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18th Century Reading Room

http://18thcenturyreadingroom.wordpress.com/

Collection of letters, maps, documents, books, music, engravings, and other materials from Europe and the Americas ranging from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

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An Gorta Mor: The Great Hunger Archive

http://www.thegreathunger.org

Collection of books and art about the Irish famine, including digitized handwritten pages from the Board of Guardians meetings in Killarney.

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ASU Special Collections

http://www.asu.edu/lib/speccoll/

Collection of rare books, manuscripts, and numerous special-interest collections centered around particular persons or topics of interest to scholars. Located at Arizona State University.

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Balson Holdings Family Trust

http://www.bhft.com/

Historical collections including politics, maps, coins, bank notes, and African artifacts.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/

Features one of the few original, remaining Gutenberg Bibles, a sunken sculpture garden and translucent marble 'windows.' Located on the campus of Yale University.

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina

http://www.bibalex.org/

Includes materials in a variety of languages plus a special collection of United Nations resources.

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Bucknell University - Sheary Project

http://www.isr.bucknell.edu/Collections_and_Borrowing/Special_Collections_University_Archives/Union_County_History/

Selected histories, genealogical data, newspapers, and civil war manuscripts from central Pennsylvania at the Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library.

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Burton Library Special Collections

http://www.detroit.lib.mi.us/Special_Collections/special_collections.htm

Books, maps, and genealogies, most of which is specific to the Detroit area. Library card required for access.

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Canberra Bushfires

http://canberrafires.xsnet.org/

Photo galleries and information documenting the Canberra Bushfires of 2003.

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Children's Literature Research Collections

http://special.lib.umn.edu/clrc/

Contains children's literature collections available for research use at the University of Minnesota Elmer L. Anderson Library, including Kerlan, Hess, Treasure Island, Oz, and Paul Bunyan.

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Civil War Newspapers

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/the-civil-war.htm

Contains readable, searchable Harper's Weekly Civil War newspapers from 1861-1865.

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Collect Britain

http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/

Presents images and sounds from the British Library, chosen to evoke places in the UK and beyond.

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David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

http://www.davidrumsey.com/index.html

Collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South American maps and other historic materials.

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Eli Siegel Collection

http://www.elisiegelcollection.net/

Collection includes books on literature, philosophy, history, art, economics, and science, many of which contain handwritten annotations by Mr. Siegel (1902-1978). The Collection is open by appointment to persons seriously studying Aesthetic Realism.

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Getty Research Library

http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/

Collection emphasizes the history of architecture. Contains rare books, prints, maps, photographs, optical devices, and manuscripts located in Los Angeles, CA.

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Guelph Public Library (GPL) Local History Archives

http://www.library.guelph.on.ca/localhistory/

Public and private records on the history of Guelph, Ontario, Canada featuring a guide for genealogists, finding aids, and a searchable photograph database.

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Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/

A collection of rare books, maps, newspapers, and photos, especially those relating to the Society of Friends.

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IK Foundation & Company: Collections: Library

http://www.ikfoundation.org/library.html

Contains rare works on archaeology, history, art, geography, Quaternary geology, Carl Linnaeus and cartography.

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Illuminated Books

http://www.illuminated-books.com

Illuminated and illustrated books scanned for online viewing. Collection consists of books from the 1800's to the 1920's.

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Indiana State University Rare Books and Special Collections

http://odin.indstate.edu/about/units/rbsc/

Rare research collections including those specific to Indiana. Some materials are for display purposes only.

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Josep Bosch Historical Newspapers Collection

http://www.josepbosch.net/

A project to recover, restore, preserve and exhibit historical newspapers from all over the world. The emphasis is to collect newspapers published in the city or country where the event took place.

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Kent State University Special Collections

http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/

Contains works of literature, performing arts, and histories of crime, labor, and printing dating back to the 1800's.

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King's College London, Foyle Special Collections Library

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/library/spec/

Collection has particular strengths in modern Greek and Byzantine studies, Portuguese studies, voyages and travels, theology, literature, medicine and science. Some materials have restricted access.

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L. Tom Perry Special Collections

http://sc.lib.byu.edu

Collection specializes in the Renaissance and Reformation time periods.

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