Visit the Library blog where we've highlighted 40 literary things.

Recent acquisitions to the UEA Collection include papers from former UEASU General Secretary, Richard S. Grayson; and 89 letters home from Adrian Smith, one of UEA's first alumni of 1963.
 

The archive collections are generally available to scholars and to interested members of the public. Arrangements to visit should be made in advance, and written application is advised.

Visits by appointment may be made 09.30-16.30 Monday - Friday. Enquiries and requests to consult the collections should be made to the Archives Department:

Archives Department
The Library
University of East Anglia
Norwich Research Park
NORWICH
NR4 7TJ
Telephone:  +44 (0)1603 593491
Fax: +44 (0)1603 591010
Email: archives@uea.ac.uk

Archives leaflet [PDF, 2.5MB]

Data Protection Guidance for Archive Researchers [PDF, 32KB]
Data Protection at UEA

Declaration form for copying unpublished works [PDF, 35KB]
 

Featured items

The Collections
 

• Anthony Grey Archive
• Archives of Modern Writing and Literary Translation
• Charles Pick Archive
• Doris Lessing Archive
• Everest Collection 
• Fisher Theatre, Bungay
• G.S. Callendar Archive
• H.H. Lamb Archive
• Hill Papers
• Holloway Collection
• J.D. Salinger - Hartog Letters
• Kenney Papers
• Lorna Sage Archive
• Peterborough Literary Society
• Pevsner Art Catalogue Collection
• Pritchard Papers and Isokon Trust
• Robert Edric Archive
• Roger Deakin Archive
• Theatre Quarterly Archive
• Tinkler & Williams' Theatre Collection
• UEA Collection
• W.G. Sebald Audiovisual Archive
• Zuckerman Archive

A-Z subject list for archive collections [PDF, 302 KB] 

Useful web sites:
Archival Sound Recordings (British Library)
Archives Hub
British Records Association
East Anglian Film Archive
E-map Explorer (Norfolk County Council) 
History of Advertising Trust
Institute of Historical Research
Internet for Archives Tutorial, from the Virtual Training Suite
National Archives
Norfolk Record Office

Useful literary web sites:
GLAM - Group for Literary Archives and Manuscripts
Literary Norfolk
Location Register (a register of manuscript holdings in repositories)
Malcolm Bradbury (writer, critic)
New Writing (created by UEA and Writers' Centre Norwich to showcase the work of students, tutors and alumni)
UK Literary Heritage Working Group
Writers' Centre Norwich