Official archives
At present, the vast majority of the official archives of the University are un-catalogued. However, work is ongoing to arrange and list the archives, and there are electronic finding aids for some of the material, available via our online archive catalogue:
Records of the Guild of Students of the University of Birmingham and Mason Science College from the early 1880s to the 2010s. Finding number: UB/GUILD. A resource guide to these records is also available
Records of Mason Science College, the university’s predecessor institution which opened in 1880 and was absorbed in the newly established University of Birmingham in 1900. Finding number: UB/MC. A resource guide to these records is also available
Records of Queen’s College and its predecessor institution the Birmingham School of Medicine which was established in 1828. The medical faculty of Queen’s College transferred to Mason College in 1892. Records cover the period 1831-1905. Finding number: UB/QC
Records of Chancellor’s Hall, residential accommodation for male students between 1922 and 1970. Finding number: UB/HCH
Records of student societies, University of Birmingham Chemical Society, Finding number: UB/SOC1; Birmingham University Dental Students Society. Finding number: UB/SOC2; University of Birmingham Medical Society UB/SOC3; and the University of Birmingham Poynting Physical Society UB/SOC4
Collections of papers relating to the University of Birmingham, including papers relating to the founder of Mason Science College, Josiah Mason, Finding number: UB/Z/JM, papers relating to the founder of the Birmingham School of Medicine and Queen’s College, William Sands Cox, Finding number: UB/Z/SC, and papers relating to Hermann Georg Fiedler, Professor of German at Mason Science College and the University of Birmingham, which discuss the establishment of the School of Modern Languages at the new university. Finding number: UB/Z/HGF. Also papers relating to the Atlantic Awards in literature, established in 1945 to help young British writers and administered by staff at the University of Birmingham, Finding number: UB/Z/AA
Detailed box list of Records of Westhill College, training centre for Sunday school teachers founded 1907 and later teacher training college which merged with the University of Birmingham in 2001. Finding number: WC
Records of University House, hall of residence for women students established in 1904 which became a mixed hall in 1964 until its closure in 2002, and Records of University House Association, the alumni group for former residents of the hall of residence, 1908 to 2009. Finding number: UB/HUH
Records of University Council, governing body of the University, from 1900 to the 2020s. University committee records are closed for 50 years, Finding number: UB/COU
Records of University Senate, governing academic body of the University, from 1900 to the 2020s. University committee records are closed for 50 years. Finding number: UB/SEN
Records of University Court, supreme governing body of the University until 1975, from 1900 to 2018. University committee records are closed for 50 years. Finding number: UB/CRT
Records of University Committees, which reported to Council or Senate and of joint committees, from 1900 onwards. University committee records are closed for 50 years. Finding number: UB/COM
Records of the Faculty of Arts, responsible for organising, regulating and directing academic work within the Faculty in teaching, examining and research, from 1900 to 1998. Finding number: UB/FAC1
Records of the Guild of Graduates, association of graduates of the University of Birmingham, later renamed the Alumni Association. Records cover the period c.1906 to 2018. Finding number: UB/GG
Records of the Vice-Chancellor, consisting of papers of the first three postholders, Oliver Lodge, 1900-1920, Finding number: UB/VC/1, Charles Grant Robertson, 1920-1938, Finding number: UB/VC/2, and Raymond Priestley, 1938-1952, Finding number: UB/VC/3
Records of the Vice-Principal, generated by William Ashley in his term in that post, 1918-1921. Finding number: UB/VP
Records of the Senior Tutor to Women Students, correspondence and associated papers of academic and welfare tutor for women students, 1926 to 1951. Finding number: UB/STW
University of Birmingham Official Publications, including Calendars, Annual Reports, Syllabi and Faculty Handbooks, Prospectuses, Degree Congregation programmes, University staff, alumni, and supporter magazines, from 1900 onwards. Finding number: UB/P
Records of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, including annual reports and other publications, administrative and teaching materials, 1964-2002. Finding number: UB/CCCS; see also the separate collections of papers of former students and staff at the Centre, including Stuart Hall, listed in the staff archive and student archive
Records of Manor House, hall of residence for male students from 1953 which became a mixed hall in 1980, until its closure in 2007. Finding number: UB/HMH
Records of Mason Hall, hall of residence all of residence for men and women students on the Vale site, from 1966 to its closure in 2006. Finding number: UB/HMA