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Research Projects & Our Archives

Our Archives

The University of Reading holds many important international business archives, including those of WH Smith, Huntley and Palmer, Woolworths and leading publishers and printers.

For a full listing of our Special Collections, please visit the archive index.

Additionally, the University holds the papers of individuals such as Lyndall Urwick, Professor John Dunning and Professor Alan Rugman. What is more, large numbers of international business records may be found in the University's Museum of English Rural Life (MERL). These include Sutton Seeds Ltd and the engineering company John Fowler and Co (Leeds) Ltd.

Research Projects

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Centre for Economic Institutions and Business History

Email the Directors using the links below