Archival Resources
Archival Tools
- Archival Research Catalog
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) online catalog for archival holdings across the country.
- Ready Net Go! Archival Internet Resources
Listing of archival repositories around the world
- Archivist's Toolkit
Page that describes in detail how to process an archival collection
Consortia Collections
- Digital Library Federation
Listing of several institution’s digital holdings - IMLS Digital Collections
Institute of Museum and Library Services
National History Collections
- American Memory Project
Aggregation of collection material held within US archival repositories
- America's Historical Documents
Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, and others - Library of Congress Digital Collections
Concentrates on rare collection holdings
Local History Collections
- Illinois Archival Repositories
Lists repositories located within the state
- Encyclopedia of Chicago
Collection of information of local information & history - UNCAP
Uncovering new Chicago archives project
Single Subject Collections
- Cylinder Digitization Project
Early cylinder recordings from the turn of the 20th century
- Slavery and Abolition in the US
Books and pamphlets from the 19th century - America's Newspapers
Collection of historic American newspapers
- San Francisco Earthquake
Images from the 1906 California quake - Traveling Culture
Circuit Chautauqua in the 20th century - Slavery & Abolition in the US
Dickinson College and Millersville University digital collection of materials that express viewpoints about slavery in the United States by Americans throughout the nineteenth century.
