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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Marion Thompson Collection
http://www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/branches/LibrarySquare/spe/marionth.html - A collection of rare children's books published between 1870 and 1940 located in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Some books have restricted access due to condition or value.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Margaret Herrick Library
http://www.oscars.org/mhl/ - Offers extensive research and reference collections about the motion picture industry.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Simon Fraser University Library Special Collections
http://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/collections/specificcollections/specialcollections/spcl.htm - Located in Burnaby, British Columbia, the library houses several types of collections including one on children's literature.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina
http://www.bibalex.org/ - Includes materials in a variety of languages plus a special collection of United Nations resources.
- 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.
- National Air Photo Library
http://airphotos.nrcan.gc.ca/ - [English, French] Collection containing millions of aerial photographs of Canada from the 1920s to present.
- 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.
- L. Tom Perry Special Collections
http://sc.lib.byu.edu - Collection specializes in the Renaissance and Reformation time periods.
- The Jacob M. Lowy Collection
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/6/6/ - [English, French] Hebraica and Judaica, Rare Bibles, and Hebrew Incunables spanning several centuries.
- Balson Holdings Family Trust
http://www.bhft.com/ - Historical collections including politics, maps, coins, bank notes, and African artifacts.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- Civil War Newspapers
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/the-civil-war.htm - Contains readable, searchable Harper's Weekly Civil War newspapers from 1861-1865.
- 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.
- 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.
- Literature for Children
http://susdl.fcla.edu/juv/ - A collection of digitized children's literature titles from the 17th through 20th centuries.
- 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.
- The Yale Map Collection
http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/ - Houses rare sheet maps (pre-1850) and other map and reference collections.
- Canberra Bushfires
http://canberrafires.xsnet.org/ - Photo galleries and information documenting the Canberra Bushfires of 2003.
- 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.
- 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.
- San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum
http://www.sfpalm.org/collections/collections.htm - A collection of materials about performing arts including dance, music, and theater, with an emphasis on the San Francisco Bay area.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jackson Davis Collection of African-American Educational Photographs
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/collections/jdavis/ - Part of the special collections library at the University of Virginia.
- 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.
- Collect Britain
http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/ - Presents images and sounds from the British Library, chosen to evoke places in the UK and beyond.
- 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.
- Bucknell University - Sheary Project
http://www.isr.bucknell.edu/Collections_and_Borrowing/Special_Collections_University_Archives/Un... - Selected histories, genealogical data, newspapers, and civil war manuscripts from central Pennsylvania at the Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library.
- Monash University Rare Books Collection
http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/rare/ - Rare editions of literary and artistic works dating from 1476 to present.
- The Islamic Foundation Library
http://www.iflibrary.org.uk/ - Collection of Islamic Literature in Leicestershire England. Search the catalogue in various languages.
- University of Southern California Digital Archive
http://digarc.usc.edu:8089/cispubsearch/index.jsp - Provides access to photographs, maps, manuscripts, records, texts, and sound recordings. Emphasis on materials related to the region.
- Sacred-Magick: The Esoteric Library
http://www.sacred-magick.com - Collection of esoteric, occult, and magick writings. Monthly membership fees required.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Vanderbilt University: Divinity Library
http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections.html - Religious collections including an extensive Jewish history collection.
- 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.
- University of Calgary Special Collections
http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/specialcollections/ - Collection emphasizes Canadian music and literature. Also includes references on history and mathematics.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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