News
Our news feed contains information about new resources, newly catalogued or acquired archive collections, current and upcoming projects and events, and service developments.
Information about past work at the Modern Records Centre is included in our annual reports and information bulletins (available online from 1996/7 to 2016/7). Recordings of several past events are also available - the student-led Open Education Series, 2014-2016, and the schools project Archives Alive, 2016.
Mining union archives to be conserved!
The MRC are delighted to announce that we have received grant funding for essential conservation work to stabilise the recently discovered archives of the National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers (NACODS) from the National Archives and the Society for the Study of Labour History.
Early miners' society archives catalogued
The National Union of Mineworkers archives includes sources relating to both the NUM and to earlier district or area organisations. The first five collections have now been catalogued and can be seen at the Modern Records Centre.
Records of McDougall Trust, including Proportional Representation Society and the Electoral Reform Society
We are delighted to announce the transfer to us of the historical records of the McDougall Trust and the Electoral Reform Society (previously the Proportional Representation Society).