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Archives, Libraries & Other Resources for Researchers
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Archives & Libraries Portals
Archives & Libraries in Germany
Archives & Libraries in Austria, Italy, & France
Archives & Libraries in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, & Croatia
Archives & Libraries in Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, & Luxembourg
Archives & Libraries in Switzerland
Societies & Institutions in North America
Societies & Institutions in the UK
Societies & Institutions on the Continent
Societies & Institutions in Oceania
Other Research Resources
Archives & Libraries Portals:
- ArchiveGrid (A searchable portal for holdings in thousands of libraries, museums, and archives worldwide)
- Archives Made Easy (An on-line guide to archives around the globe)
- Archives de France (French archives portal)
- The European Library (portal of the 45 national libraries of Europe, includes digitized books and images)
- Gallica (Books and images online as PDFs. More added all the time from the BN's collection)
- Google Book Search (Digitized books from Harvard U., Oxford U., NY Public Library, U. Michigan, and Stanford U. Keyword searchable. Books under copyright may allow only limited access, other modern publishers and authors have balked completely. Lovely way to avoid a trip to the library.)
- Guide to Archives in Western Europe
- Internet Portal for Libraries, Archives and Museums (in Baden-Württemberg)
- Kalliope-Portal (central retrieval tool for personal papers and autographs in Germany)
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Archives & Libraries in Germany:
- Das Bundesarchiv, Abteilung Deutsches Reich, Berlin
- Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg
- Archive in Bayern
- Landesarchiv Berlin
- Staatsarchiv Bremen
- Staatsarchiv der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg
- Die Deutsche Bibliothek
- Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian secret archives)
- Herzog August Bibliothek
- Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek
- Hessische Staatsarchive
- Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv
- Archive in Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Archive in Rheinland-Pfalz und im Saarland
- Archive in Sachsen
- Archive in Schleswig-Holstein
- Staatsarchive in Thüringen
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Archives & Libraries in Austria, Italy, & France:
- les Archives départementales du Bas-Rhin
- Archives diplomatique: Ministère des affaires étrangère
- Archives de France (French archives portal)
- Archives de la Ville et de la Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg
- Archives nationales
- Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Le Centre historique des Archives nationales
- Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv, Wien
- Italy - State Archives Portal
- Österreichisches Staatsarchiv
- Vatican Secret Archives
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Archives & Libraries in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, & Croatia:
- Archiv hlavního mìsta Prahy
- Státní ústrední archiv v Praze (State Central Archives in Prague)
- Archiwa panstwowe w Polsce (State archives in Poland)
- Archiwum panstwowe w Wroclawiu (State archives in Wroclaw. Good for work on Silesia.)
- Archiwum panstwowe w Zielonej Górze (State archive of Zielona Góra)
- Magyar Országos Levéltár/National Archives of Hungary
- Hrvatski drzavnom arhiv/Croatian State Archives
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Archives & Libraries in Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg:
- Archives Nationales du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
- Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg
- Bibliothèque royale de Belgique
- British Library
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- Johannes a Lasco Bibliothek, Emden
- The National Archives (The Public Record Office)
- The National Library of Scotland
- Nationaal Archief, Den Haag
- Het Rijksarchief in België/Archives de l'État en Belgique
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Archives & Libraries in Switzerland:
- Aargau Staatsarchiv
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden Staatsarchiv
- Basel-Landschaft Staatsarchiv
- Basel-Stadt Staatsarchiv
- Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel
- Bern Staatsarchiv
- Fribourg Archives de l'Etat
- Genève Archives d'Etat
- Glarus Landesarchiv
- Graubünden Staatsarchiv
- Archives de la République et Canton du Jura Office du patrimoine historique
- Neuchâtel Archives de l'Etat
- Obwalden Staatsarchiv
- St.Gallen Staatsarchiv
- Schaffhausen Staatsarchiv
- Schweizerische Landesbibliothek (SLB), der Nationalbibliothek der Schweiz
- Schwyz Staatsarchiv
- Solothurn Staatsarchiv
- Thurgau Staatsarchiv
- Ticino Archivio di Stato
- Uri Staatsarchiv
- Valais Archives de l'Etat/Wallis, Staatsarchiv
- Vaud Archives cantonales vaudoises
- Zug Staatsarchiv
- Zurich Staatsarchiv
- Stadtarchiv Zurich
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Societies & Institutions in North America:
- American Society of Church History
- The Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA)
- Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota
- Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, The Ohio State University
- Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, University of Toronto
- Early Modern Image and Text Association
- Erasmus of Rotterdam Society
- German Historical Institute, Washington D.C.
- German Studies Association
- The H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies
- Renaissance Society of America
- Sixteenth Century Society and Conference
- Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
- Society for Reformation Research/Archive for Reformation History
- Society for the Study of the Holy Roman Empire
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Societies & Institutions in the UK:
- Association for Low Countries Studies in Great Britain and Ireland
- Centre for Early Modern Studies, Aberdeen
- Centre for the Study of Central Europe, University College London
- European Reformation Research Group
- German Historical Institute London
- Society for Reformation Studies
- Society for Renaissance Studies, London
- St Andrews Reformation Studies Institute
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Societies & Institutions on the Continent:
- Amsterdams Centrum voor de Studie van de Gouden Eeuw
- Associazione Storia della Città
- Center for Medieval and Renaissance Natural Philosophy, Nijmegen
- Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris
- Erasmus Center for Early Modern Studies
- Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Geschichte und Kultur Ostmitteleuropas (GWZO) (Centre for the Humanities, History and Culture of East Central Europe) at the University of Leipzig
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- German Historical Institute Rome
- Institut für die Erforschung der Frühen Neuzeit
- Institut für Europäische Geschichte, Mainz
- Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung Universität Wien
- Institut für schweizerische Reformationsgeschichte
- Istituto Storico Germanico di Roma
- Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz
- Max-Planck-Institut für Geschichte, Göttingen
- Mediävistenverband (Medievalists’ Society)
- Seminar für Geistesgeschichte und Philosophie der Renaissance
- Verein für Reformationsgeschichte
- Zürcher Mediävistik
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Societies & Institutions in Oceania:
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Other Resources for Researchers:
- Ad Fontes (Tutorials on how to use an archive)
- Archival Research Techniques and Skills
- Clio-online: Fachportal für die Geschichtswissenschaften
- European State Finance Database (By Richard Bonney)
- Kommission für Schrift- und Buchwesen des Mittelalters der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Manuscripta Mediaevalia
- Mediaevum.de
- Johann Jacob Moser Von der reichs-staettischen Regiments-Verfassung (1772-1773)
- The ORB: On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies
- Serielle Quellen in südwestdeutschen Archiven
- Zeitrechnung des Deutschen Mittelalters und der Neuzeit
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