LGBT History Project: LGBT Resources

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LGBT Resources in Archives, Libraries and Museums

Around the country, archives and museums are gathering, researching, expanding and promoting LGBT collections.

Below are a selection of archives, libraries, museums and groups with relevant collections. Some have also produced guidance to assist researchers, which you can find on their websites.

This list is non-exhaustive and ever expanding and new additions are always welcome. The National Register of Archives aims to record as many of these as possible to make research in the area easier. Please send any contributions to asd@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk.

British Library www.bl.uk

British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/explore/themes.aspx

Gay Birmingham Remembered www.gaybirminghamremembered.co.uk

GEM - Gay East Midland Magazine Archive www.gayeastmidlands.com

Glasgow Women's Library www.womenslibrary.org.uk/

Greater Manchester County Record Office www.archivesplus.org/stories/radical-manchester

Hall-Carpenter Archives at LSE Library www.lse.ac.uk/library/home.aspx

King's College, Cambridge www.kings.cam.ac.uk/archivecentre/modern-archives/index.html

Lancashire Archives www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office

Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive (LAGNA) www.lagna.org.uk

London Metropolitan Archives www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma

Nottinghamshire's Rainbow Heritage www.nottsrh.webeden.co.uk

Oldham Local Studies and Archives www.oldham.gov.uk/info/200539/archive_collections

OurStory Scotland www.ourstoryscotland.org.uk

Outstories Bristol www.outstoriesbristol.org.uk/

Pride in our past, Plymouth www.lgbt-history.prideinplymouth.org.uk

Queerupnorth archives www.manchester.gov.uk/info

Tameside Local Studies and Archives Centre www.tameside.gov.uk/archives

The Feminist Archive www.feministarchivenorth.org.uk/

The Feminist Library www.feministlibrary.co.uk

The Labour History Archive and Study Centre www.phm.org.uk

The Lesbian and Gay Foundation www.lgf.org.uk/history

The National Archives www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/

The Women's Library, London www.lse.ac.uk/library/home.aspx

Wellcome Library www.wellcomelibrary.org/

Working Class Movement Library www.wcml.org.uk

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