The personal papers of Herbert Hensley Henson, including in particular his series of journals from 1885 to 1947. See also the Henson Journals project website.
Sermons of Archdeacon John Sharp (1723-1792) and annotated bibles belonging to Bishop Edward Chandler (ca.1660-1750)
Collections of service papers include the Gordon Berriman and Ferens papers.
Papers of bishops of Durham include the following (dates are of their office as bishops of Durham):
Papers of other clerics and associated records include:
With the exception of a digital edition of the Henson journals for 1900-1939 being made available online by the Henson Journals project, these collections have not been digitised. Collection guides are available for each collection from the links above, but only a few of the collections are catalogued in any detail.
If you would like to purchase digital copies of specific items from any of our collections, please get in touch.
If you are a member of teaching staff at Durham University and would like to use material from Archives and Special Collections within your lectures or seminars, we may be able to scan or photograph items for this purpose. Please contact us as early as possible with any teaching digitisation requests.
See also our guide to Digitised Collections Online for further information on our digital resources.