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American Jewish Archives - The Jacob Rader Marcus Center at Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, Ohio documents Jewish life in the United States. It includes manuscripts, photographs, tapes, microfilm, and genealogical materials.
Historic New Orleans Collection and Williams Research Center - Louisiana curatorial and manuscript collections, begun by General and Mrs. L. Kemper Williams.
Agricultural and Farm Collections - Collection of association records, personal papers, court decisions, and short histories. Some photographs can be viewed online.
The Louisiana Collection - Materials pertain to Louisiana history and culture, including maps and political ephemera.
William Ransom Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz - Tulane University collection including oral histories, recorded music, photographs and film, sheet music and orchestrations, and manuscripts related to New Orleans jazz.
The Amistad Research Center - Art and manuscripts charting African-American history and race rlations, located at Tulane University. Includes a digital photograph collection.
The Rothschild Archive - Records of the Rothschild family, held in London, England.
Archives of Women in Science and Engineering - Includes personal papers of women scientists and engineers and the records of related organizations, held at Iowa State University.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project - A collection of primary and secondary documents pertaining to Martin Luther King, Jr., held at Stanford University.
National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives - A collection of anthropological materials, including manuscripts, field notes, photographs, correspondence, maps, sound recordings, film and video, dating to 1846, held at the National Museum of Natural History.
African American Collections - This collection draws upon church minute meetings, extension bulletins, personal papers, photographs, and oral histories to document the history of blacks in Alabama. Some documents may be viewed online.
LaGuardia and Wagner Archives - Documents the political and social history of New York City.
Hershey Community Archives - Collection documenting Milton S. Hershey and the history and development of Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives - A non-profit organization devoted to the preservation and dissemination of the history of the North American role in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Collections held at New York University's Tamiment Library
Shubert Archive - Documents the business and artistic records of the Shubert Brothers and the Shubert Organization, held by the Shubert Foundation at the Lyceum Theatre, New York City.
The Romanian Collections of the Hoover Institution Archives - Collection of Romanian documents, dating from the nation's modern formation in 1859.
The Isca Historical Photographic Collection - More than 40,000 images relating to the City of Exeter, Devon, England.
The National Archive of Transport, Travel and Trade - Collection of photographs dealing with transport, travel, and trade.
C.L.R. James Institute - Documentation and research center that has an extensive library of published and unpublished materials in several media, as well as manuscripts, correspondence, personal papers and other material by and about James and related figures and movements.
The Caribbean Collection - An archival survey of the records of the Jamaican and Trinidadian communities of Brooklyn, New York, held at Brooklyn College.
Bradford Textile Archive - Over 4,000 items, including fabric samples, pattern publications and cards, and periodicals. Part of Bradford College.
Center for American History - Collections at the University of Texas examining the historical development of the United States.
Victoria Women's Movement Archives - Collection documenting the history of women's movement groups in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
The Schøyen Collection - Comprised of manuscripts from around the world, spanning 5000 years, held in Norway.
The American Jewish Historical Society Archives - About 1,000 collections of personal papers and institutional records related to Jewish life in the Americas.
The Churchill Archives Centre - The papers of Sir Winston Churchill, and other archived documenting the Churchill era, held at Churchill College in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
The Woman's Collections - Includes manuscripts, photographs, and periodicals on the history of American women, as well as the University Archives covering women's education in Texas, and an international cookbook collection.
Woods Hole Museum Archives - A Massachusetts oceanographic collection covering records, photographs, artifacts, interviews, and books, 1850s to present.
House of Local History - Photographs, documents, and artifacts from 1700s to present, documenting Williamstown, Mass.
Supreme Judicial Court Historical Society - Papers and objects relating to justices of Massachusetts courts.
Maritime Archives and Collections Society - Materials related to marine history and conservation, maritime research, and nautical education.
Andrei Sakharov Archives and Human Rights Center - Records regarding Andrei Sakharov, Elena Bonner, Vasilii Grossman, and human rights, held at Brandeis University.
Spanish Civil War Collection - Documents pertaining to the war, Spanish exiles, and the Franco regime, held at Brandeis University.
Wisconsin Veterans Museum Archives - Include personal papers and records of organizations of Wisconsin veterans, held in Madison.
Wisconsin Historical Society Archives - Includes manuscript collections documenting Wisconsin and U.S. history, held in Madison.
The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research - Contains manuscripts, films, photographs and graphics relating to the entertainment industry, held in Madison.
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution - World's largest primary source collection of the visual arts in America, with 14 million items.
Atlanta University Center Archives - Documents African Americans, particularly in the southeastern United States as well as the records of professional associations.
Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts - Microfilm copies of 90% of known Hebrew manuscripts, held in Jerusalem.
Providence Archives - Records of the Sisters of Providence, and the Providence Health System of the Northwest United States.
New Hampshire Historical Society: Special Collections - Images, manuscripts, maps, broadsides and ephemera documenting the state's history, located in Concord.
