About Archives

What are archives?

An archive is a collection of documents or a place where documents are stored. Archive documentation comes in many forms and with the correct interpretation can offer great insight into your specific project area.

Examples of archive material available

For examples of the kind of archive material that our researchers can analyse on behalf of clients, please click here.

As well as those listed there are also innumerable other documents housed in local archives throughout the UK that we are able to access.

Institutions where archives are stored and useful links for further research

Sticks Research Agency specialises in documentation research only. If you are trying to locate film, stills or sound archive material, click here for useful contact details. It also lists the main insitutions where document archives can be found in the UK.

Sticks Media Services include - history research, specialist archive research, genealogy (family history research), house history research, military research, television research, research at The National Archives TNA, Family Records Centre, British Library, London Metropolitan Archives and all archives in the UK, sound and footage archive links, expert on-screen advice from Dr Nick Barratt