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Special Collections, Archives, Centers and Internship Opportunities
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- Alice Marshall Collection (Pennsylvania State Univ., Harrisburg) contains rare books, artifacts, and ephemera in women's history.
- American Folklore Society historical records.
- American Heritage Center (Univ. of Wyoming)
- American Historical Review (Indiana Univ.)
- American Indian Research Institute (Indiana Univ.)
- American Radicalism Collection (Michigan State Univ.)
- Antiquarian and Landmarks Society of Connecticut
- Archives of Traditional Music (Indiana Univ.)
- Atlanta History Center
B
- Bentley Library (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
- Boston Athenaeum
- Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity (Brown University)
- Bryant Sports Museum (Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
C
- Center for Archival Study (Bowling Green State University)
- Center for Pennsylvania Culture Studies(Pennsylvania State Univ., Harrisburg) A research center devoted to the study of Pennsylvania's cultural heritage. It houses the Pennsylvania Folklore Society and the Pennsylvania Folklore and Ethnographic Archives. The collections include folklore archives, papers of students, etc. The Center also sponsors special events to promote the study of Pennsylvania culture.
- Center for the Study of Southern Culture (College of William and Mary)
- Cherokee National Historical Society Museum
- Claremont School of Theology Library (Claremont Graduate School)
- William L. Clements Library (Univ.of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
- Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (College of William & Mary)
- Connecticut Historical Society (Trinity College)
- Connecticut State Library (Trinity College)
D
- David M. Kennedy Center for International and Area Studies (Brigham Young University) offers access to a large number of U.S. and international visiting scholars and lecturers.
- Detroit Institute of Arts
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G
H
- Haffenreffer Museum (Brown University) offers a collection of Native American ethnographic materials.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe Center and Library (Trinity College)
- Hartford Public Library (Trinity College)
- Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
- High Museum of Art (Emory Univ.)
- Hill-Stead Museum (Trinity College)
- Historic Deerfield (Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst)
- Holland Land Company Archives (State Univ. of NY Fredonia)-early settlements in the U.S.
I
- ICPSR Data Archives (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
- Immigration History Research Center (Univ. of Minnesota)-The Center offers visiting scholars and students access to the records of 24 ethnic groups that originated in eastern, central, and southern Europe and the near East. The Center also publishes a guide to the collections and offers lectures, seminars, and conferences.
- Indiana Historical Society (Indiana Univ.)
- The Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion at Yale (Yale Univ.)
- Institute for Asian-American Studies (Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston)
- Institute for Early American Culture (College of William & Mary)
J
- John Carter Brown Library (Brown University) houses the largest collection of pre-1830 printed primary source material on North and South America.
- John Hay Library houses the Harris Collection of Songs, Plays, and Poetry (Brown University)
- John W. McCormack Center for Public Affairs (Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston)
- Joseph A. Labadie Collection of Social Protest Literature (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
- Journal of American History (Indiana Univ.)
K
L
- Lilly Library (Indiana Univ.) houses rare books, esp. 20th c. American literrture, publishing, business, Lincoln and western exploration.
M
- Massachusetts State Archives (Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston, Boston Univ.)
- Massachusetts Historical Society (Boston Univ.)
- Mauricio Gaston Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy (Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston)
- Michigan Historical Collections/Bentley Historical Library (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
- Minneapolis Institute of Art (Univ. of Minnesota)
- Minnesota Historical Society (Univ. of Minnesota)
- Missouri Historical Society (Saint Louis Univ.) Holdings include St. Louis and regional history.
- Missouri Botanical Garden (Saint Louis Univ.) contains a collection of American naturalists' writings on the flora of the North American continent.
- Moundville Archaeological Park (Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
- Munson Institute of American Maritime Studies (Mystic Seaport) (Trinity College)
- Museum of American Textile History (Boston Univ.)
- Museum of Our National Heritage (Boston Univ.)
N
- National Archives (Univ. of Maryland, College Park)
- National Park Service (Northeastern State University)
- The Alabama Museum of Natural History (Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
- New Britain Museum of American Art (Trinity College)
- Noah Webster Foundation (Trinity College)
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P
- Popular Music Library (Bowling Green State University)
- Popular Culture Library (Bowling Green State University)
R
- Robert G. Vincent Voice Library (Michigan State Univ.)
- Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame (Case Western Reserve Univ.)
- Russel B. Nye Popular Culture Collection (Michigan State Univ.)
- Rutherford B. Hayes Museum and Library (Bowling Green State University)
S
- Schlesinger Library (Boston Univ.)
- Slater Mill Historic Site (Brown University) Slater Mill (America's first factory) provides materials for the study of material culture and labor history.
- Smithsonian Institution (George Washington Univ.) (Univ. of Maryland, College Park)
- Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (Boston Univ.)
- Spencer Museum of Art (Univ. of Kansas)
- Spencer Research Library (Univ. of Kansas) contains special collections in the humanities, social sciences, and the history of science.
- State of Michigan Archives, Library, and Museum (Michigan State Univ.)
- Stowe-Day Foundation (Trinity College)
U
- Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (Univ. of Texas, Austin) is well known for its rare book and manuscript library. The Center houses a large collection of American drama, literature and photography holdings.
V
W
- Wadsworth Atheneum (Trinity College) contains the Amisted Collection
- Walker Art Center (Univ. of Minnesota)
- Watkinson Library (Trinity College) contains 19th- century Americana.
- Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum (Trinity College)
- Western Reserve Historical Society (Case Western Reserve Univ.)
- Wethersfield Historical Society (Trinity College)
- William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences (Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston)
- William Monroe Trotter Institute (Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston)
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