Social History

» 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

» American Jewish Archives
   The Jacob Rader Marcus Center at Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, Ohio documents Jewish life in the United States. It includes manuscripts, photographs, tapes, microfilm, and genealogical materials.

   
   http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/index.html

» 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

» 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

» 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/

» Florida Atlantic University Judaica Sound Archives
   Dedicated to rescuing, preserving and sharing Jewish voices and music from the past. Search the archives and listen to their recordings here.

   
   http://faujsa.fau.edu/

» Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts
   Microfilm copies of 90% of known Hebrew manuscripts, held in Jerusalem.

   
   http://jnul.huji.ac.il/imhm/

» 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/

» 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/

» 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

» 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/

» Texas Women's University: The Woman's Collections
   Includes manuscripts, photographs, and periodicals on the history of American women, as well as the University Archives covering women's education in Texas, and an international cookbook collection.

   
   http://www.twu.edu/library/wom/wm_index.htm

» 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

» 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/

» The Education and Research Institute
   Washington-based organization with an archive of formerly top-secret FBI files obtained via FOIA. List of holdings. Searchable finding aid for the 26,000+ page Silvermaster file.

   
   http://education-research.org/

» 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/