Archives and manuscripts

Search the online catalogue of archives and manuscripts

This catalogue was created with the support of our friends at the Booth Charities. The system is Axiell IMu. You’ll find records for all our major archival collections, usually down to item level; 1000s of records with images for our Belle Vue collection and hundreds of records for material concerning Salford’s people and the life of the city past and present.

We recommend you try single keyword searches in the first instance, e.g. ‘Worsley’, ‘Schools’, ‘Processions’. If you don’t find what you need, or if your search doesn’t bring up the results you expected, please contact us.

An appointment is needed to look at any of the material in the collection. Please include the title, the author (if any), and the finding number (at foot of record) when asking about a item you have found in the catalogue.

Get in touch if you have any problems.