Microfilm Collections at Durham University Library

Microfilm Collections at Durham University Library Medieval Durham Priory manuscripts: microfilms of manuscript books once in the library of the Benedictine monastery of Durham (predecessor of the Durham Dean & Chapter Library) and now dispersed. (Microfilm collection formed by the University Library). Durham was one of the most important medieval monastic libraries in England, and suffered relatively little dispersal at the dissolution of the monasteries. These films complement over 300 manuscript codices (7th-l6th centuries) from the Priory library which still remain in the Dean & Chapter Library. XM/film Durham Priory Chancery Rolls, Durham Palatinate: microfilm of P.R.O. class Durham 3/2938, Durham 3/42-52 and Durham 3/54-134. 16 reels. XM/film Palatinate 1 Abstracts of inquisitions post mortem, Durham Palatinate, for the period 13181625, with gaps: microfilm of P.R.O. class Durham 3/2-5. 2 reels. XM/film Palatinate 2 Durham Bishopric Estates Halmote Court Rolls, 1348-1522 with gaps and with separate roll for Evenwood manor 1406-1494: microfilm of P.R.O. class Durham 3/12-21 and Durham 3/136-140. 9 reels. These films complement the series of original Halmote Court rolls, 1519-1925, among the Durham Bishopric Estates Halmote Court Records in the University Library's Archives & Special Collections. The P.R.O. series, part of the Palatinate of Durham Records, runs until 1619, overlapping with the series in Durham. XM/film Palatinate 3-4 Plea and gaol delivery rolls, Durham Palatinate Assizes and Court of Pleas, 1377-1502, with gaps : microfilm of P.R.O. class Durham 13/222-225 and Durham 227-229. 1 reel. DURH 222-225, 227-228 and 230 are pleas heard before the Bishop of Durham's justices of assize, with occasional enrolments of pleas heard under commission of oyer and terminer or of the peace, 1377-1498. DURH 13/229 is a roll of gaol deliveries, 1494-1502. XM/film Palatinate 5 Ancient correspondence, 1175-1538: P.R.O. class SC1. 26 reels. Calendars of charters and rolls in the manuscript collections of the British Library. 19 reels. Church authority and power in medieval and early modern England: the episcopal registers.

Miscellaneous manuscripts. (Collection formed by the University Library) XM/film Misc. 1-126

Early Modern Archives The complete state papers, domestic [in the Public Record Office], ser. I, l547-l625. Pt l, Edward VI. 11 reels: Pt 2, Elizabeth I, l558-l568. l6 reels. Politics and administration in Tudor England, reproduced from the Lansdowne Collection in the British Library. Pt l, Lord Burghley's papers in the British Library in London. l22v. on 43 reels, including introd. and catalogue. Tanner manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford: church, state and politics in sixteenth and seventeenth century England. Pt l, reels l-l7. Pt 2, reels 37, 4l. Pt 3, reels 46-49, 5l-52. Pt 4, reels 69, 75, 77. Printed index. Privy Council registers, l63l-l637 [in the Public Record Office]. 7v. This continues the printed calendar Acts of the Privy Council, and is continued in the hard-copy Privy Council Registers ...in Facsimile, both of which are also in the Library. Ferrar Papers, 1590-1790, in Magdalene College, Cambridge. 14 reels and printed finding list. [Ferrar family of Little Gidding] Unpublished state papers of the English civil war and interregnum [in the Public Record Office]. Pt l. 25 reels, printed guide. Sir William Clarke manuscripts 1640-1664 [from Worcester College, Oxford]. 17 reels and printed guide. Women's language and experience, 1500-1940: women's diaries and related sources. Pt 1. 16 reels. Printed guide. Records of the Court of Arches, reels 72-78: Section Ee, Personal Answers, 1661-[1732]. 7 reels and printed guide. The cases heard by the Court of Arches dealt with matrimonial affairs, correction of morals, parochial affairs, defamation, etc. These films complement the records of similar cases among the Durham Diocesan Records, in the Library's Archives & Special Collections. Treasury minute books, l7l9-l722 and l725-l728 [in the Public Record Office]. Minute books for l660-l7l8 are calendared in print in Calendar of Treasury Books and those for l729-45 in Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers, which are also in the Library Abolition and emancipation, pt 4: Granville Sharp Papers from Gloucestershire Record Office. 30 reels plus guide.

