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Archival materials enhance research by providing the support of primary sources.
What is a primary source? This is simply an original document, such as a manuscript, journal,
diary, typescript or other material directly created by a given organization or individual.
Original documents can add an element of interest and authority to research. In research
for Masters Theses or Dissertations, they are nearly essential.
The University of South Dakota's Archives and Special Collections primarily contain information
about the history of USD, Native American History, Western and Plains History and the history of
South Dakota. Archival materials are divided into three primary collections:
For a more thorough description of collections, see the Archives and Special Collections home
page at http://www.usd.edu/library/special.
Researchers should work with the staff at the
Archives and Special Collections for reference questions about any of these collections.
Contact us at speccoll@usd.edu.
Archival materials are also available in collections in institutions throughout the country.
The goal of this bibliography is to provide information about archives and their collections,
and to provide a starting point for research using primary sources. This list is not comprehensive
by any means. There are many more descriptions of collections available, both in the I.D. Weeks
Library and through other sources. Please see a reference librarian, or contact the Archivist
and Special Collections Librarian at the University of South Dakota
(speccoll@usd.edu) for
assistance with your reference questions.
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25 Years: Special Collections at Kent State University
3RD FLOOR Z733.K34 A14 1993
This slim volume contains a history of the Kent State University Special Collections area,
as well as a listing of selected materials from the collections. Organized by subject area.
Archives and Manuscripts Collections of the Center for Western Studies
3RD FLOOR LD271.A664 T46x 1984
Describes the major collections in the Center for Western Studies at Augustana College in Sioux
Falls, South Dakota. Provides series descriptions, size of the collection and a brief description
for each collection. Includes a general subject index.
Card catalog of the Manuscript Collections of the Archives of American Art. Supplement 1981-1984
3RD FLOOR N6505 .A72 suppl. 1981-84
Provides images of each card for the collections in the Archives of American Art in Detroit,
Michigan. This is a bound card catalog. Cards provide some description of collections and
indicate restricted collections.
Directory of Manuscript Collections Related to Federal Judges, 1789-1997
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR KF8744 .W65 1998
This alphabetical listing of judges provides basic information about each individual's collected
papers. Each item provides the dates for the judge, courts served and service dates, and the
repositories where the judge's papers are located. There is a brief description of the extent and
content of the collection.
Guide to Manuscripts in the Presidential Libraries
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR CD3029.82 .B87 1985
Provides a description of collections in seven presidential libraries. Gives collection-specific
reference information, name, date and size of collection, and a brief description of its contents.
Includes the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) number and the presidential
library in which the collection appears. Indexed by subject, title and individual.
Guide to Native American Ledger Drawings and Pictographs in United States Museums, Libraries,
and Archives
3RD FLOOR E98.A7 L68 1998
Provides a listing of collections of ledger drawings made by Native Americans in the 19th and
20th centuries. The listing is arranged by state and by institution and includes an annotated
bibliography and an index.
Guide to Research Collections of Former Members of the United States House of Representatives,
1789-1987
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR CD3043 .G85 1988
3RD FLOOR CD3043 .G85 1988
This alphabetical listing of each House member includes the name, dates, state and institutions
where the collections are located. There is a very brief description of the holdings of each
collection, as well as a list of representatives the whereabouts of whose papers are unknown.
Guide to Research Collections of Former United States Senators, 1789-1995
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR CD3043 .P39 1995
Includes an alphabetical listing by Senator's name which includes the dates, state, dates of
service, party and location of collections. There is a brief description of collection holding
for each. Also includes a list of senators for whom no collections have been located, and a
listing of repositories alphabetically and by state.
Guide to selected Manuscripts housed in the Division of Special Collections and Archives,
Margaret I. King Library, University of Kentucky
3RD FLOOR CD3259.L68 U53 1988
Provides an alphabetical listing of manuscript collections, including the size of each collection,
and a brief description of each. Includes an alphabetical index.
Guide to the Manuscript Collections at the University of Alaska, Anchorage
3RD FLOOR Z6621.U6586 W35 1990
Provides information on manuscript collections, including size, description and acquisition
information. Organized alphabetically.
