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Automotive Libraries Description: Hopefully, you can find what you're looking for at The Crittenden Automotive Library, but we understand that not even the Library of Congress has everything. That's why libraries have networks, and this directory is our version of that. Each of these institutions are each much larger and have more resources than this website and our Offline Collection. Page Sections: Libraries · Publishers · Article Index |
Talladega, Alabama
The McCaig-Wellborn Research Library The library section of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame and Museum, housing 14,000 books & periodicals as well as 10,000 photographs.
La Mesa, California
The Horseless Carriage Foundation Established in 1985, this library's stated mission is to recreate the "pioneer automotive research libraries" of W. Everett Miller and Dr. Alfred S. Lewerenz. The collection emphasizes the pre-1943 era but includes information on modern cars as well. HFCI hosts a number of personal collections, which include those of Richard A. Teague, Art Twohy, Julian Eccles, James Valentine, David Rice, and Lindley Bothwell.
San Diego, California
San Diego Automotive Museum A collection including 3,393 automobile books, 36,000-40,000 magazines with titles back to 1901, 2,559 hardcover repair manuals, and 13,000 plus club newsletters.
Sylmar, California
The Nethercutt Automotive Research Library and Archive The information and research division of The Nethercutt Collection, a museum of over 250 historic and classic automobiles, this library includes many materials predating the 20th century. The legacy of Wellington Everett Miller, an automobile engineer, who collected much of the library's materials over a period of 70 years, Nethercutt's archives include a vast amount of information and documentation on pre-1940 automobiles among resources from all automotive eras.
Naples, Florida
The Revs Institute Founded in 2009 by Miles Collier, this new library is rapidly becoming one of the premier automotive research institutions in the United States. In 2011 the Institute acquired the Karl Ludvigsen Library and began an association with Stanford University.
Woodstock, Illinois
The Crittenden-Walczak Collection The combined resources of Bill Crittenden and the late John Walczak. It consists of over 1,070 books, 1,600 periodical issues, 800 catalogs, and an uncounted number of brochures. What hasn't been scanned and put on CarsAndRacingStuff.com is available as reference material for questions submitted by email.
Dearborn, Michigan
The Henry Ford Archive of American Innovation The archive includes 26 million artifacts with 100,000 digitized and accessible from their website. The full collection includes agriculture, energy, and communications technologies, but of course automobiles are well represented.
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Public Library: National Automotive History Collection Branch Founded in 1953, this is one of the most treasured collections of the United States automobile industry, including the personal papers and original documents of automobile pioneers and corporate leaders. Includes the huge Nathan Lazarnick Collection of automobile industry photographs from 1900-1920.
New York, New York
New York Automotive and Diesel Institute A collection of books and periodicals for the students & staff of NYADI, complemented by quiet study spaces and meeting rooms. Run by Patricia a. Hollander, MLS, a professional librarian with 38 years of experience.
Watkins Glen, New York
International Motor Racing Research Center A collection of over 4,000 books and 250 titles of magazines. Originally started as an addition to the Watkins Glen Public Library in 1996, the research center opened on its own independently of the public library in June 1999.
Hershey, Pennsylvania
The Chris & Kathleen Koch AACA Library & Research Center Formed in 1977 as part of the Antique Automobile Club of America (formed in 1935). This public library is free to all around the world and holds over 3 million items.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum Library Part of the museum started by the late Dr. Frederick Simeone, it includes a collection of materials over a half century in the making that covers 1700 makes with materials dating back to 1892.
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Robin Holab-Abelman Library The library of the Lane Motor Museum, housing over 1,500 books with a specialization in European cars.
London, England
The Royal Automobile Club Library and Archive Occupying a beautifully decorated room in their Pall Mall Clubhouse, this collection includes books, manuscripts, and ephemera dating back to the Club's founding in 1897.
This is a list of publishers that specialize in wheeled transportation or have a significant portion of their business within the scope of The Crittenden Automotive Library's subjects. This does not include manufacturers' self-published manuals & training materials.
Chilton DIY Founded in 1904 as Chilton Publishing Company, it published periodicals and later became one of the major publishers of automotive manuals for do-it-yourselfers. From 1985 to 2007 it went through a series of mergers and splits, eventually settling down as a part of Cengage Learning. Chilton page in The Crittenden Automotive Library.
Clymer Manuals Originally a smaller competitor in the do-it-yourself automobile repair manual market, it was acquired by Haynes North America, Inc. (part of Haynes Publishing) and is now Haynes' division for the powersports market including motorcycles & ATVs. Clymer page in The Crittenden Automotive Library.
Coastal 181 A Massachusetts-based publisher of motorsports books since 2001. The 181 in the name comes from the founder's racing car #181 which competed since the early 1960s.
Haynes Publishing Begun when John Haynes OBE published his first book based on a tear down & rebuild of a Austin 7 Special in 1956. Since then Haynes books have become one of the two major standard guides for do-it-yourselfers. Haynes Publishing page in The Crittenden Automotive Library.
Krause Publications Founded in 1952 by Chester Krause with the publication of Numismatic News. Since then it has expanded to cover all sorts of hobbies, and notably for the automobile collector publishes the Standard Catalog series of books.
Mitchell 1 Founded by Glenn Mitchell as Mitchell Manuals in 1946, it would be acquired in parts by Snap-On from 1996-1998 and turned into a joint venture with NAPA in 2000. Beginning in 1989 with Mitchell On-Demand computer-delivered information service, Mitchell has moved from a paper-based publisher to an online publisher.
MOTOR Information Systems Founded in 1903 and now part of the Hearst Corporation. Most well-known for publishing detailed repair manuals for professional technicians.
Motorbooks Founded in 1965 and acquired by Quarto in 2007. Specializes in publishing histories and technical books for casual automobile enthusiasts.
Motor Racing Publications A former publisher of racing histories and biographies, currently in reprint by Quarto.
Veloce Publishing Founded in 1991 by Rod Grainger and Jude Brooks. It published detailed histories and buyers' guides.
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