The Record Office holds maps and plans from the 18th to 20th centuries, including estate, tithe, building and railway plans. Thematic maps of Devon include geological and land use maps, navigation charts and shopping centre plans. The Athenaeum has parish portfolios of illustrations and there are also albums of illustrations in its collections. The Library Service has a small collection of postcards, aerial photographs and prints. In addition microfiches of the Francis Frith illustrations for the whole county are held.
Ephemera includes early playbills and broadsheets.
These modern cuttings are supplemented by microfiche copies of Westcountry Studies Library files c1920-1986. An increasing amount of local studies material is available in microfiche or microfilm. Besides the newspapers, maps and local archives mentioned elsewhere the main collections are the General Register Office index 1837-1983, the International Genealogical Index of baptisms and marriages held for England, Scotland and Wales and the census returns for 1841 to 1891 for the registration districts of Barnstaple, Bideford, Holsworthy, South Molton and Torrington. Indexes are available for each census. The North Devon Athenaeum holds the General Register Office indexes of births, marriages and deaths on microfiche for the period 1837 to 1983.