Guide to the Smithsonian Archives
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR Q11 .S55 1996
This work is arranged in two major sections, "Records of the Smithsonian Institution" and
"Special Collections." Each section is organized alphabetically by collection, with entries
providing a description of the scope and content of the collection, the size of the collection
and notes on the collection's arrangement. The indexes are thorough and helpful, and include
indexes by format of the items (books, videotapes, audiotapes, etc) and by discipline, an index
with date spans of the collections and page references for record units.
Immigrants from Great Britain and Ireland: a Guide to Archival and Manuscript sources in North
America
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR E184.B7 W43 1986
Provides entries for United States repositories which have information on immigrants from Great
Britain and Ireland. Organized by state and alphabetically by repository within each state.
Each entry for the repository includes the name, address, hours, access restrictions and a brief
description of the resources in the repository.
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR Z663.74 .A43
This is the paper version of the online database available at http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/.
The volumes are catalogs by year, and then organized by accession number within each year.
Entries for manuscript collections include the size, location and a brief description for each
collection. An Alphabetical index volume is organized by Library of Congress Subject Headings
and covers multiple years.
Women's History Sources: a Guide to Archives and Manuscript Collections in the United States
REFERENCE 1ST FLOOR HQ 1410 .H55x
This volume lists resources alphabetically by state and city. Within each city, it identifies
specific collections related to women's history, and includes information about the collection
size, location and description. An index volume identifies the collections by names of individuals
or organizations.
Note: Some of these journals are specific to Archives, but many are history journals. History
journals often contain articles about specific archival collections.
American Archivist. v. 1- Jan. 1938-
CURRENT PERIODICALS 2ND FLOOR
2ND FLOOR BOUND PERIODICALS
American Heritage. v. 1-3, no. 2, Jan./Feb. 1947-Apr. 1949; new ser., v. 1- Sept. 1949-
CURRENT PERIODICALS 2ND FLOOR
2ND FLOOR BOUND PERIODICALS
CHILSON COLLECTION E171 .A43 (holdings incomplete)
American West. v. 1- winter 1964- Ceased with v. 28, no. 4 [i.e. v. 27, no. 4] (fall 1990).
2ND FLOOR BOUND PERIODICALS
American Historical Review. v. 1- Oct. 1895-
CURRENT PERIODICALS 2ND FLOOR
2ND FLOOR BOUND PERIODICALS
American History. Vol. 29, no. 2 (June 1994)-
CURRENT PERIODICALS 2ND FLOOR
2ND FLOOR BOUND PERIODICALS
Annals of Iowa. v. [1]-12, 1863-74; new ser., v. 1-3, 1882-84; 3d ser., v. 1- Apr. 1893-
CURRENT PERIODICALS 2ND FLOOR
2ND FLOOR BOUND PERIODICALS
Annals of Wyoming (1925). Vol. 3, no. 1 (July 1925)-v. 9, no. 4 (Apr. 1933-Jan. 1935).
2ND FLOOR BOUND PERIODICALS
Archive for History of Exact Sciences.
2ND FLOOR BOUND PERIODICALS
Civilization : the Magazine of the Library of Congress. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov.-Dec. 1994)-
CURRENT PERIODICALS 2ND FLOOR
2ND FLOOR BOUND PERIODICALS
Though research databases will not generally provide primary documents, they may provide articles
about archive collections or about the primary sources themselves.
Academic Search Elite
Provides full text for over 1,230 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science,
multi-cultural studies, education, and more.
America: History and Life
America: History and Life includes citations on history, culture and current affairs of the United
States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present.
Expanded Academic ASAP
Use this database to find information on: Astronomy, Religion, Law, History, Psychology, Humanities,
Current Events, Sociology, Communications and the General Sciences. It also contains full-text for
over 750 titles
Humanities Abstracts
Humanities Abstracts indexes periodicals in archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism,
linguistics, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history, and world literature.
Full-text is now available for approximately 100 titles.
JSTOR
Contains extensive back files of full-text articles from major scholarly journals, many of which go
back to 1800s. Use JSTOR to find information on: general science, social sciences, humanities, and
business. The most recent 2-5 years of the published materials are not available in this database.
WorldCat
Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as
early as the 12th century.
America’s Shrine to Music Museum at the University of South Dakota:
http://www.usd.edu/smm/collect.html
Provides extensive information about musical instruments in the collection, including annotated
checklists, descriptive content and images.
