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Related Collections
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Archives
Jerome Robbins Dance Division (New York Public Library)
National Recreation and Park Association Archives
American Academy of Physical Education Collection (Penn State University)
Dudley Sargent Papers (Harvard University)
Eastern Association for Physical Education of College Women Collection (Smith College)
Edward and Mary Judson Hitchcock Family Papers (Amherst College)
North American Society for Sport History Records (Penn State University)
Todd-McLean Physical Culture Collection (University of Texas)
Basketball Hall of Fame
Senda Berenson Papers (Smith College)
Volleyball Hall of Fame
Sports Collections (Penn State University)
International Olympic Committee archives
International Centre for Olympic Studies (University of Western Ontario)
Italian sports journals and newspapers, 1868-1970 (Italian Olympic Committee)
List of scholarly sport sites
David Allen Reed Papers (Connecticut Valley Historical Museum)
Jacob T. Bowne Collection (Springfield Science Museum)
YMCA of the USA Archives (University of Minnesota)
YMCA of Greater Boston Collection (Northeastern University)
National Council of YMCAs of Canada (Library and Archives Canada)
YMCA of Montreal Collection (Concordia University)
Boy Scouts of America collection of ephemera (Stanford University)
Scouting and youth organizations collections in Britain
Directories of Primary Sources
National Archives and Records Administration
U.S. federal agency responsible for federal records; includes the Archival Research Catalog (ARC) for searching holdings nationwide, and Access to Archival Databases (AAD), which allows searches of NARA's most popular electronic records.
UNESCO Archives Portal
an international directory of archival repositories searchable by subject, region etc.
Collections of Primary Sources
American Memory
Historical documents and images at Library of Congress.
Library of Congress Finding Aids
Search the finding aids for all Library of Congress divisions.
Making of America
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection currently contains ca. 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles. A joint project of the Univesity of Michigan and Cornell University.
How to Use Primary Sources and Archives
University of California, Berkeley
Yale University Manuscripts & Archives Tutorial
Bowdoin College
Reading, Writing, & Researching History: A Guide for College Students
Do History
Step-by-Step Guide to Oral History
Library and Archives Canada
Using Archives: A Practical Guide for Researchers
Five Colleges Archives and Manuscripts Collections Primary Source Research Guide
Preserving Your Collections
Caring for Personal Collections Harvard University.
Image Permanence Institute
A variety of guides to preserving image and object collections.
Northeast Document Conservation Center
Library of Congress
Preparing, Protecting, Preserving Family Treasures.
Your Old Books
A guide by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries that addresses some frequently asked questions about rare and older books and their values.