Research guides
Our guides provide information on archive sources held at the Modern Records Centre which are relevant to particular research subjects.
Family history:
Are you looking for an ancestor? (information on sources for genealogy at the Modern Records Centre, arranged by occupation)
Occupational Guide (pdf)
Business and industry:
Confederation of British Industry (CBI) predecessors
The Confederation of British Industry and predecessor archives (booklet published in 1997) (pdf)
Co-operative sources (pdf)
Rubery Owen Holdings Ltd archive (booklet published in 1997) (pdf)
Finding-aid to employment sectors represented in our digitised interview recordings
Education and social welfare:
Guide to resources on mental health
Individuals:
The personal papers of Sir Victor Gollancz (booklet published in 1997) (pdf)
A postman's round (extracts from the diary of a Victorian letter-carrier in East London) (booklet published in 1991) (pdf)
Tom Mann: A bibliography (booklet published in 1993) (pdf)
International events and issues:
Sources for the study of Latin America
Sources for the study of South Asia
The Spanish Civil War, 1936-39
Local History:
Archive sources on Coventry at the Modern Records Centre
Politics:
Anarchist, Libertarian and Syndicalist sources
Protest and pressure groups:
Role of women:
Women at work and in society (booklet, 2nd edition, published in 1991) (pdf)
Trade unionism:
The Osborne case papers and other records of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (booklet published in 1979) (pdf)
The Trades Union Congress archive, 1920-60 (booklet published in 1992) (pdf)
The Trade Union Congress archive 1960-70 (booklet published in 1998) (pdf)
The International Transport Workers' Federation archive (booklet published in 1985) (pdf)
A guide to the archives of the Transport and General Workers' Union
Transport:
Linguistics and phonetics:
Finding-aid to the various accents in our digitised interview recordings