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Understand and Where To
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What Are Primary
Sources? " Primary sources are
records created at the time an event occurred or
later in the form of a memoir or an oral
history. Primary sources allow researchers to
get about as close to the truth as possible when
researching an historical event or time period."
University of Colorado |
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Using Primary Sources on the Web:"
How reliable are the primary sources you find on
the Web? Who maintains the site? Are documents
transcribed or scanned? This guide includes
important information on evaluating and citing
primary sources located on the Web. From the
American Library Association." |
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Strategies For Locating
Primary Source
Materials At Yale |
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A List of Primary Sources:
" These sources include, Diaries, speeches,
interviews, Journals,
letters, manuscripts, memoirs, autobiographies that
are written to describe events as the author
experienced or observed them, records of
organizations, published materials, such as
newspaper articles or other writings by observers,
journalists, attitudes of popular understanding
about an event or a time period, photographs etc. "
University of Colorado. |
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Sub Section |
Advertising, Marketing and Commercial Imagery
Collections |
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Breck Girls Collection 1936-1995
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The Sandra & Gary Baden Collection of Celebrity
Endorsements In Advertising 1897-1979 |
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Ad*Access:
A collection of images from
over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and
Canadian newspapers and magazines from 1911 through
1955. Subject areas include: radio, television,
transportation, beauty and hygiene and World War II. |
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Sub Section: |
African American Studies |
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African Americans in The
Military Pt 1:
Subject Files
of Judge William Hastie, Civilian Aide to the
Secretary of War |
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Records of the National
Association of Colored Women's Clubs,
1895-1992 Part I Minutes & Corresp. |
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Records of the National
Association of Colored Women's Clubs, 1895-1992 Part
2 Pres. Office Files |
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The Black Power Movement: Part
I Amiri Baraka |
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The Black Power Movement: Part
2 Williams Papers |
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The Black Power Movement: Part
3 Papers of the Revolutionary Action Movement
1962-1996 |
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The Black Power Movement: Part
4 League of Revolutionary Black Workers, 1965-1976 |
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The Freedmen's Savings &
Trust: Letters Received by the Commissioners,
1870-1914, Pt 1 |
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Mary McLeod Bethune Papers:
Bethune Foundation Coll, Pt. 1 |
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Mary McLeod Bethune Papers:
Bethune Foundation Coll. Pt. 2 |
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Mary McLeod Bethune Papers:
Bethune Foundation Coll. Pt. 3 |
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Mary McLeod Bethune Papers:
Bethune Foundation Coll. Pt. 4 |
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Records of the National Negro
Business League Pt. 1, Annual Conf. |
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Records of the National Negro
Business League Pt. 2, Correspondence |
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American History |
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American Journeys:
This website
offers access to 18,000 pages of primary source
eyewitness accounts from expeditions of discovery,
including: the 1492 log of Columbus, the complete
journals of Lewis and Clark, and much more. Teachers
will find background essays, reference maps, and
lesson plans. |
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New Deal Network :
The NDN is an
outstanding database of more than 20,000
photographs, political cartoons, and texts
(speeches, letters, and other historic documents)
from the period of the
Depression and the New Deal. (Franklin and Eleanor
Roosevelt Institute) |
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Eyewitness to History:
Each entry frames
the eyewitness account with a brief description of
the event and of the person recounting it and
includes a bibliography and related links. |
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American Memory:
From the Library of
Congress, the American Memory project is a
collection of digitized
documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving
pictures and text from the Library of Congress
Americana collections. |
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American Studies Web: Historical and
Archival Resources: An extensive list of links to
historical studies, archival resources and general
history resources in the field of American history. |
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Documenting the American South: Sponsored
by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
this is an
electronic collection that provides access to
digitized primary materials that offer Southern
perspectives on American history and culture. |
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The Avalon Project:
Excellent collection
of digital documents including links to supporting
documents, relevant to the fields of Law, History,
Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. (Yale
Law School) |
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Sources for General History:
Dan Graf's
lengthy list of historical texts, images, and
recordings.
