East Midlands archives services

There are five local authority archive services and one university archive service in the East Midlands. Their role is to locate, acquire and preserve archives and to make them available to users. The collections usually relate to a particular location (a county in the case of a local authority service) or to a particular area of study. Local authority archive services undertake a great deal of work in order to secure and preserve a region's heritage. They locate and acquire collections from various sources, are involved with the preservation and conservation of these collections and produce detailed collection lists and databases of their contents, while all the time balancing the preservation needs and security of the collections within their care with the needs of the public, depositors and the researching community.

It is a good idea to contact an archive and to visit their website before making a visit (see links below). Staff will be able to advise you on locating the information you are looking for. All archive services have research rooms and staff are available to assist new users.

• Derbyshire Record Office
  
• Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland
  
• Lincolnshire Archives
  
• Northamptonshire Record Office
  
• Nottinghamshire Archives
  
• University of Nottingham, Manuscripts and Special Collections

For further details of the collections and services provided by each office, click on the links above or visit ARCHON.