Rolls-Royce Ltd, aero engine and motor car manufacturers

This page summarises records created by this Business

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1887-2013
Places:	Crewe, Cheshire Derby, Derbyshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Engineering: Mechanical > Vehicle manufacturers \| Engineering: Mechanical > Aircraft and aero-engines
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C101814 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B6526 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1906-1967: minutes and staff records, misc corresp, drawings and photographs	Rolls-Royce plc		NRA 11562 Rolls-Royce See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 metal processing and engineering, 1994
2	1904-2013: Technical and Corporate Archive: photographs, technical manuals, reports and papers, artwork, minutes, film rel to Rolls Royce and predecessor companies	Rolls-Royce plc
3	c1894-1971: records	Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust		See HMC Rolls-Royce plc corresp file May 1992
4	c1887-1989: sales, production and technical records, papers of H Royce and CS Rolls, records of associated companies	Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club	Rolls	NRA 35052
5	1910-1980: records incl accounts, administration, advertising, photos, Concorde material and material from Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust	Aerospace Bristol	RR
6	20th cent: technical records	Brooklands Museum	ENG/RRO	NRA 34342 Brooklands Mus
7	time record book	Coventry Archives		See Annual Report 1986-87
8	1971: layout and plans for Coventry base at Parkside	Coventry Archives	PA2081
9	1906-1999: Rocket Department records	Derbyshire Record Office	D5290
10	c1949-1967: Rocket Department records	Derbyshire Record Office	D4907
11	20th cent: Rocket Department reports, photographs, etc	Derbyshire Record Office	D5525
12	20th cent: records rel to Spadeadam rocket testing site	Derbyshire Record Office	D5496	See Annual Return 2001
13	1958-1972: statement of accounts, directors reports, misc printed items	Derbyshire Record Office	D567
14	1948-1955: notes and reports acquired by GW Lacey whilst at mechanical development and performance analysis dept at Rolls Royce Derby	Science Museum Library and Archives	LACEY
15	1957-1958: photographs (81) relating to the construction of Spadeadam Rocket Establishment, Cumbria	Science Museum Library and Archives	MS2114
16	Cuttings and photographs re founders of Roll-Royce Ltd. Collected by Miss Florence Caswell, secretary to C S Rolls	Science Museum Library and Archives	MS2048
17	1939-1940: photograph album of Rolls-Royce factory, Hillington, showing construction of site, machinery in use by workers and teaching at Stow College	Glasgow City Archives	TD2144	See Annual Return 2022