If you are researching the history of the University, the City or any other aspect of local history, don't forget to check out the University Archive. Based in the University Library, the University Archive brings together selected materials and objects from the current university, its predecessors and associated organisations, including:
The Archive also hosts the Landau Collection - a collection of published works by local LGBTQ+ author, sculptor and academic Professor Rom Landau (1899 -1974), born Romuald Zbigniew Landau, with family papers formerly belonging to Rom’s brother Wlodzimierz Waclaw Gauthier-Landau.
First time using an archive?
Get in touch and tell our expert archivist in advance what you are trying to research and they will help you find the most relevant documents, photographs, records and artefacts for your research inquiry. You can also download and browse the archival catalogues yourself on the University Archive webpage.
EDUC/15/3.10.21 Student hockey team at City of Portsmouth Training College [early 1940s]
The Archive is a growing collection
The Archive is now collecting items relevant to the history of the University, from records, brochures and leaflets to stained glass windows, artworks, and other artefacts. If you have something that you would like to add to the collection, refurbishment work is taking place in your building, or you have simply been asked to clear a former office and discover anything of potential historical interest to the story of the Univeristy, please get in touch and the Archivist will be pleased to discuss this with you.