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Archival Collections

Eton College has a rich and varied collection of records and photographs relating to its own history as well as areas of special interest including travel writing, theatrical history and World War One.

Archival Collections

Eton College has a rich and varied collection of records and photographs relating to its own history as well as areas of special interest including travel writing, theatrical history and World War One.

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Archival Collections

Eton College has a rich and varied collection of records and photographs relating to its own history as well as areas of special interest including travel writing, theatrical history and World War One.

Archives

  • College Archives
  • Photographic Archive

The archival collections of Eton College are made up of the college’s own records as well as those that have been collected for their historical significance. Many of these archives have regional, national or international importance.

Archives are the threads that stitch everything together.

Collections blog, April 2019

College Archives

Records of the college itself, shedding light on 500 years of the college’s history and beyond, with records of the estates dating back to the 11th Century.

Photographic Archive

Photographs of the college and school life, dating back to 1850.

Literary Archives and Personal Papers

British authors of poetry and prose, as well as theatre, music and military and social history are represented in 19th- to 21st-century archives and collections of personal papers held in College Library.

Research

These collections are all available for research and can be explored through our online catalogue.

Browse digital resources

Browse editions of the school magazine, search the published registers of Old Etonians and find articles on the college’s history

Digital resources

Search the catalogue

Explore our collections of photographs, literary archives and personal papers, as well as the college’s own archives

Online catalogue

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