Contribute to the PRTV Public INDEX

The Peterlee Relational Test Vehicle relies on contributions from reThe Peterlee Relational Test Vehicle accepts submissions relating to Peterlee and its surrounding districts, including material connected to the town’s civic, technological, social, spatial and cultural development.

Contributions may relate to documented events, incomplete records, unrealised proposals, personal recollections, independent investigations or associated observations connected to the wider archive.

The programme welcomes both historical and contemporary material.

Relevant Material May Include

• photographs of Peterlee, past or present
• planning documents, correspondence or administrative records
• recollections of civic events, workplaces, schools or public facilities
• material connected to IBM, industrial systems or regional infrastructure
• diagrams, maps, technical sketches or unofficial annotations
• records relating to community activity or local traditions
• speculative reconstructions or unresolved accounts
• observations concerning changes to the built environment
• audio recordings, interviews or recovered media
• associated objects, ephemera or unidentified material

Everyday experience is considered relevant to the archive.

SUBMISSION FORMATS

The PRTV currently accepts:

• written testimony
• scanned or digitised documents
• photographs and slides
• audio and video recordings
• diagrams and mapping material
• speculative or reconstructed documents
• physical artefacts and ephemera (by arrangement)

Where necessary, assistance with digitisation and formatting can be provided.

ARCHIVE PROCEDURE

Submitted material is:

• logged and assigned a PRTV reference code
• catalogued within the archive index
• reviewed for contextual and associative relevance
• digitised where appropriate
• retained within the archive in full or partial form

Certain submissions may remain unpublished while undergoing review, verification or classification.

The archive may preserve contradictions, disputed interpretations and incomplete records where these form part of the wider civic context.

Attribution and Anonymity

Contributors may submit material under their own name, under attribution restrictions, or anonymously.

Please indicate any access, attribution or publication requirements at the point of submission.

Eligibility

The PRTV accepts material from:

• former and current residents
• researchers and historians
• former workers and administrators
• artists, writers and independent contributors
• community organisers and educators
• individuals with relevant local knowledge or associated material

No formal expertise is required.

Ongoing Activity

The archive operates as a continuing public index rather than a closed historical collection.

Material may be reclassified, expanded, cross-referenced or reassessed as additional records become available.

Contributions help support the long-term documentation of Peterlee’s evolving civic and relational landscape.

To make a submission, please contact us below: