Links to Other Archival Resources

Archives and Special Collections Websites Repositories of Primary Sources This site contains a listing of over 2100 web sites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for a research scholar. The UNESCO Archives Portal This site gives access to websites of archival institutions around the world. It is also contains links to online collections of manuscripts. Society of North Carolina Archivists: Links to Archives and Special Collections This site provides links to Archives and Special Collections in the state of North Carolina. It lists links to national organizations such as the Society of American Archivists, as well. Women's Studies Archives and Collections in North Carolina Links to libraries and special collections in North Carolina with manuscript collections relating to women. Some sites have online collections. Uncovering Women's History in Archival Collections Links to WWW pages of archives, libraries, and other repositories that have primary source materials by or about women.   Searchable Databases of Archives and Manuscript Collections North Carolina ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) A portal to over 600 North Carolina museums, libraries, historical societies and archives. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections NUCMC, or the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, is a free-of-charge cooperative cataloging program operated by the Library of Congress. National Archives Information Locator A searchable database of records held in the National Archives records centers. You can use NAIL to search descriptions for key words or topics, and then to retrieve digital copies of selected textual documents, photographs, maps, and sound recordings. This is not a complete database, but it is a good place to start. Access to Archives Database of British Archives. Archives Hub Database for finding aids in the archives of UK universities and colleges.   Online Collections The Library of Congress: American Memory This database contains information on the historical collections for the National Digital Library of the Library of Congress. It enables researchers to search for specific topics on American History or to browse through more general subject areas. Primary Sources Online A database of digitized collections of historical documents. Documenting the American South A website created at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill containing online documents and links to other sites. Duke University Special Collections Contains online documents and links to other sites for research on women's history, African- American history, the Economist's Papers Project, and the Duke Papyrus Archive. Berkeley SunSITE Digital Collections Links to a variety of online collections from medieval manuscripts to 20th century protest movements. Making of America (Michigan) and Making of America (Cornell) Two collaborative but separate collections of online documents relating to American social history from the antebellum period to reconstruction.

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