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African American Collections
This collection draws upon church minute meetings, extension bulletins, personal papers, photographs, and oral histories to document the history of blacks in Alabama. Some documents may be viewed online.
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/archive/find-aid/afam.htm
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American Life Histories
Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940, deposited in the Library of Congress Manuscripts Division. The collection can be viewed online.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html
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Archives of Women in Science and Engineering
Includes personal papers of women scientists and engineers and the records of related organizations, held at Iowa State University.
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/wise/wise.html
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Black Archives of Mid-America
Documents African-Americans in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Oklahoma, including diaries, newspapers, records and oral histories. In Kansas City, Missouri.
http://www.blackarchives.org/
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Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts
Microfilm copies of 90% of known Hebrew manuscripts, held in Jerusalem.
http://jnul.huji.ac.il/imhm/
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International Institute of Social History
Based in the Netherlands, it is one of the world's largest research centres in the field of social history. Services, collections, online catalogue.
http://www.iisg.nl/
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National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives
A collection of anthropological materials, including manuscripts, field notes, photographs, correspondence, maps, sound recordings, film and video, dating to 1846, held at the National Museum of Natural History.
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/
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Reference Center for Marxist Studies
Maintains a library of books, pamphlets, periodicals, manuscripts and documents, as well as graphic materials and other media related to the history of the Communist Party, socialism, Marxist theory, the working class, African Americans, and national liberation struggles. New York.
http://marxistlibrary.org/
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Documenting people of African descent around the world, concentrating on the Americas and the Caribbean. Includes manuscripts, sheet music and rare books, located in New York City.
http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/scm/marb.html
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Tamiment Institute Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
A center for scholarly research on labor history and radical political movements.
http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/
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The American Jewish Historical Society Archives
About 1,000 collections of personal papers and institutional records related to Jewish life in the Americas.
http://www.ajhs.org/reference/archives.cfm
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The Amistad Research Center
Art and manuscripts charting African-American history and race rlations, located at Tulane University. Includes a digital photograph collection.
http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/
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Victoria Women's Movement Archives
Collection documenting the history of women's movement groups in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
http://gateway.uvic.ca/archives/featured_collections/vwma/
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