External Resources and Collections

Front entrance, Ushaw College.

The following archives and specialist libraries provide further resources for local research:

ULC Partner Libraries

• Durham Cathedral Library
  The UK's most complete in situ medieval monastic library with more than 300 manuscripts from the pre-Reformation era.
• Ushaw College Library
  Extensive collections mainly relating to Catholic theology and history.

Other resources you may find useful:

• Durham City Library
  Public library, with local collections.
• Durham County Record Office
  Archives from historic County Durham.
• Newcastle City Library
  Very strong local studies collection; manuscripts as well as printed material.
• Newcastle University Library
  Archives include Trevelyan Papers; Runciman Papers; Bosanquet Papers; papers of Jack Common.
  Pybus history of medicine collection; Robert White Collection (Border history and ballads), etc.
• Literary & Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne Library
  Large local collection; early printed books and controversial pamphlets; early scientific and technological material.
• Northumberland Archives (Woodhorn)
  Archives from the county of Northumberland including numerous family and estate collections.
• Tyne & Wear Archives Service (Newcastle)
  Newcastle city records; industrial and business records.
• Sunderland City Library
  Local history; genealogical microfilms; industry, especially shipping.
• Bowes Museum (Barnard Castle)
  The nationally renowned art collection, archives and early printed book library of Josephine and John Bowes.
• North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton)
  Archives from the North Riding of Yorkshire dating back to the twelfth century.
• Teesside Archives (Middlesbrough)
  Archives from the Teesside area (Middlesbrough, Stockton, Hartlepool, and Redcar & Cleveland).