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Bibliotheca Alexandrina - http://www.bibalex.org/
Includes materials in a variety of languages plus a special collection of United Nations resources. |
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Collect Britain - http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/
Presents images and sounds from the British Library, chosen to evoke places in the UK and beyond. |
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David Rumsey Historical Map Collection - http://www.davidrumsey.com/index.html
Collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South American maps and other historic materials. |
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University of Michigan Special Collections Library - http://www.lib.umich.edu/spec-coll/
A variety of collections including an assortment of ancient papyri dating to 300 BC. Papyri topics include Biblical fragments, religious writings, public and private documents, private letters, astronomical, astrological, mathematical, and magical texts. |
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The British Cartoon Archive - http://library.kent.ac.uk/cartoons/index.php
Catalogue database of over 85,000 cartoons covering British social and political history. Based at the University of Kent. |
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Getty Research Library - http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/
Collection emphasizes the history of architecture. Contains rare books, prints, maps, photographs, optical devices, and manuscripts located in Los Angeles, CA. |
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University of Arizona Library Special Collections - http://www.library.arizona.edu/speccoll/
Includes four core collections: the History of Science Collection, The Fine and Theater Arts Collection, the British and American Authors Collection, and The Art of the Book. Located at the University of Arizona Library in Phoenix, Arizona. |
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York University Archives and Special Collections - http://info.library.yorku.ca/depts/asc/archives.htm
Canadian resources including books and pamphlets dating to the 18th century. |
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King's College London, Foyle Special Collections Library - http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/library/spec/
Collection has particular strengths in modern Greek and Byzantine studies, Portuguese studies, voyages and travels, theology, literature, medicine and science. Some materials have restricted access. |
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ASU Special Collections - http://www.asu.edu/lib/speccoll/
Collection of rare books, manuscripts, and numerous special-interest collections centered around particular persons or topics of interest to scholars. Located at Arizona State University. |
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University of Southern California Special Collections - http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/collections/
Collections include Los Angeles regional history, American literature, Lion Feuchtwanger and the German emigre experience, natural history, and university history. |
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The Yale Map Collection - http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/
Houses rare sheet maps (pre-1850) and other map and reference collections. |
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National First Ladies Library - http://www.firstladies.org/
Located in the home of Ida McKinley in Canton, Ohio, this library includes biographies, photos, oral histories, and other materials about U.S. First Ladies. |
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Filipinas Heritage Library - http://filipinaslibrary.org.ph
Electronic research center on the Philippines. |
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Monash University Rare Books Collection - http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/rare/
Rare editions of literary and artistic works dating from 1476 to present. |
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Eli Siegel Collection - http://www.elisiegelcollection.net/
Collection includes books on literature, philosophy, history, art, economics, and science, many of which contain handwritten annotations by Mr. Siegel (1902-1978). The Collection is open by appointment to persons seriously studying Aesthetic Realism. |
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Kent State University Special Collections - http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/
Contains works of literature, performing arts, and histories of crime, labor, and printing dating back to the 1800's. |
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Burton Library Special Collections - http://www.detroit.lib.mi.us/Special_Collections/special_collections.htm
Books, maps, and genealogies, most of which is specific to the Detroit area. Library card required for access. |
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Mirror of the World - http://mirroroftheworld.com.au
Rare books and manuscripts from the State Library of Victoria's collection of precious and historically significant books. |
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Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections - http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/
A collection of rare books, maps, newspapers, and photos, especially those relating to the Society of Friends. |
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National Air Photo Library - http://airphotos.nrcan.gc.ca/
[English, French] Collection containing millions of aerial photographs of Canada from the 1920s to present. |
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Simon Fraser University Library Special Collections - http://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/collections/specificcollections/specialcollections/spcl.htm
Located in Burnaby, British Columbia, the library houses several types of collections including one on children's literature. |
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Jackson Davis Collection of African-American Educational Photographs - http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/collections/jdavis/
Part of the special collections library at the University of Virginia. |
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Civil War Newspapers - http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/the-civil-war.htm
Contains readable, searchable Harper's Weekly Civil War newspapers from 1861-1865. |
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The Toppan Rare Books Library - http://ahc.uwyo.edu/about/departments/toppan.htm
Housed at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, the collection specializes in the history and literature of America (particularly the West), the history and literature of the British Isles and Europe, world-wide travel and exploration, fishing, hunting, and natural history, and books written by women authors (particularly before 1900). |
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Margaret Herrick Library - http://www.oscars.org/mhl/
Offers research and reference collections about the motion picture industry. |
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University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives - http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/
Houses rare books and manuscripts including the papers of Sen. Wayne Morse, children's literature, documentation of women in society, missionaries, feminist and lesbian periodicals, Oregon trail diaries, and architectural materials. |
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The Rothschild Archive - http://www.rothschildarchive.org