The University Library's Bamburgh Collection is in origin the Sharp family's library. It includes many of Granville Sharp's publications, and those of his associates, on the anti-slavery movement and other humanitarian and reforming causes of the late 18th century.

Contemporary Printed Material Early English books, l475-l640. 46 selected reels. Reels selected to complement the Library's holdings of original STC items. The Library's annotated copies of STC and Wing record its own extensive holdings, and those of other Durham libraries. For further information consult the Sub-Librarian, Special Collections. The Thomason tracts, 1640-1661: the microfilm edition of the Thomason Collection in the British Library. 256 reels, printed index. Courtesy books, 1571-1773, from the Newberry Library's collections. 19 reels and printed guide. Madden ballads in Cambridge University Library. 12 reels and printed guide. Popular literature in 18th and 19th century Britain. Pt 2: The Sabine BaringGould and Thomas Crampton Collections in the British Library. 7 reels and printed guide. Women advising women. Pt 1: Early women's journals, c.1700-1832 (actually also includes earlier titles), from the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 17 reels and printed guide. Eighteenth century provincial newspapers: Newcastle papers. 42 reels. Collection of films of 18th century newspapers, formed by the Library: Titles: Brice's weekly journal, 1729-89; Cambridge chronicle and journal, 1790-94; Circencester flying-post 1741-44; Daily courant, 1734; Daily journal, 1735; Daily post, 1736; Felix Farley's Bristol journal, 1752-57; Leeds Mercury, 1738(Jul.)-1742(Dec.); London evening post, 1730; London journal, 1725-29; Northampton mercury, 1720-43; Read's weekly journal, 1737-39; Sussex weekly advertiser, 1749-64, 1787-94; Times, 1785 onwards; Universal spectator and weekly journal, 1731-33; Worcester post-man, 1717-20; Worcester post, 1723-25; Weekly Worcester journal, 1732-47; Worcester journal, 1748-49. M/film 072 Northern star [Belfast].1792-97. 3 reels

Modern Official Publications House of Commons parliamentary papers, l80l-l964/65. Microfiche. Official Publications Collection Note: The House of Lords sessional papers for 1714-1805 are held in printed format Note: Commons and Lords parliamentary papers from 1964 and nonparliamentary [i.e. departmental] publications from 1972 are held in paper format in the Library's Official Publications Collection. Parliamentary Debates (complete for the Commons, and almost so for the Lords) are held in paper format in the main Library stock

Cabinet Cabinet reports by Prime Ministers to the Crown, 1837-1916. 18 reels. Cabinet Office, Cabinet minutes and memoranda, 1916-1939, (P.R.O. CAB 23-24). 256 reels, printed bibliographical/chronological guide. War Cabinet minutes, 1939-45 (P.R.O. CAB 65/1-52). 15 reels. Cabinet and War Cabinet memoranda, 1939-1945 (P.R.O. CAB 66/1-67) War Cabinet memoranda, 1939-1941 (CAB 67/1-9) War Cabinet memoranda, 1939-1942 (CAB 68/1-9). Cabinet conclusions, 1945-54 (P.R.O. CAB 65/53-55 and CAB 128 /1-27). 12 reels. Cabinet papers, ser. 3, pt 1: The Attlee government, 1945 - 1947 (P.R.O. CAB 129 /1-20). 12 reels. Cabinet papers, ser. 3, pt 2: The Attlee government, 1947 - 1951 (P.R.O. CAB 129 /21-47). 13 reels plus guide to ser. 3 pts 1 and 2. Cabinet papers, ser. 3, pt 3: The Churchill / Eden governments, October 1951- January 1957 (P.R.O. CAB 128/23-30 and CAB 129/48-84). 15 reels. With listing and guide to ser. 3, pts 3 and 4. Cabinet papers, ser. 3, pt 4: The Macmillan / Home governments, January 1957-October 1964 (P.R.O. CAB 128/31-38 and CAB 129/85-118). 21 reels. Cabinet papers, ser.3, pt 5: The Wilson government, October 1964-December 1968 (P.R.O. CAB 128/39-43, 46 and CAB 129/119-139). 11 reels. Cabinet papers, ser.3, pt 6: The Wilson government, January 1969-May 1970 (P.R.O. CAB 128/44, 46 and CAB 129/140-149). 6 reels plus guide.

