| Description | Letters, notes, references and printed items as well as revisions and the final draft of Shrewsbury's major work 'A History of the Bubonic Plague in the British Isles', 1970; miscellaneous materials including illustrations, lantern slides, maps and file cards; notebook containing research material for a 'History of the Witchcraft in the British Isles'. |
| Administrative History | John F. D. Shrewsbury, 1898-1971, was Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Birmingham, 1937-1963. |