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University of Stirling Library Special Collections
Street address: University of Stirling Library, Andrew Miller Building, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland, United Kingdom
Telephone: 44 (0) 1786 467235
Fax:
 44 (0) 1786 466866E-mail: infocentre@stir.ac.uk
Website: http://www.library.stir.ac.uk/
Proprietor: University of Stirling Information Services
Contact: Dr Peter Kemp Director of Information Services and University Librarian
E-mail: peter.kemp@stir.ac.uk
Opening hours: Term time: 9am-10pm Mon-Thu, 9am-7pm Fri, 9am-4pm Sat-Sun; Vacation time: 9am-7pm Mon-Thu, 9am-5pm Fri, 9am-12.30pm Sat, closed Sun
Accessibility: Full wheelchair access
The University of Stirling Library houses a number of Special Collections of rare books and manuscripts which are shelved in areas normally closed to readers. These cover the following subject areas:
Scottish literature and theatre - including Sir Walter Scott, James Hogg, Norman MacCaig, Helen B Cruickshank, Macleod Theatre Collection
Early left wing politics - the Tait and Watson collections
Publishing - including chapbooks, Victorian illustrated books, Penguin Books, Charles Dickens, Eneas Mackay, Drummond Tracts
Film and media - including the papers of Lindsay Anderson, John Grierson, Alastair Hetherington, Sam Black
Aquaculture - Howietoun Fishery Archive
The Napoleonic Collection
Airthrey Estate Papers and University Archive
Leighton Library - the personal library of Archbishop Robert Leighton (1611-1684)
Linguistics - the Horden collection
Popular science - the Ritchie-Calder collection
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