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== Collections ==
=== University of Leicester ===
'''University of Leicester'''<br>
University Road<br>
Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 7RH UK<br>Telephone: 0116 252 2522<br>
Website: [http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/search/collection/p16445coll4/searchterm/Cornwall/field/place/mode/exact/conn/and/order/nosort University of Leicester] Special Collections Online - Cornwall


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Revision as of 01:15, 11 February 2023

Cornwall Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Cornwall Background
Local Research Resources

Archives[edit | edit source]

Kresen Kernow (‘Cornwall Centre’)
Little Vauxhall
Redruth TR15 1AS UK

E-mail: kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk Telephone number: 01209 614430

These archives used to be housed at Cornwall Record Office in Truro and the Cornish Studies Library in Redruth.

Cornish Archives Network (CAN)
E-mail: kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk
Website
CAN Members Map (Clickable for contact information.)

CAN is a free thriving network of over 80 archive and heritage organizations across Cornwall. The group includes everyone from well-established community and professional archives to new small digital archives, archives within other institutions and local heritage and history groups.

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Cornwall Libraries and contact information


Institute of Cornish Studies
University of Exeter (Cornwall Campus)
Environment and Sustainability Institute
Treliever Road
Penryn, Cornwall
TR10 9FE England

Contact information
Website


University of Leicester Special Collections Online
E-mail: specialcollections@leicester.ac.uk
Website
Search Engine

University of Leicester Special Collections Online provides free access to digital resources from the David Wilson Library, including "My Leicestershire History", "Manufacturing Pasts", "Historical Directories" and other material from its collections of rare books, images and archives.

Museums[edit | edit source]




Royal Cornwall Museum
River Street
Truro, Cornwall TR1 2SJ UK
Telephone: 01872 272 205
Email: enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk
Website

Extensive collections range from Stone Age Cornwall to Contemporary Art, telling stories across cultures and also across the last ten thousand years.