The following organisations in the North West (and adjacent areas) have collections on cotton and other textile industries:

• Blackburn with Darwen Library Service
• Blackburn Museum - Lewis Textile Museum
• Bolton Archive and Local Studies Service
• Bolton Museum and Art Gallery
• Bury Archive Service
• Bury Reference Library
• Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies
• Chetham's Library
• Cumbria Record Office [ Barrow | Carlisle | Kendal ]
• Follow the Yarn
• Gallery of English Costume
• Greater Manchester Archaeological Unit
• Greater Manchester County Record Office
• Harris Museum, Preston
• John Rylands University Library of Manchester
• Lancashire County Library Local Studies Department (for collections held at libraries including: Accrington, Bacup, Burnley, Chorley, Colne, Darwen, Harris Library, Haslingden, Lancaster, Morecambe, Nelson, Rawtenstall)
• Lancashire Record Office
• Leeds University Brotherton Library
• Liverpool Record Office and Local History Library
• Macclesfield Silk Museum
• Manchester Archives and Local Studies
• Manchester Metropolitan University
• Manx National Heritage
• Merseyside Record Office
• Museum of the Lancashire Textile Industry
• Museum of Liverpool Life
• Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester
• North West Film Archive
• North West Sound Archive
• Oldham Local Studies and Archives
• Oldham Museum
• People's History Museum
• Quarry Bank Mill
• Rochdale Local Studies Library
• Rossendale Museum
• Saddleworth Museum
• Salford City Archive Service
• Salford Local History Library
• Stockport Local Heritage Library
• Tameside Local Studies Library
• Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museums
• University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
• University of Salford Academic Information Services
• Weavers' Triangle Visitor Centre
• West Yorkshire Archive Service [Calderdale | Leeds]
• Whitworth Art Gallery
• Wigan Archives Service
• Wigan Pier Heritage Centre
• Working Class Movement Library, Salford