Major archive collections include: papers of Charles Stuart Calverley (1831-1884), poet; Charles Darwin (1809-1882), naturalist; Douglas Rayner Hartree (1897-1958), mathematical physicist; John Stevens Henslow (1796-1861), botanist; Henry More (1614-1687), theologian; William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), classical scholar; Charles Lesingham Smith (1806-1878), mathematician; David Stanbury (1933-1997); D.H.W. Dickson (1924-) It is the College's policy to collect and preserve material concerned with all aspects of the history of the College.
Typescript indexes are held in the Library office. Work began in 2006 to enter the Library's archive collections onto Janus.
Request to view these collections should be made to the College Librarian. (Telephone: 01223 334950 or 334905 ; Fax: 01223 339557 (Faxes must be marked for the attention of the College Librarian) ; Email: library@christs.cam.ac.uk)
Archive enquiries relating to the administrative history of the College and its properties should contact the Honorary Keeper of the Archives, Professor Geoffrey Martin at: gthorndike@hotmail.com.