The primary finding aid for archival and manuscript material at Chetham's is currently the Handlist of Manuscripts. As part of the Library's cataloguing project, this handlist and the many other finding aids will be replaced with new catalogues. Until this work is complete, an HTML version of the handlist is presented below for use.
Readers are advised that the indexing and descriptions provided within this document are short and summary.
If you are interested in studying any of the listed material, or if you are unable to locate information of interest to your research, please contact the archivist. Please also read the section on visiting and using the Library.
You can download a version of the Handlist of Manuscripts in PDF format here, and view PDF handlists of some of our named archive collections here.
The handlist is provided with an index of names and subjects, which is available through the first link below. Links are provided directly to the listings pages should you prefer to browse these rather than use the index. The call numbers A-F are purely arbitrary and do not represent a classification scheme.
Index to Chetham's Library Handlist of Manuscripts
Handlist of Manuscripts: A.0-A.1
Handlist of Manuscripts: A.5-A.6