- 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
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries
www.sil.si.edu
- American Antiquarian Society
Independent research library of American history, literature, and culture from the Colonial Era through Reconstruction.
www.americanantiquarian.org
- 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
- 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
- Boston Athenaeum
Research and membership library with special collections in U.S. and British history, arts, and literature.
www.bostonathenaeum.org
- 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
- Texas Tech University - Southwest Collection@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Texas_Tech_University/Libraries_and_Museums
- Duke University Special Collections Library@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Libraries/Special_Collections_Library
- Shaker Museum and Library
Preserves, collects and interprets a collections of Shaker artifacts.
www.shakermuseumandlibrary.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
- University of Chicago - The Oriental Institute@
dir.yahoo.com/.../University_of_Chicago/Libraries_and_Museums
- 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
- 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
- Georgetown University Library@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Georgetown_University/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
- Karpeles Manuscript Library
One of the world's largest private holdings of important original manuscripts of documents.
www.rain.org/~karpeles
- 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
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