Open Directory - Reference:Archives

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Please submit only sites about physical repositories of records. Digital archives should be submitted to the category for the relevant topic. Sites selling facsimiles should be submitted to the relevant section of the Shopping tree.

Institutions which contain original records and make them available for scholarly research.

Arts

Please submit only sites about a physical repository of records. Digital archives should be submitted to the category for the relevant topic. Sites selling facsimiles should be submitted to the relevant section of the Shopping tree.

Institutions which contain records which are primary sources for the artistic culture of mankind or some section thereof.

Medical

Archives of hospitals and other medical institutions.

Personal

Important. Please only submit sites about a physical repository of records (for example in a university library or institute).
Please submit biographies to the relevant category, starting your search at Reference: Biography.
Please submit family genealogies to Society: Genealogy: Surnames
.

Collections of material generated by and/or related to an individual or family. The archive should be in a physical repository, such an a university library or institute, open to scholars.

Professional Resources

Articles or other information related to the profession of safeguarding, maintaining and cataloging archives.

Regional

Please only submit sites about a physical repository of records, such as a record office. Online regional histories should be submitted to the relevant category in Regional.

Records relating to a particular country or region or location. Generally these are preserved in official repositories and will contain records of the activities of governing bodies, among other deposited records.

Social History

Please only submit sites about physical repositories of records, for example in a university library or institute, open to scholars.

Archives relating to specific social and ethnic groups.

University

Records generated, preserved and made available by a college or university.

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Last update: 20:50 PT, Monday, October 30, 2006 - edit