Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick

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The Modern Records Centre and the new extension of the library

The Modern Records Centre (MRC) is the specialist archive service of the University of Warwick in Coventry, England. It holds the largest archive collection on UK industrial relations. The BP corporate archive is located next to the MRC and shares a searchroom..

1 Material held in the Centre
2 External links

[edit] Material held in the Centre

Material held in the Centre includes:

Archival collections on industrial relations
University of Warwick Library special collections
Warwick theses and dissertations
Lord Rootes Memorial Fund Reports
University publications

[edit] Archives

The archives in the MRC relate principally to industrial relations. The centre houses a large number of 19th and 20th century documents relating to:

Trades unions and similar organisations
Employers' and trade associations
Industrial relations
Pressure groups
Political parties and organisations

[edit] Theses

All higher research theses (PhDs and dissertations by research) submitted at Warwick since 1984 appear on the Library Catalogue

[edit] Special Collections (SPC)

Special collections materials of the University of Warwick Library Catalogue are held in the MRC where they are available for consultation.

[edit] Lord Rootes Memorial Fund Reports and University Publications

University publications include past copies of the student and University newsletters/newspapers (including the Warwick Boar, annual reports, statements of accounts and prospectuses. Reports from students funded by the Lord Rootes Memorial Fund are also stored by the Centre.