Industrial Archaeology Panel for the North East of England
| About the Panel |
| Sources of information |
| Introduction |
| Bibliographical Sources |
| Archives and Specialist Libraries |
| Web sites |
| Serial Publications |
| Occasional Publications |
| Contemporary Accounts |
This section contains contact details for locations which hold collections of particular interest for industrial history and archaeology. It does not include the Historic Environment Records offices (formerly Sites and Monuments Records), county record offices, reference libraries or local study libraries - all these will have relevant material.
| Location | Contact | Holding |
| Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum, Beamish, County Durham DH9 0RG | Phone: 0191 370 4000 Email: museum@beamish.org.uk | Resource Centre includes books, periodicals, trade catalogues and photo archive |
| Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham DH1 3RN | Phone: 0191-374-3001. Email: PG.Library@durham.ac.uk Website: www.dur.ac.uk/Library/asc | Collection centres on monastic/diocesan/bishopric records, including tithe maps, and wills; also some family MS collections; both include industrial activities |
| Leeds University Brotherton Library, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT | Phone: 0113 343 5518 www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll Email: special-collections@library.leeds.ac.uk | Collection of Yorkshire business records |
| Literary and Philosophical Society Library, 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1SE | Phone: 0191-232-0192. Email: library@litandphil.org.uk | Subscription library, with major collection of contemporary 18th-20th century books on technology |
| National Coal Mining Museum, Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, Wakefield WF4 4RH | Phone: 01924 848806 www.ncm.org.uk Email: curatorial.librarian@ncm.org.uk | Wide range of materials on mining |
| Newcastle University, Robinson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HQ | Phone: 0191-222-7671. Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/library/speccoll/spechome.html. Email: lesley.gordon@ncl.ac.uk | MSS collection includes some industrial material |
| North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Neville Hall, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1SE | Phone: 0191 2332459. Email: librarian@mininginstitute.org.uk Website: www.mininginstitute.org.uk | Major library collection relating to mining, open Mon-Fri 10-5 including documentary archives (returned from NRO). |
| Northern Mine Research Society Records, 38 Main Street, Sutton in Craven, Keighley, YorkshireBD20 7HD | Phone: 01535 635 388 Email martgill@legend.co.uk | Begun as a collection of primary and secondary sources relating to mining in the Yorkshire Dales now also covers many other areas |
| Northern Region Film and Television Archive (NRFTA). Offices at the University of Teesside, Middlesbrough TS1 3BA | Phone 01642 384 015 www.nrfta.org.uk/ | Collection includes industrial records |
| Wakefield � Goodchild Collection: Local History Centre, Central Library, Drury Lane, Wakefield WF1 2DT | Private collection of archive material mainly relating to West Riding; available for study by written appointment enclosing SAE | |
| Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Claremont, 23 Clarendon Rd, Leeds LS2 9NZ | Phone: 0113 245 7910 www.yas.org.uk Email: secretary@yas.org.uk | Extensive collection of books, journals, pamphlets, maps, plans and photographs, some relating to industrial history; Archive material |
| Yorkshire Film Archive York St John College, Lord Mayor's Walk, York YO31 7EX | Phone 01904 716 550 Email info@yorkshirefilmarchive.com |