Includes personal papers of women scientists and engineers and the records of related organizations, held at Iowa State University. www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/wise/wise.html
Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940, deposited in the Library of Congress Manuscripts Division. The collection can be viewed online. lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html
The Jacob Rader Marcus Center at Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, Ohio documents Jewish life in the United States. It includes manuscripts, photographs, tapes, microfilm, and genealogical materials. www.huc.edu/aja
This collection draws upon church minute meetings, extension bulletins, personal papers, photographs, and oral histories to document the history of blacks in Alabama. Some documents may be viewed online. www.lib.auburn.edu/archive/find-aid/afam.htm
Documents African Americans, particularly in the southeastern United States as well as the records of professional associations. www.auctr.edu/arch.htm
Documents African-Americans in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Oklahoma, including diaries, newspapers, records and oral histories. In Kansas City, Missouri. www.blackarchives.org
Documenting people of African descent around the world, concentrating on the Americas and the Caribbean. Includes manuscripts, sheet music and rare books, located in New York City. www.nypl.org/research/sc/scm/marb.html
A collection of anthropological materials, including manuscripts, field notes, photographs, correspondence, maps, sound recordings, film and video, dating to 1846, held at the National Museum of Natural History. www.nmnh.si.edu/naa
An archival survey of the records of the Jamaican and Trinidadian communities of Brooklyn, New York, held at Brooklyn College. library.brooklyn.cuny.edu/records_survey
Art and manuscripts charting African-American history and race rlations, located at Tulane University. Includes a digital photograph collection. www.amistadresearchcenter.org
Based in the Netherlands, it is one of the world's largest research centres in the field of social history. Services, collections, online catalogue. www.iisg.nl
Includes manuscripts, photographs, and periodicals on the history of American women, as well as the University Archives covering women's education in Texas, and an international cookbook collection. www.twu.edu/library/woman