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The article focuses on information on the history of labor movement collected by the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts from over 200 repositories and record offices throughout the British Isles. These are as follows: British Library's Manuscript Collections; Glasgow University Archives and Business Records Centre; University of Wales Swansea Library; Barnsley Archive Service; Berkshire Record Office; Birmingham City Archives; Coventry City Record Office; Cumbria Record Office and Local Studies Library and Derbyshire Record Office.

The article presents a list of manuscript collections related to labor history. The information has been collected from repositories and record offices throughout British Isles by the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts for its compilation Accessions to Repositories, and then added to the National Register of Archives (NRA). The NRA and all thematic digests compiled by the Commission can be accessed on-line via the HMC Web site. Some of the libraries from which the information regarding labor history can be accessed are: "University of Bristol Library," "British Library of Political and Economic Science," British Library of Political and Economic Science," "Canterbury City and Cathedral Archives," "House of Lords Record Office," "University of Nottingham Library," "Department of MSS and Special Collections," "Royal Commonwealth Society Library," "Society of Antiquaries," "Swansea University Library Archives," "University of Warwick Library, Modern Records Centre," "Birmingham City Archives, Central Library," etc.