Located in London, England, the archive was established to preserve the record of a family that was widely recognized for contributions to the economic, political, and social history of many countries throughout the world. |
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University of California, Irvine - Special Collections and Archives - http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/special/special.html
Collections of rare books, manuscripts, photographs, works distinguished for their illustrations, bindings, or fine printing, several distinguished subject collections, and University Archives. Restrictions on access apply. |
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SFSU J. Paul Leonard Library -- Special Collections & Archives - http://www.library.sfsu.edu/about/depts/specialcol.php
Archive of San Francisco State University, the library also contains source materials relating San Francisco Bay area history, and the Marguerite Archer Collection of Historic Children's Materials. |
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18th Century Reading Room - http://18thcenturyreadingroom.wordpress.com/
Collection of letters, maps, documents, books, music, engravings, and other materials from Europe and the Americas ranging from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. |
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Los Angeles Public Library - Rare Books Department - http://www.lapl.org/central/rare_books.html
Over 16,000 volumes predominately in English and Spanish, dating from the fifteenth century. The majority of materials were published in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Catalog available online. Collection may be consulted by appointment only at the library in Los Angeles, California. |
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Vanderbilt University: Divinity Library - http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections.html
Religious collections including an Jewish history collection. |
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Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives - http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/collections.shtml
Collection contains manuscripts, photographs, performing arts materials, and rare books in divinity, history of religion and Methodism, history of fine paper and printing, significant Mark Twain editions, a collection of 18th and 19th-century accounts by travelers to Latin America, Mesoamerican codices, and a subject collection in demonology and witchcraft. |
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An Gorta Mor: The Great Hunger Archive - http://www.thegreathunger.org
Collection of books and art about the Irish famine, including digitized handwritten pages from the Board of Guardians meetings in Killarney. |
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Pitcairn Islands Study Center - http://library.puc.edu/pitcairn/
A museum-research facility at Pacific Union College containing materials on Pitcairn and the Mutiny on the Bounty. |
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The Great White Fleet - http://www.greatwhitefleet.info
Presents the history and a collection of rare items related to the 1908 fleet of battleships called the Great White Fleet. |
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Canberra Bushfires - http://canberrafires.xsnet.org/
Photo galleries and information documenting the Canberra Bushfires of 2003. |
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Sacred-Magick: The Esoteric Library - http://www.sacred-magick.com
Collection of esoteric, occult, and magick writings. Monthly membership fees required. |
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Guelph Public Library (GPL) Local History Archives - http://www.library.guelph.on.ca/localhistory/
Public and private records on the history of Guelph, Ontario, Canada featuring a guide for genealogists, finding aids, and a searchable photograph database. |
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Josep Bosch Historical Newspapers Collection - http://www.josepbosch.net/
A project to recover, restore, preserve and exhibit historical newspapers from all over the world. The emphasis is to collect newspapers published in the city or country where the event took place. |
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Bucknell University - Sheary Project - http://www.isr.bucknell.edu/Collections_and_Borrowing/Special_Collections_University_Archives/Union_County_History/
Selected histories, genealogical data, newspapers, and civil war manuscripts from central Pennsylvania at the Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library. |
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Illuminated Books - http://www.illuminated-books.com
Illuminated and illustrated books scanned for online viewing. Collection consists of books from the 1800's to the 1920's. |
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Indiana State University Rare Books and Special Collections - http://odin.indstate.edu/about/units/rbsc/
Rare research collections including those specific to Indiana. Some materials are for display purposes only. |
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The Mary Baker Eddy Library - Special Collections Department - http://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/collections/collections.jhtml
Numerous resources about the life, ideas, and achievements of Mary Baker Eddy who was the founder of the Christian Science system of faith. |
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The Islamic Foundation Library - http://www.iflibrary.org.uk/
Collection of Islamic Literature in Leicestershire England. Search the catalogue in various languages. |
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The Morrison Collection - http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Morrison/
A collection held at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) containing Chinese books, manuscripts, and operas collected by Dr. Robert Morrison between 1807 and 1824. |
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Balson Holdings Family Trust - http://www.bhft.com/
Historical collections including politics, maps, coins, bank notes, and African artifacts. |
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IK Foundation & Company: Collections: Library - http://www.ikfoundation.org/library.html
Contains rare works on archaeology, history, art, geography, Quaternary geology, Carl Linnaeus and cartography. |
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The Jacob M. Lowy Collection - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/6/6/
[English, French] Hebraica and Judaica, Rare Bibles, and Hebrew Incunables spanning several centuries. |
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The Thomas B Mack Florida Citrus Archives - http://www.geocities.com/tbm_flcitrusarchives/index.html?984794507150
Collection includes documents, labels, photographs, maps, ledgers of Florida citrus history. |
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Misericords of the World - http://www.misericords.co.uk
Photograhs of misericords found in British and European churches, Cathedrals, Hospitals and Courts. |
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UC Riverside Libraries Special Collections - http://library.ucr.edu/?view=collections/spcol
Including media in a wide range of subject areas, including science fiction and fantasy, Native American history, citrus history and California history. |
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Mayview Manor, Blowing Rock NC - http://rebcole.tripod.com/mayviewmanorblowingrocknc/
Brief history and an assortment of photos taken of the famous Mayview Manor, Blowing Rock, NC in the 1930s. |
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University of Calgary Special Collections - http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/specialcollections/
Collection emphasizes Canadian music and literature. Also includes references on history and mathematics. |