The Manuscript Collection
Collection materials in format
The Manuscript Collection contains private archives and single manuscripts related to Finnish educational and cultural history.
Collection description
The Manuscript Collection contains private archives and single manuscripts related to Finnish educational and cultural history. The private archives contain materials of researchers, professors as well as individuals working in the fields of art and culture. Community archives contain family, mansion and association archives. There are in all approx. 900 personal archives. There are approx, 1,000 signums of manuscripts from various fields and times. The collection also contains manuscripts written in Oriental languages. The history of the collection reaches back to the collections of the Royal Academy of Turku library.
Collection languages
Material type
Accrual status
Main collection
The Manuscript CollectionSubcollections
Collection of Oriental manuscripts Fragmenta membranea collection The Photograph collection of the Manuscript Collection Music manuscripts in the Manuscript Collection Slavic manuscripts and archives Themed collections in the Manuscript Collection Individual manuscripts Private archivesRestrictions of use
Only for Special Collections Reading RoomCollection themes
Catalogue information
More information about cataloguing
The music archives have been described in the National Library Search.
Collection sizes
Parallel collections
The Incunabula CollectionProvenance
The collection has been accumulated mainly through donations.