Augustana College Center for Western Studies:
http://inst.augie.edu/CWS/#collections
The collections at Augustana College include books, manuscripts, photographs, artifacts and art,
primarily concerning the history of South Dakota and the Western Frontier.
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections at the University of North Dakota:
http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/library/Collections/spk.html
This archives provides collections on Northern Plains History and North Dakota.
Includes an extensive Family History and Genealogy section as well as state documents, a
University archives and a book collection.
Karl E. Mundt Historical and Educational Foundation and Archives at Dakota State University:
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/archive/default.htm
Holdings include over 15,000 items; including 500 films, 100 tapes, 200 slides, 100 scrapbooks
and 2500 photographs from Senator Mundt's personal and political life.
South Dakota Oral History Center at the University of South Dakota:
http://www.usd.edu/iais/oralhist/index.html
The center houses one of the largest collections of recorded oral history, with over 5,200
interviews. Recorded as a part of the South Dakota Oral History Project and the American Indian
Research Project, the recordings provide historical background of Indian and non-Indian history of
the Plains, specifically from the 1860’s through the late 1940’s.
South Dakota State Archives at the South Dakota State Historical Society:
http://www.state.sd.us/deca/cultural/archives.htm
Collects all materials related to the history of South Dakota including government documents,
personal papers and manuscript collections, photographs, maps, and audio visual materials.
An excellent resource for genealogists.
South Dakota State University Archives/Special Collections:
http://www.sdstate.edu/li11/http/arch.html
This collection is comprised of the SDSU Archives, as well as materials related to South Dakota
history and life. Materials held include manuscript and archival materials, serials, audiovisual
materials and photographs. Site provides many online finding aids and container lists.
University of Nebraska Archives and Special Collections:
http://www.unl.edu/libr/libs/spec/specar1.html
Collecting Areas include Agriculture; Ethnic American Collections;
Folklore and Folk Arts; French Revolutionary War Materials; Great Plains History and
Literature; History of U.S. Wartime or Military History; Natural History and the Sciences;
Railroads (U.S.); Russian History; Social Sciences and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Archives.
American Heritage Visual Archive: EAD Encoded Finding Aids Online
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/amher/browse.html
EAD, or Encoded Archival Description, is a set of
standards which enable institutions to create finding aids which can easily be mounted to the web,
This site provides links to institutions that have mounted selected finding aids to the web,
including a link to EAD finding Aids at the Library of Congress.
Encoded Archival Description Sites on the Web
http://lcweb.loc.gov/ead/eadsites.html
Though this has a number of links to materials for
archivists, this page primarily contains a number of sites that implement Encoded Archival
Description standards and present finding aids for their collections online. This is one of
the most thorough listing of sites available.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov/
NARA's site is
good starting place for all kinds of archives research. Their "Research Room" provides information
on Genealogy, federal documents and much more. Online exhibits enhance the site, and the site
provides search capability.
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/
Provides an online, searchable version of the National Union Catalog, listing manuscript collections.
Individual records include descriptions of the collection, location of the collection, online access
if available, and other information. The website also offers links to many other archival research resources both for professional archivists and for the researcher.
Online Archives of California
http://sunsite2.Berkeley.EDU/oac/
This collaborative effort creates a searchable, online union database of finding aids available
via the University of California. Also provides links to other resources and repositories.
Ready, Net, Go!
http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/ArchivesResources.html
This online set of resources for archivists includes a master list of archives and holdings.
A "meta-index," it includes search tools and tools for archivists.
Seely G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton Library: Collections and finding
Aids
http://www.princeton.edu/~mudd/collections.html
This collection specializes in Princeton University records as well as public policy papers for 20th century public figures in American Foreign Policy. An alphabetical listing of collections is available, and some of these have online finding aids.
Selected Finding Aids for Archival Holdings at NARA's Regional Records Services
Facilities
http://www.nara.gov/regional/findaids/findaids.html
This page provides a link to the National
Archives and Records Administration home page, as well as links to finding aids in several regional
records facilities.
UNESCO Archives Portal
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/index.html
Provides links to Archives worldwide, including primary sources and finding
aids on line, preservation and conservation information, associations and
much more. The portal is searchable by key word.
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