The Research Library
Exploring the Revs Institute for Automotive Research, Inc., Library
The research library was established by Mr. Miles C. Collier at The Collier Collection in 1989 to advance the scholarly study of the automobile. With thoughtful and deliberate acquisitions, particularly the accession of the Peter Blair-Richley Collection in 2000, The Collier Collection is recognized for its extraordinary breadth and scope. Mr. Blair-Richley, a celebrated authority on the bibliography of the automobile, spent his lifetime collating one of the world’s largest personal automotive history libraries at his home in England. Mr. Blair-Richley embraced The Collier Collection Library as the new home for his extolled collection. Here, a scholar has access to hundreds of thousands of books, journals and documents that echo the importance of the history of transportation, technology and business. As an automotive history book collection, the holdings are comprehensive. Additionally, key themes and genres are pronounced throughout the library holdings:
- Every significant book published on a particular marque—a collection international in scope
- Every significant biography on noted personalities in automotive history—from pioneers and inventors to contemporary industry executives
- Histories of the automotive industry, specific corporations, transportation, automotive architecture, social aspects, use by women, automotive fashion, juvenilia and military vehicles
- Rare early treatises on precursors to the automobile and the cradle of the automotive industry—including early electric and steam vehicles and 19th-century gasoline engine experimentation
- Motor racing history—with particular strengths in road racing in both the United States and Europe
- Biographies of motor racing drivers, sportsmen and sportswomen
- Race event programs and posters
- Automotive ephemera—more than 300,000 sales brochures, advertisements, specification documents, booklets and auction catalogs
- Automotive trade and enthusiast journals and historical industry data
Access our holdings through Revscat, our electronic library catalog.
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