Collection. Photographic archive of English parish churches organised by geological region. Donated by Donna Chaproniere.
Fairclough Collection. Portrait prints and topographical illustrations of 17th century Britain. Donated by A. B. R. Fairclough in 1970.
Thirsk Collection. Notes and data collected by Joan Thirsk for volumes 4 (1500–1640) and 5 (1640–1750) of The Agrarian History of England and Wales. Thirsk was the editor of these volumes and a research fellow at Leicester in the 1950s.
In recent years, the Library has digitised, and made available online, collections relating to local and urban history, including The Historical Directories of England and Wales and the East Midlands Oral History Archive.
=== Modern Literary Archives ===
The library also holds a number of collections of 20th century writers and illustrators:
The Joe Orton Collection. Joe Orton (1933–1967) was a Leicester-born playwright, the collection contains his manuscripts and correspondence.
The Laura Riding Letters. The collected correspondence of the American poet and critic Laura Riding (1901–1991).
The Sue Townsend Collection. The personal papers of Sue Townsend (1946–2014). The collection contains Townsend's literary correspondence and notebooks detailing her works.
== Student life ==
The university has a number of different societies within its students' union. The Union has over 220 different societies.
=== Student media ===
The students' union has three student groups producing media: Leicester Student Magazine, Galaxy Radio, and LUST (Leicester University Student Television).
Leicester Student Magazine was founded in 1957, and has previously been known as The Ripple, The Wave & Galaxy Press.
LUST (Leicester University Student Television) was re-founded in 2002 after a period of dormancy. The station is affiliated to the National Student Television Association (NaSTA) and hosted the association's annual awards ceremony in 2008.
==== Galaxy Radio ====
Founded in 1996, Galaxy Radio (previously LUSH Radio, LUSH FM) is run and …
