No specific subject area is catered for. Materials are a general collection of early works which are of local significance. The collection is the property of the LAA and consists of works by Lancashire authors. Almost entirely literary but includes some local histories, with a particular subject strength in works in Lancashire dialect. Begun some 60 years ago, the collection is still added to by its members.
Description Consists of two parts - reference and lending.
Reference Comprises the Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial and cemetery registers, microfilmed lists of officers and mem who died in the Great War, local studies information about Accrington Pals, contemporaty newspaper accounts and other local information. Lending Currently comprises about 1400 titles. New titles are purchased selectively. The collection contains general histories of the war, official histories, personal recollections, regimental histories, accounts of battles and campaigns etc. The basis for the collection was the local tradition that Miles Standish, one of the early settlers, was connected with the Duxbury branch of the Standish family.