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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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | Balson Holdings Family Trust
- http://www.bhft.com/
- Historical collections including politics, maps, coins, bank notes, and African artifacts. | |
 |  | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/
- Features one of the few original, remaining Gutenberg Bibles, a sunken sculpture garden and translucent marble "windows." Located on the campus of Yale University. | |
 |  | Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- http://www.bibalex.org/
- Includes materials in a variety of languages plus a special collection of United Nations resources. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | Canberra Bushfires
- http://canberrafires.xsnet.org/
- Photo galleries and information documenting the Canberra Bushfires of 2003. | |
 |  | Children's Literature Research Collections
- http://special.lib.umn.edu/clrc/
- Contains children's literature collections available for research use at the University of Minnesota Elmer L. Anderson Library, including Kerlan, Hess, Treasure Island, Oz, and Paul Bunyan. | |
 |  | Civil War Newspapers
- http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/the-civil-war.htm
- Contains readable, searchable Harper's Weekly Civil War newspapers from 1861-1865. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | Filipinas Heritage Library
- http://filipinaslibrary.org.ph
- Electronic research center on the Philippines. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | L. Tom Perry Special Collections
- http://sc.lib.byu.edu
- Collection specializes in the Renaissance and Reformation time periods. | |
 |  | Literature for Children
- http://susdl.fcla.edu/juv/
- A collection of digitized children's literature titles from the 17th through 20th centuries. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | Margaret Herrick Library
- http://www.oscars.org/mhl/
- Offers research and reference collections about the motion picture industry. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | Misericords of the World
- http://www.misericords.co.uk
- Photograhs of misericords found in British and European churches, Cathedrals, Hospitals and Courts. | |
 |  | Monash University Rare Books Collection
- http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/rare/
- Rare editions of literary and artistic works dating from 1476 to present. | |
 |  | Munchausen - Library
- http://www.munchausen.org/en/index_en.htm
- Private library for research concerning the phenomenon of Munchausen. | |
 |  | National Air Photo Library
- http://airphotos.nrcan.gc.ca/
- [English, French] Collection containing millions of aerial photographs of Canada from the 1920s to present. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | Research World History
- http://www.researchhistory.org
- Research articles and historic photographs. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | Sacred-Magick: The Esoteric Library
- http://www.sacred-magick.com
- Collection of esoteric, occult, and magick writings. Monthly membership fees required. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | The Islamic Foundation Library
- http://www.iflibrary.org.uk/
- Collection of Islamic Literature in Leicestershire England. Search the catalogue in various languages. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | The Jacob M. Lowy Collection
- http://www.collectionscanada.ca/6/6/
- [English, French] Hebraica and Judaica, Rare Bibles, and Hebrew Incunables spanning several centuries. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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. | |
 |  | 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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