- American Antiquarian Society
Independent research library of American history, literature, and culture from the Colonial Era through Reconstruction.
www.americanantiquarian.org
- American Memory from the Library of Congress
Gateway to primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
- Boston Athenaeum
Research and membership library with special collections in U.S. and British history, arts, and literature.
www.bostonathenaeum.org
- Boston University - Mugar Memorial Library Special Collections
One of the largest archives in the United States. BU was one of the first to collect contemporary figures.
www.bu.edu/speccol
- Brown University - John Hay Library@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Brown_University/Libraries_and_Museums
- Calvin College - H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies
Collection specifically concerned with John Calvin and his influence from the 16th century to the present.
www.calvin.edu/meeter
- Duke University Special Collections Library@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Libraries/Special_Collections_Library
- Georgetown University Library@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Georgetown_University/Libraries_and_Museums
- Hispanic Society of America
Museum and reference library for the study of art, culture, and history of Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and the Philippines.
www.hispanicsociety.org
- James Ford Bell Library
A collection of rare books, maps, and manuscripts documenting the history of European expansion, 1400-1800.
www.bell.lib.umn.edu
- Kaapelisolmu - The Knot at the Cable
A pilot project in the field of equal access to electronic information, an electronic publishing house for the non-governmental organisations, cultural movements and individuals
www.kaapeli.fi/knot-at-cable.html
- Karpeles Manuscript Library
One of the world's largest private holdings of important original manuscripts of documents.
www.rain.org/~karpeles
- Library Company of Philadelphia
Independent research library and museum with collections documenting the history and background of American culture from the colonial period to the end of the 19th century.
www.librarycompany.org
- Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity
Interactive environment featuring information about the exhibits, collections, and programs of the library in Boston, including resources about Mary Baker Eddy's life.
www.marybakereddylibrary.org
- Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries - PACSCL
Association of public, independent, university, religious, and museum libraries. Information on hours, collections, and special events.
www.pacscl.org
- Popular Culture Library
Research collection documenting late 19th and 20th century American popular culture.
www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/pcl/pcl.html
- Shaker Museum and Library
Preserves, collects and interprets a collections of Shaker artifacts.
www.shakermuseumandlibrary.org
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries
www.sil.si.edu
- Spirit of Tan'gun
Korean Collection of East Asian Library at U.C. Berkeley.
www.lib.berkeley.edu/EAL/ealk2.html
- Texas Tech University - Southwest Collection@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Texas_Tech_University/Libraries_and_Museums
- Tulane University Special Collections
New Orleans-based archives that preserve original sources about jazz history, architectural history, the Civil War, medical history, Jewish Studies, Southern politics, and other research topics.
www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/index.htm
- UNC Greensboro Special Collections and Rare Books
Houses the cello music, George Herbert, Lois Lenski, women's, mystery and detective fiction, girls' books in series, private presses, and early juvenile literature collections.
library.uncg.edu/depts/speccoll
- University of Chicago - The Oriental Institute@
dir.yahoo.com/.../University_of_Chicago/Libraries_and_Museums
- University of Delaware
Describes the holdings of the department, exhibitions and publications, and links to related sites.
www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec
- University of Florida
Houses the primary source research collections of the university.
web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec
- University of Idaho - Special Collections and Archives
Repository of primary source material on the history of Idaho.
www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections
- University of Miami - Archives and Special Collections Department
Noted Floridiana and Cuban collections.
www.library.miami.edu/archives/intro.html
- University of New Hampshire Library Milne Special Collections and Archives
Research collections include angling, Shakers, traditional music and dance, jazz, early New Hampshire imprints, environmental efforts, sheet music, poetry, photography, and university archives.
www.izaak.unh.edu
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - North Carolina Collection@
dir.yahoo.com/.../University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill/Libraries_and_Museums
- University of South Carolina - Department of Rare Books & Special Collections
Information on important collections and hypertextualized versions of recent exhibits.
www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/rarebook.html
- University of Southampton Libraries Special Collections
Offers information about the holdings, including searchable archives of the papers of the Duke of Wellington.
www.archives.lib.soton.ac.uk
- University of Southern California - Special Collections@
dir.yahoo.com/.../University_of_Southern_California__USC_/Libraries_and_Museums
- University of Southern Mississippi - McCain Library and Archives@
dir.yahoo.com/.../University_of_Southern_Mississippi/Libraries_and_Museums
- University of Texas at Austin - Center for American History
Special collections library, archive, and museum that facilitates research and sponsors programs on the historical development of the United States.
www.cah.utexas.edu
- University of Virginia - Special Collections@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Libraries_and_Museums/Special_Collections
- University of Wisconsin Cooperative Children's Book Center
Children's book examination center and research library of UW-Madison's School of Education. Provides recommended book lists, bibliographies, interviews, and other teacher and librarian resources.
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc
- Victoria University Library - Special Collections
library.vicu.utoronto.ca/special/index.htm
- Washington University Department of Special Collections
library.wustl.edu/units/spec
- Wellesley College - Special Collections, Margaret Clapp Library
Details the various collections owned by the library at Wellesley.
www.wellesley.edu:80/Library/SpecColl/SCstart.html
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