Papers of Prime Ministers and Politicians The papers of William Pitt the younger in the Public Record Office. Pt 1: vols 101-135 of PRO class P.R.O. 30/8. 24 reels. The Melbourne papers from the Royal Archives Windsor Castle. 5l reels. Changes of government, cabinet reconstructions, and political crises 18371901: [manuscript letters and extracts from the Queen's journal, from the Royal Archives, Windsor Castle]. 13 reels + guide. Intrigue, influence and power in nineteenth-century British politics: the papers of Sir James Graham, Home Secretary, statesman and reformer. 2 pts. Pt 1: General series, 1820-1860. Pt 2: Old files, 1829-1834: Irish files, 1842-1846. Contents summary on Reel 1. 43 reels. Cabinet reports by Prime Ministers to the Crown, 1837-1916. 18 reels. The papers of Sir Robert Peel in the British Library. Pts l-6: B.L. Add. MSS. 40432-40603. 123 reels. Prime Ministers correspondence: Sir Robert Peel, l84l-l846; reproduced from the original manuscripts in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle. 6 reels. The Oriental Question, 1840-1900: files from the Royal Archives, Windsor Castle. 38 reels and printed guide. The papers of Hugh Dalton: the complete diaries, 1916-1960. 7 reels

Political Parties Conservative Party Archives of the British Conservative Party, 1867-1986, Ser.1.: Pamphlets and leaflets. Pts 1-5 (1867-1949). National Union gleanings (and continuations, published by the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations etc), 1893-1968. 35 reels. [Extensive commentary on political events] Reports of the annual conference, National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations (and successors), 1867-1967. 6 reels. Labour Party Archives of the British Labour Party, Pt 1, National Executive Committee minutes, pts 1-8 (1900-1967) Archives of the British Labour Party, Ser.2: Pamphlets and leaflets, 1900-61. 5 pts.

British Labour Party Research Department Memoranda and Information Papers. Part 1: Memoranda, July 1941-December 1961. 189 microfiches plus guide. Reports of the Annual Conference, 1906-1967. 10 reels

Trades Union Congress Report of proceedings at the Annual Congress, 1869 onwards. 1868-1959 on microfilm (28 reels); 1960 to the present in printed form Parliamentary Committee, Minutes, l888-l922. 5 reels. General Council Minute Books, 1921-1946.

Other Papers on popular organisations and agitation The papers of Francis Place, l77l-l854, illustrative of the reform crisis, l830-32, in the British Museum Additional MSS 27789-27797 and Place Collection sets l7 and 63. 11 reels, typescript index. Discontent and authority 1820-1840: P.R.O. class HO64, Boxes 1-19 (rewards, pardons and secret service, 1820-1840). 17 reels. Public order, discontent and protest in England, 1820-1850. P.R.O. HO52, boxes 1-47. 49 reels + guide. Civil disturbance, Chartism and riots in nineteenth century England. P.R.O. HO45 (Home Office registered papers). 37 reels + guide. The British in Ireland ... Series 1, P.R.O. Colonial Office class CO 904 (Dublin Castle records). Pt 1: Anti-government organisations, 1882-1921 ... 14 reels. Protest movements, civil disturbance and the police in inter-war Britain, selected from P.R.O. MEPO2 (police surveillance of extremist groups). 6 reels.

Ireland The British in Ireland ... Series 1, P.R.O. Colonial Office class CO 904 (Dublin Castle records). Pt 1: Anti-government organisations, 1882-1921 ... 14 reels. Northern Ireland political literature, l968-75; from the collection in the Linenhall Library, Belfast. With catalogue and indexes. This complements the Watkinson Cuttings Collection (Northern Ireland 19691989) in Archives & Special Collections.

Africa and Sudan Church Missionary Society Archive: Section 3, Pt 4: Annual letters 1886-1912. 13 reels. Section 4, Pt 7: Sudan Mission 1905-1949, Northern Sudan Mission 19311949, Upper Nile Mission 1926-1949. 21 reels. Section 4, Pt 16: South Africa, Kenya and Nyanza Missions, 1836-1888. 16 reels. With printed guides and introductions. This collection complements the Sudan Archive, the major archive outside Khartoum on the Sudan in the Condominium period, in the Library's Archives & Special Collections.