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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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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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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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University of Virginia Special Collections Library - http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/
Historical collection including a collection of letters, documents, and early printings of the Declaration of Independence. |
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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 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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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. |
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L. Tom Perry Special Collections - http://sc.lib.byu.edu
Collection specializes in the Renaissance and Reformation time periods. |
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University of Florida - Department of Special and Area Studies Collections - http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/default.htm
Contains sections on children's literature, performing arts, Florida history, rare books, and university archives. |
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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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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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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. |
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UBC Library - Special Collections and University Archives - http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/
Collection houses rare research materials, children's literature, historic maps and photographs, a special section on the history of Chinese immigrants to Canada. |
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The deGrummond Children's Literature Collection - http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/
American and British children's books dating from 1530 to the present housed at the University of Southern Mississippi McCain Library. |
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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University of North Dakota Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections - http://www.library.und.edu/Collections/spk.html
All materials relate to the heritage of North Dakota. |
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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. |
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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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Vanderbilt University: Divinity Library - http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections.html
Religious collections including an Jewish history collection. |
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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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University of Alberta Bruce Peel Special Collections Library - http://www.library.ualberta.ca/specialcollections/index.cfm
Collection includes many rare and fragile works including pre-18th John Bunyan, 18th century English poetry and plays, and Victorian and Edwardian Children's Fiction. Access restrictions apply. |
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Canberra Bushfires - http://canberrafires.xsnet.org/
Photo galleries and information documenting the Canberra Bushfires of 2003. |
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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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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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Balson Holdings Family Trust - http://www.bhft.com/
Historical collections including politics, maps, coins, bank notes, and African artifacts. |
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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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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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Margaret Herrick Library - http://www.oscars.org/mhl/
Offers research and reference collections about the motion picture industry. |
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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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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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Munchausen - Library - http://www.munchausen.org/en/index_en.htm
Private library for research concerning the phenomenon of Munchausen. |
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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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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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leadhills miners library - http://www.miners-library.fsnet.co.uk
Official site of the oldest subscription library in Great Britain. Details of the library and history etc. |
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Research World History - http://www.researchhistory.org
Research articles and historic photographs. |
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The Jacob M. Lowy Collection - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/6/6/
[English, French] Hebraica and Judaica, Rare Bibles, and Hebrew Incunables spanning several centuries. |
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 California, Santa Barbara Department of Special Collections - http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/index.html
Special collections department houses several unique collections ranging from religion to politics. Works date from the 13th-20th centuries. |