We collect records from all
kinds of sources, including:
- businesses;
- chapels;
- charities;
- churches;
- courts of law;
- hospitals;
- individuals;
- landed estates;
- organisations;
- schools;
- societies;
- solicitors;
- Suffolk County Council and other local authorities.
The records consist of many different types, including:
- accounts;
- court rolls;
- diaries;
- letters;
- logbooks;
- maps and plans;
- minute books;
- parish registers;
- photographs;
- prints;
- rate books;
- rentals;
- title deeds;
- wills.
And come in a variety of formats, including:
- audio tapes;
- digital files;
- film;
- paper;
- parchment.
In addition our three branches hold the county’s local
studies reference collections, consisting of:
- books;
- newspapers;
- oral history tapes;
- pamphlets;
- periodicals;
- press cuttings;
- printed maps;
- sale catalogues.
Between them they provide a treasure trove of historic raw
material from which the history of Suffolk from the Middle Ages to
the present can be written.
What we collect and preserve is based on the guidelines set out in
our
archive collecting policy and
local studies collecting policy.
If you would like to add to our collections by donating or
loaning any archives or books please take a look at our
gifts and deposits
guidelines.