Roads & Road Transport History Association

Links to online resources for the roads and road transport researcher and historian:

a2a - Access to Archives - online catalogue of all English archives except the National Archives.
Archives Hub - national gateway to descriptions of archives at UK universities and colleges.
Archives in London and the M25 area - AIM25 - online access to collections of universities, colleges, learned societies within the M25 area.
British Library - national library and major repository for material published in the UK and Ireland, including books, periodicals, maps, Parliamentary papers, patents. Integrated Catalogue
Copac - union catalogue - access to the merged online catalogues of the major UK national and university libraries.
Coventry Transport Museum - substantial technical and photographic records relating to the motor industry in the West Midlands. RRTHA Corporate Member.
Historical Directories - University of Leicester - digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919.
London Metropolitan Archives - records of London Transport and predecessors, maps, directories, books, photographs on the London area.
London School of Economics - British Library of Political and Economic Science, which includes significant transport-related content - library catalogue.
London Transport Museum - Library contains major collection of books etc. relating to London Transport and constituents. RRTHA Corporate Member.
The National Archives (formerly Public Record Office) - principal archive of Government records, including the former British Transport Historical Records Library.
National Tramway Museum - The John Price Memorial Library contains books, periodicals, etc on public passenger transport history, in particular, street tramways. Online-searchable library databases RRTHA Corporate Member.
Omnibus Society Library and Archive - books, periodicals, Traffic Commissioners' Notices & Proceedings, the National Timetable Collection etc
Scottish Archive Network - SCAN - online catalogue of 52 archives in Scotland.
University of Warwick Modern Records Centre - includes substantial records on the history of industrial relations and industrial politics at national level, and motor and related industry records.

Further links welcomed - email RRTHA Webmaster

picture: workmen removing tram track in Edinburgh, 1960s