Archival Guides


The ESRC works with collecting institutions, and directly with organisations and individuals who have created or stored records, to catalogue undocumented archives and find homes for collections that are in danger of being lost.


The links below will take you to the catalogues of archival collections the ESRC has worked on, or that have been catalogued by others using our free archives management tool, HDMS (Heritage Documentation Management System).

Organisational Records

Personal and Family Papers

Guides published by others