution from its earliest beginnings as Falmouth School of Art in 1902.

Ian Stern Archive (FCP5)

Collection of the work of photographer, filmmaker, camera man and writer Ian Stern.

John Keast Collection (ICS4)

John Keast was a writer and Bard of Gorsedh Kernow.

Justin Brooke Mining Index (ICS/JB)

An exhaustive encyclopedia of research on mining companies across Cornwall.

Kneehigh Theatre (CPA2)

This Collection contains records of Cornwall’s internationally renowned innovative Theatre Company.

Nick Darke Archive (CPA1)

Nick Darke was Cornwall's best known Playwright and a keen Lobster fisherman and beachcomber.

Papers of Adrian Lee (ICS6)

Research papers relating to Cornish Nationalism and comparative movements in the 1980s and 1990s.

Papers of Len Truran: Mebyon Kernow (ICS13)

Records relating to Truran's involvement in Mebyon Kernow, the Political Party for Cornwall.

Papers of Mary Mann: Falmouth-Camborne Liberal Association (ICS11)

Records relating to Liberal Party activity in Cornwall 1950s-1980s.