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HIST 6210: Early America and its Neighbors, 1500-1750: Archives at Other Institutions

This guide is a compilation of library and Internet resources that might be useful for studying and researching topics about America and neighboring areas between 1500 and 1750.

A Useful Database

WorldCat

WorldCat is the OCLC union catalog, containing over 43 million records describing books and other items owned by libraries worldwide. Each record contains library holdings, including archival materials.  There is also a freely available version of WorldCat.

 

Useful Internet Sites

WARNING!!!

Archives contain incredible primary source materials.  Because these materials are rare, and sometimes valuable, they are rarely allowed to leave the archive. 

If you identify archival materials that are located far away, you may be able to get copies of some materials by paying for it.  Do not expect that archives will copy materials for free.

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