Visits by groups of students are welcome but must be notified well in advance so that accommodation and materials can be prepared. The Record Office will make a small charge for visits. Space for displays by local groups or schools is available. Contact the Archivist for further details. No one source can hope to be comprehensive in the field of local studies.
Leaflets are available on other libraries and record offices with local studies collections.
The principal collections are in the Devon Studies Centre, Castle Street, Exeter which contains the Westcountry Studies Library and Devon Record Office. The Museum of North Devon, The Square, Barnstaple is the principal museum in the area. Local studies societies may also be helpful. Listings of museums, societies and other local studies organisations are available. HOW YOU CAN HELP US Thousands of items of local interest are produced each year, books, pamphlets, reports, magazines.