(Virginia Wesleyan) excellent |
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Hanover Historical Texts Project:
Excellent collection of primary texts for students
and faculty for use in
classes. (Hanover College) |
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Digital History :
This Web site was
designed and developed to support the teaching of
American History in K-12 schools and colleges and is
supported by the Department of History and the
College of Education at the University of Houston. |
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Ogram's 17th Century New England Links:
Links to images from daily life in the 17th century.
Includes legal
documents pertaining to the Salem Witch Trials. |
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U.S. National Archives and Records
Administration:
Historical archives
with photos, original manuscripts, multimedia and
information on major historical topics |
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Smithsonian Institution:
Articles and
research on science, technology, art, and American
history; a digital image library; rare book text;
and links to the twenty individual Smithsonian
libraries |
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The American Colonists' Library:
Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early
American History |
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American Time Capsule:
Three Centuries of
Broadsides and Other Printer Ephemera |
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Archiving Early America:
historical
documents from 18th century America |
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Chronology
of U.S. Historical Documents: From the
University of Oklahoma, this site has primary source
documents organized by time period, including
speeches, treaties, charters, and personal papers. |
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From Revolution to Reconstruction
(A
Hypertext on American History (University of
Groningen, Netherlands) -- US documents from before
1400 through 1900 including Presidential speeches
and writings--biographical information is a
secondary resource. |
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Virtual Jamestown:
Combines documents from
the early history of Jamestown with interactive web
technology. |
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September 11th Documentary Project:
Library of Congress archive, includes narratives,
photos, drawings, etc. |
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The American Heritage Project:
A shared database of
SGML-encoded finding aids describing and providing
access to collections documenting American history
and culture. |
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Digitized Primary American History Sources:
From the University of Northern Iowa Library,
this site provides links to sites with primary
sources related to American history. |
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The Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake:
This collection is provided by the Library of
Congress. "Sir Francis Drake, English explorer and
naval strategist, circumnavigated the earth from
1577-1580. During these travels, Drake visited the
Caribbean and the Pacific claiming a portion of
California for Queen Elizabeth and waging battles on
the Spanish. This collection comprises important
primary and secondary materials accumulated about
Drake's voyages throughout the then Spanish
territory of the Americas. Texts are in English,
Latin, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and French." |
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Repositories of Primary Sources:
Compiled by Terry Abraham at the University of
Idaho. This site is "a
listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of
manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical
photographs, and other primary sources for the
research scholar." Links are divided geographical by
the location of the repository. |
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library (Colonial
Williamsburg): the Library collects, at a
single location, various
informational resources on the culture and history
of colonial British America, the American
Revolution, and the early United States. It includes
collections of books, journals, manuscripts, visual
resources, and online
services. |
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Old Dominion University Libraries: The
Special Collections houses the University Archives,
Manuscripts, and books and printed material relating
to Virginia and Tidewater History. The Manuscripts
contain diaries,
letters, legal and campaign files, photographs, and
maps that document such subjects as the Civil War,
Virginia politics, military history, etc. |
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Sub Section: |
Attitudes of Public Understanding |
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After the Day of Infamy :"Man-on-the-Street :
Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor:
presents approximately twelve
hours of opinions recorded in the days and months
following the bombing of Pearl Harbor from more than
two hundred individuals in cities and towns across
the United States.