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site - Sheet music, historic and contemporary photographs and glass plate negatives. Includes the de Witt C. Ward Photograph Collection. Located in Cornish, NH.
Thayer Cumings Library and Archives - Manuscripts and photographs documenting the houses and families of Portsmouth, NH, as well as the evolution of Puddle Dock.
Drew University Library: Special Collections - Includes letters of the Wesley family, Methodist periodicals, Maser and Prinster prayer books, hymnology collection and 19th century pamphlets, as well as documents of Bela Kornitzer, Eliot Porter, Georges Simenon, George D. Kelsey and Carl Michalson. In Madison, NJ.
The Washakie Archives - Located at the Wind River Historical Center in Dubois, WY, this collection documents life on the Wind River Reservation, including treaties, photographs, oral history and archaeological items.
Seattle Archdiocesan Archives - Collection examines the Catholic Church in the Pacific Northwest, including sacramental, academic and corporate records, as well as photographs and artifacts.
Archives of African American Music and Culture - Includes oral histories, photographs, musical and print manuscripts, audio and video recordings, and educational broadcast programs, at Indiana University in Bloomington.
Black Archives of Mid-America - Documents African-Americans in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Oklahoma, including diaries, newspapers, records and oral histories. In Kansas City, Missouri.
Chicago Jazz Archive - Collection of sheet music, recordings, photographs and stock arrangements, focusing on "Chicago style" jazz. Part of the University of Chicago's Regenstein Library.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - Documenting people of African descent around the world, concentrating on the Americas and the Caribbean. Includes manuscripts, sheet music and rare books, located in New York City.
Historical Documentation (HisDoc)
Canadian Centre for Architecture - A museum and study centre devoted to international architecture past and present. The collection includes 42,000 prints and drawings from the late 15th century to the present and 50,000 architectural photographs. French and English language options.
The International Archive of Women in Architecture - Established in 1985 to document the history of women's professional involvement in the field of architecture before the 1950s. Biographical dictionary.
Gottscho-Schleisner Collection - Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner in the Library of Congress of the architecture and interior design of 20th-century America. Can be browsed or searched.
Architecture of Wales - Collection of architectural drawings, mostly of Welsh structures, held at The National Library of Wales.
The National Monuments Record - The records made and gathered by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Access and search aids for the public; online photo gallery.
Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania - Contains the works of more than 400 designers from the 18th century to today, most notably the office drawings, models and papers of Louis I. Kahn, located in Philadelphia.
Irish Architectural Archive - The archive was established in 1976 to collect, preserve and make available to the public records of every kind relating to the architecture of Ireland.
Kansas State Historical Society - Library and Archives Division holds 9,000 architectural drawings and related records, many of structures built by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Works Company of Leavenworth.
Carnegie Mellon Architecture Archives - Aims to document the architects and architecture of Pittsburgh and the tri-state region of western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and northern West Virginia.
Historic American Buildings Survey - Photographs, text and drawings in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, describing nearly 35,000 historically significant sites and structures, can be purchased on microfiche from Chadwyck-Healey.
Minnesota Historical Society Library - The Library's sources for the history of houses and other buildings include photographs, tax records, standard house plans of the 1920s, Ramsey County Historic Building Survey, business and personal papers.
Norman Morrison Isham Collection - Collection of notebooks, manuscripts, photographs,letters, deeds, inventories and measured drawings pertaining to Isham's study of early New England architecture, held by the Rhode Island Historical Society.
Research Materials for Architecture in Metropolitan Washington - This directory by the University of Maryland Libraries describes collections of architectural drawings, photographs and papers in various archives, libraries and other repositories.
The Southeastern Architectural Archive - This archive at Tulane University is New Orleans' major repository for architectural records. Has cataloged records of more than 120 firms. Opening hours, architects represented, resources.
The Parkinson Architectural Archives - Privately-held collection featuring the work of English-born US architect John Parkinson and the successor firms in Los Angeles and Austin (1889-current.) Online queries.
British Architectural Library - Descriptions and online catalogue of the collections including over 500,000 architectural drawings by mainly British architects, over 700,000 manuscripts and archives and more than 650,000 photographs of architecture worldwide. Contact details, opening hours, information services, guidance for researchers, publications on the collection and extensive list of architectural links.
Avery Library Drawings and Archives - A collection of 500,000 items, including original drawings, blueprints, photographs, correspondence, and other architectural records at Columbia University, New York.
Lambeth Palace Library - Includes the archive of the Incorporated Church Building Society (1818-1984), the single largest source of plans and drawings of new and rebuilt churches in the UK. Library holdings, services, news.
Environmental Design Archives - A repository of historical architecture and landscape architecture records at the College of Environmental Design, University of California. Collections, programs and services.
The Mills Archive - Archive and resource library specialising in traditional mills and milling in the UK. Includes the extensive collection owned by the SPAB Mills Section.
Arizona State University Architecture and Environmental Design Archives - Houses archival drawings of nine designers, as well as papers for Litchfield Park and a Solar Energy Collection, in Tempe, Arizona.

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