TOP SOURCES

ARCHIVE Modern Records Centre University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL 0247 652 4219 bit.ly/warwick-mrc The centre holds some of the records of the Original Society of Papermakers (OSP).

BOOK

Papermaking in Britain 1488–1988: A Short History by Richard L Hills (Bloomsbury Academic, 1988) This concise history tells the story of 500 years of paper-making.

MUSEUM Frogmore Paper Mill Fourdrinier Way, Apsley, Hertfordshire HP3 9RY 01442 234600 thepapertrail.org.uk Frogmore is the world’s oldest mechanised paper mill. Its site has videos of interviews with former employees of a local paper manufacturer.

WEBSITES

British Association of Paper Historians

baph.org.uk The BAPH’s website has image collections, a glossary of papermaking terms, and copies of its journal available to purchase. Readers can contact Jean Stirk via the website and ask her to search for their ancestor in her index of 20,000 OSP members.

Paper-Mills and PaperMakers in Wales 1700–1900

bit.ly/nlwjournals-paper This 1967 article discusses the history of Welsh paper mills by region, and reproduces interviews with child workers.

Scottish Printing Archival Trust

scottishprintarchive.org The trust’s website includes details of where you can find paper manufacturers’ archives.