They
feature a wide diversity of opinion concerning the
war and other social and political issues of the
day, such as racial prejudice and labor disputes. |
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The History Channel: Speeches:
Speeches by individuals from the
US and the world on wide range of topics including
politics
&
government, science & technology and arts &
entertainment. |
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Authors, Novelists, etc. |
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AMERICAN AUTHORS: Manuscript Summaries At The John
Burns Library: Boston College |
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ANDERSON:
Inventory of the Sherwood Anderson Papers 1872-1992
(Novelist) at the Newberry Library Chicago, Illinois |
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ASCH:
Sholem Asch (1880-1957) Novelist, Dramatist at Yale
University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
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CAPOTE:
Truman Capote Papers 1924-1984 at the New York
Public Library |
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COUSINS:
An Inventory of Margaret Cousins Papers at the Harry
Ransom Humanities Research Center-Texas |
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CRANE:
The Stephen Crane Collection: Syracuse University
Library |
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DICKINSON:
Emily Dickinson Collection: Jones Library Special
Collections |
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DOWELL:
Coleman Dowell Papers At The Fales Library & Special
Collections At New York University |
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ECKEL:
The Peter J. Eckel Newsboy Collection, A Finding Aid
prepared by Vincent Di Girolamo: Department of Rare
Books and Special Collections, Princeton University
Library, 1996 |
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HELLMAN:
The Fales Library & Special Collections, New York: A
Guide To the Geoffrey T. Hellman Papers 1842-1971 |
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HOUGH:
Harry Beetle Hough Papers 1841-1994 |
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HUGHES:
Langston Hughes Papers At Yale University |
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INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS:
Individual Author Collections: University of Tulsa |
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KIPLING:
Rudyard Kipling Collection at Syracuse University
Library |
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LUCE:
Clare Boothe Luce Guide to Research Papers |
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MARLING:
Summary of the Karal Ann Marling Collection: Finding
Aids |
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MEADE:
Marion Meade Papers on Dorothy Parker, Author and
Poet 1859-1993 at Columbia University |
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O'NEILL:
Eugene O'Neill Papers at the Yale University Library |
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POE:
Edgar Allan Poe Papers 1845-1934 at the New York
Public Library |
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PORTER:
Katherine Ann Porter Papers Housed at the University
of Maryland Libraries |
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ROOSEVELT:
Theodore Roosevelt 1887-1944: A Register of His
Papers in the Library of Congress |
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RYAN:
Finding Aid For The John A. Ryan Papers At The
Catholic University of America |
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SHAW:
The
Shaw Collection at Florida State University |
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SHEAFFER-O'NEILL:
The Louis-Sheaffer-Eugene O'Neill Collection at
Connecticut College |
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STEVENSON:
Robert Louis Stevenson Collection at Syracuse
University Library |
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WEBSTER:
Daniel Webster, A Register of His Papers in the
Library of Congress |
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WHITMAN:
Walt Whitman: A Register of His Papers In the
Library of Congress |
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WILSON:
Edmund Wilson Papers: Author of Literary Criticism
at Yale University |
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Civil Rights History |
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Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage:
A project from the University of Southern
Mississippi relating to Civil Rights history.
Includes transcripts and some actual voice
recordings of oral history interviews. Some are
from "Mississippi Voices," an award winning radio
series. |
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The Learning Page: Library of Congress: Civil Rights |
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African-American Odyssey:
A digital treasure chest from the Library
of Congress (LOC), this section of the American
Memory project includes highlights from LOC’s vast
African American collections, the Frederick Douglass
papers, history and digitized memorabilia about
Jackie Robinson, slave narratives from the Federal
Writer’s Project, pamphlets written by
African-Americans from 1824–1909, and a collection
of books and pamphlets about the early history of
slavery and the courts. |
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Civil Rights Documentation
Project: An excellent collection of photographs,
manuscripts, and oral histories from the University
of Southern Mississippi Libraries are available on
this site. The content covers events of national
importance that occurred in Mississippi. |
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Oral History Interviews
(Civil Rights):
Provided by Washington State University and
the Spokane Spokesman-Review, this site
focuses on Washington state residents with ties to
the Civil Rights Movement. |
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Malcolm X: A Research Site:
The
most thorough treatment of Malcolm X on the Web,
this site offers extensive bibliographies,
Web bibliographies, letters, photographs, speeches,
study guides, and a family tree. |
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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project:
This site provides complete citation
information for all of King’s published works, audio
clips, and famous quotes, plus his biography,
chronology, and historical background. |
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Birmingham Civil Rights Institute:
Access the Research Resources where you’ll
find a searchable database of manuscripts and oral
histories. Educators’ resources are provided, as
well as multimedia exhibits. |
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We Shall Overcome:
Historic Places of the Civil Rights
Movement: Pictures, addresses, and background
information about forty-one properties where civil
rights activities took place. |
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Web Link: |
The Martin Luther King, Jr.
FBI File, Part I |
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The Martin Luther King, Jr.
