| RefNo | Title | Date |
| QM/1/4/3 | Letters regarding books for People's Palace Library | 1886 |
| QM/1/5/6 | Governors' and Visiting Committee minutes, April to December 1903 | 1903 |
| QM/1/16/5 | Letters to E.H. Currie and Secretary of People's Palace | 1885-1890 |
| QM/1/17/4 | Newspaper cuttings, 1889-98 | 1889-1898 |
| QM/1/8/6/2 | Constance Garnett (1861-1946), Head Librarian | c1894 |
| QM/1/14/8 | The Palace Journal, Vol. 6, 14 May to 16 July 1890 | 1890 |
| QM/1/15 | Photographs and illustrations | 1887-2000 |
| QM/1/16 | Various correspondence | 1884-1890 |
| QM/1/4 | Opening of the People's Palace and new People's Palace | 1885-1937 |
| QMC/TEMP/202 | Unveiling of commemorative plaque in the Octagon, 1987 | 1987 |
| QM/1/5 | Trustees', Governors', Committees and Professorial Board papers | 1888-1930 |
| QM/1/5/35 | People's Palace Committee Minutes, January 1909 to July 1910 | 1909-1910 |
| QM/1/14/9 | The Palace Journal, Vol. 6, 23 July to 24 September 1890 | 1890 |
| QM/1/8 | Staff and employment | c1879-1985 |
| QM/1/14 | Publications | 1887-1911 |
| QM/1/17/22 | Newspaper, journal and magazine articles about the People's Palace | 1887-1893 |
| QM/1/17 | Newspaper, journal and magazine articles about People's Palace | 1884-1975 |
| QM/1/7 | Premises, property and facilities | 1885-1935 |
| QM/1/14/17 | The People's Palace Journal and Educational Herald | 1893-1894 |
| QM/1 | People's Palace | 1728-2000 |
| QM/1/14/19 | Bound volume of People's Palace Calendars, Guide, Journals and Sketch of the People's Palace and its Library | 1893-1900 |
| QM/1/8/6 | Papers and artefacts relating to specific staff of the People's Palace | c1879-1985 |
| QM/1/8/6/3 | Minnie Stewart Rhodes James (1865-1903), Head Librarian | 1892-1977 |
| QM/1/7/4 | Plaster from the Octagon | c1887 |
| QM/1/15/4 | Library | c1887-1899 |