The collection of over 30,000 volumes includes books, pamphlets, journals and reports on all aspects of the city's history and development and the lives of its people.
Information on present day Sheffield includes statistics and special files on current issues.
Microfilm copies of 1841 -1881 for Sheffield and parts of South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire.
Over 60,000 illustrations, mainly black and white photographs, of people, places and events in the Sheffield area.
Includes many miscellaneous printed items such as publicity leaflets, posters, trade literature, playbills and property sale plans.