FBI File, Part 2 King-Levinson File |
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Debates/American Public Address |
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Debates in the Federal Convention:
Transcripts of the debates and
discussions at the Federal Convention of 1787. |
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Douglass: Archives of American Public Address
(Northwestern Univ.): Archive of American oratory
and related documents searchable by speaker, title,
issue, and chronologically. |
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The
Debates in the Several Conventions on the Adoption
of the Federal Constitution, Jonathan
Elliot (1836) — A collection of documents, including
proceedings of the ratifying state conventions. |
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Elliot's Debates:
The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the
Adoption of the Federal Constitution. |
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Farrand's Records:
The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787. |
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Educational |
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Edsitement:
The National Endowment for
the Humanities maintains this site with links to
best history, language arts and social sciences
sites. In addition to primary sources, there are
online lesson plans and other digital learning
materials. |
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Spartacus Educational :
A mind-boggling online
encyclopedia of British history, medieval Europe,
the
Nazis, US Civil War, the Vietnam War and more.
Phenomenal! |
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Ethnic Groups |
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Web Link: |
Finnish Worker's Federation of the United States,
New York Records: Finding Aid at the University of
Minnesota |
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Web Link: |
Order Sons of Italy In America, New York Grand Lodge
Records: Finding Aid at the University of Minnesota |
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Web Link: |
Polish Canteen For Servicemen (New York, New York)
Records: Finding Aid at the University of Minnesota |
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Web Link: |
New York Puerto Rican Scholarship Fund Records
1952-1965 at the New York Public Library |
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Web Link: |
Ukrainian Knowledge Society of New York City, Inc.,
Records: Finding Aid At the University of Minnesota |
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Scottish Collection at Florida State University |
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Web Link: |
Manuel R. Bustamante Photograph Collection : Cuban
Heritage Collection at the University of Miami |
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Web Link: |
Guide to the Records of the Seligman Solomon Society
1887-1956 (American Jewish Historical Society) |
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Web Link: |
Maloney Collection Of Irish Historical Papers
1857-1949 |
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German Theater and Movie Programs Collection
1929-1937 at the University of Southern California |
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Web Link: |
Connecticut Polish American Archives at the Central
Connecticut State University |
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Web Link: |
The Fenian Brotherhood Collection: Manuscript
collection at the American Catholic History Research
Center |
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The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Rememberance
Authority - Yad Vashem: Established in 1953
to document the history of the Jewish people during
the Holocaust. The Archives contains 62 million
pages of documentation along with photographs, films
and videotaped testimonies of survivors. The Library
has over 90,000 titles in various languages along
with periodicals and other rare items. The SHOAH
Resource Center on the site provides online access
access to a selection of photographs, maps, diaries,
letters, and more. |
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Gay and Lesbian Rights in the United States |
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Archive of Influential Gay Rights Activists
Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen acquired by The New
York Public Library |
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Gay and Lesbian Collections
AIDS/HIV Collections in
the New York Public Library |
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Society of American Archivists'
Lesbian and Gay
Archives-Wisconsin |
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Web Link: |
Gay Rights Movement, Series Six:
Atlanta lesbian
Feminist Alliance Archives, ca. 1972-1994 |
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The GLBT Historical Society
(The Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual Transgender Historical Society) is one of
the world's largest collections of primary source
materials about GLBT history. |
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St. Louis, Missouri Lesbian and Gay Archives
(1987-
) Collection, 1972-1992 |
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Gerber/Hart Library:
A depository for the
records of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
individuals and organizations, and for other
resources bearing upon their lives and experiences
in American society. |
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Human Sexuality Collection: Cornell University,
New York--The
Human Sexuality Collection seeks to preserve and
make accessible primary sources that document
historical shifts in the social construction of
sexuality, with a focus on U.S. lesbian and gay
history. |
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The Lesbian Herstory Archives |
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ONE Institute International Gay & Lesbian
Archives: Based in Los Angeles, ONE
Institute is an independent, not-for-profit
educational institution which houses the world's
largest research library on GLBT heritage and
concerns. Formed in 1952, ONE is the oldest ongoing
Gay/Lesbian organization in the Western Hemisphere |
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Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, University of
Michigan:
Resources on Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender & Queer (LGBTQ) Studies; The
resources available here include links to archive
and manuscript collections, internet resources,
article indexes & databases. |
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Society of American Archivists' Lesbian and Gay
Archives:
Lavender Legacies Guide, New York |
