Find primary materials from around the country.

Folger Shakespeare Library, DC
"Home to the world's largest and finest collection of Shakespeare materials and to major collections of other rare Renaissance books, manuscripts, and works of art."

Special Collections Research Cente, Univ. of Chicago
Main page with links to research tools, catalogs, collections, exhibits, and publications.

Henry Ransom Research Center, Texas
Collections Organized:

• Art
• Books
• Film
• French
• Italian
• Manuscripts
• Music
• Performing Arts
• Personal Effects
• Photography. Has online exhibits as well.

Manuscripts Reading Room, Library of Congress
Collections include: political, military, and diplomatic history, cultural history, history of science, and the archives of nongovernmental organizations. Has links to catalogs, finding aids, and online exhibits, collections, and resources.

Research Centers, Library of Congress
Links to all research centers in the L of C.

Lilly Library, Indiana
Links to the collections and online exhibits. No general information available.

National Archives

New York Public Library Archives and Manuscripts
Gateway to Special Collections of the NYPL. Has Research Guides and link to their diverse collections and reading rooms.

American Antiquarian Society
Research Library of American History, Literature and Culture Through 1876. Has digital collections, and online exhibitions.

Beinecke Library, Yale
Yale University's principal repository for literary papers and for early manuscripts and rare books in the fields of literature, theology, history, and the natural sciences. The library houses a collection of American Literature, German Literature, Western Americana, and the Osborn Collection. Interdisciplinary research in such fields as medieval, Renaissance, and eighteenth-century studies, art history, photography, American studies, the history of printing, and modernism in art and literature. Provides a guide to searching the collections.

Repositories of Primary Resources
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