Materials @ Other Institutions
If you want to see what archival and manuscript materials other institutions hold, try these resources:
- Archive Finder (Proquest)A directory of repositories and collections of primary source material across the United States and the United Kingdom; it includes the entire National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC).
- ArchiveGrid (OCLC)Contains descriptions of collections from thousands of libraries, museums, and archives worldwide.
- Iter ItalicumThe most comprehensive finding list available of previously uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued Renaissance humanistic manuscripts in libraries and collections all over the world.
- Library of Congress - Search Finding AidsGuides provide a gateway to the Library of Congress collections. Links are provided to digitized content, when available.
- National Archives Online Research ToolsA good starting point / overview of doing research at the U.S. National Archives.
- Worldcat (FirstSearch/OCLC)A database listing materials, including archival and manuscript materials, from thousands of different libraries.
Western (U.S.) Archives
- Archives WestIncludes repositories in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Alaska.
- Arizona Archives OnlineDescriptions of archival collections, preserved and made accessible by Arizona repositories.
- Mountain West Digital LibraryAccess to over 1,000,000 resources from universities, colleges, public libraries, museums, historical societies, and government agencies, counties, and municipalities in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, Hawaii, Wyoming and other parts of the U.S. West.
- New Mexico Archives OnlineAccess to finding aids for archival collections from 19 repositories across the state of New Mexico.
- Online Archive of CaliforniaMore than 200 contributing institutions.
- Texas Archival Resources OnlineDescriptions of the rich archival, manuscript, and museum collections in repositories across the state available to the public.