Tyne and Wear Archives

History

County / Chief Archivists

• Dr. W. A. L. Seaman, County Archivist 1974–1986
• Bruce Jackson, Chief Archivist 1986–1993
• Liz Rees, Chief Archivist 1993–2016.
• Lizzy Baker, Archives Lead 2018-

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Records (not an exhaustive list)

• William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong Tyneside industrialist who founded the Armstrong Whitworth manufacturing empire.
• SS Baikal, an ice-breaking train ferry that linked the eastern and western portions of the Trans-Siberian Railroad across Lake Baikal, constructed in Newcastle by Armstrong Whitworth.
• Thomas Bewick, English engraver and natural history author.
• Clarke Chapman, a British engineering firm based in Gateshead.
• Ruth Dodds, author, playwright, councillor and first woman Freeman of Gateshead.
• Jimmy Forsyth British amateur photographer, who in his later life became celebrated for his portrayal of the working class communities of Tyneside
• Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co, telescope manufacturer, more commonly known as Grubb Parsons based in Newcastle upon Tyne.
• RMS Mauretania, an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend, Tyne and Wear for the British Cunard Line, and launched on 20 September 1906.
• John Readhead & Sons, a shipyard on the River Tyne in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England.
• Githa Sowerby, English playwright and author of Rutherford & Son, children's writer, and member of the Fabian Society.
• Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, one of the best known shipbuilding companies in the world.
• Armstrong Whitworth, a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century.