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National Coal Board photograph. Cat ref: COAL 80/1952
The National Archives

The National Archives

Planning a new repository

This memorandum is intended as an aide-memoire for those responsible for planning a new purpose-built record repository or adapting a building to this purpose. All the issues discussed briefly here are treated fully in Archive Buildings in the United Kingdom 1977-1992 (1993) ISBN 0 11 440244 2. A sequel to and revision of this book is also available: Archives and Buildings in the United Kingdom 1993-2005 (2007) ISBN 978 1 86077 443 0.

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