The Olga Hirsch collection of decorated papers, bequeathed in 1968, comprises over 3,500 sheets of paper and around 130 books in paper wrappers or with decorated end-leaves.
There are hand-made papers from the 16th century onwards, and also later, machine-made papers. Various techniques of decorating paper are represented: there are brush-coated, sprinkled, sprayed, flock, marbled, block-printed, embossed, and metallic-varnish papers, as well as book jackets and 20th-century artists' papers.
This handlist was compiled from Olga Hirsch's own arrangement. The collection itself is fragile and may only be seen by arrangement with the Curator of Bookbindings.
Index
| Box 3 | Box 4 | Box 5 | Box 6 | Box 7 | Box 8 | Box 9 | Box 10 | Box 11 |
| Box 12 | Box 13 | Box 17 | Box 18 | Box 19 | Box 20 | Box 22 | Box 23 | |
| Box 24 | Box 25 | Box 26 | Box 27 | Box 28 | Box 29 | Box 30 | Box 33 | |
| Box 37 | Box 38 | Box 39 | Box 40 | Box 41 | Box 42 | Box 43 | Box 50 |
| Small box 1 | Small box 2 | Small box 3 | Small box 4 | Small box 5 |
| Folder 1 | Folder 2 | Folder 14 | Folder 15 | Folder 16 | |
| Folder 21 | Folder 31 | Folder 32 | Folder 34 | Folder 35 | Folder 36 |
| Folder 44 | Folder 45 | Folder 46 | Folder 47 | Folder 48 | Folder 49 |
| Additions | Reference Materials |
