Founded c1940 by art historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, and still expanding, Pevsner Guides are major reference for British?
Nikolaus Pevsner of England, are held by the Penguin Archive at the University of Bristol.Papers relating to the work of the Victorian Society during his years as chairman are held by the Victorian Society themselves and the London Metropolitan Archives. (Victorian Society archives) Nikolaus Pevsner Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German, later British scholar of the history of art, especially of architecture. Pevsner is best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, "The Buildings of England" (1951–74), often simply referred to by his surname. Nikolaus Pevsner was born in Leipzig, Saxony,
Nikolaus Pevsner relating to Pevsner's departure from Germany and efforts to obtain work in England are contained within the archives of the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (now the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics) in the Bodleian Library. Index to the Catalogue of the SPSL. A substantial collection of his papers is held at the Pevsner archive in the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. Nikolaus Pevsner papers, 1919–1979. Research Library at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, California. Documents relating to his various projects for Penguin, including the King Penguin series, the Pelican History of Art and the Buildings