ASU Special Collections
   Collection of 35,000 rare books and 1500 linear feet of manuscripts. Includes works by and about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the Doris and Marc Patten Collection of Herbals and Early Gardening Books, and the Child Drama Collection. Located at Arizona
   http://www.asu.edu/lib/speccoll/

Balson Holdings Family Trust
   Specialist historic collections covering politics, maps, coins and bank notes, and African artifacts.
   http://www.bhft.com/

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
   Features one of the few original, remaining Gutenberg Bibles, a sunken sculpture garden and translucent marble "windows." Located on the campus of Yale University.
   http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/

Bibliotheca Alexandrina
   Gateway to the modern-day library in Alexandria, Egypt, dedicated to the study of antiquities. Site is under development.
   http://www.bibalex.org/

Bibliothen und Infozentren
   Lists and links to libraries and information centers affilated with the Goethe Institute. Includes English and German site version and access to materials in both languages.
   http://www.goethe.de/kug/mui/bib/enindex.htm

Bucknell University Sheary Site
   Selected histories, genealogical data, newspapers, and civil war manuscripts from central Pennsylvania at the Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library.
   http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/isr/sheary/

Burton Historical Collection
   The local history collection of the Detroit Public Library. Web site features visitor information, guides for genealogists, and inventories for church records.
   http://www.detroit.lib.mi.us/burton/burton_index.htm

Canadian Directory of Special Collections
   Directory of special collections from Canadian libraries. Contains the description and history of each collection.
   http://www.collectionscanada.ca/collectionsp/index-e.html

Eli Siegel Collection
   Web site of the Eli Siegel Collection located in the Aesthetic Realism Foundation in New York, New York which includes 22,000 books and some of the manuscripts of Eli Siegel (1902-1978), American poet, critic, and founder of the philosophy Aesthetic Reali
   http://www.EliSiegelCollection.net/

Getty Research Library
   General library consists of approximately 800,000 volumes of books, serials, and auction catalogs. The special collections encompass rare books, historical photographs, and original archival materials for the study of visual arts and culture. Access via I
   http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/

Guelph Public Library (GPL) Local History Archives
   Valuable public and private records that establish, maintain and develop the community identity of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Web site features a guide for genealogists, finding aids, and a searchable photograph database.
   http://www.library.guelph.on.ca/localhistory/

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections
   The Quaker Collection is a collection of material relating to the Society of Friends which includes many materials by and about Quakers. Other special collections are also described. Hours, staff and procedures for use of materials are detailed.
   http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/

IK Foundation & Company: Collections: Library
   The IK library is a small reference library. Specialised subjects include archaeology, history, art, geography, the history of science, Quaternary geology, natural sciences, Carl Linnaeus and cartography. The website features description of the collectio
   http://www.ikfoundation.org/library.html

Incunabula, Hebraica & Judaica
   Five Centuries of Hebraica and Judaica, Rare Bibles, and Hebrew Incunables from the Jacob M. Lowy Collection.
   http://www.collectionscanada.ca/6/6/

Indiana State University Rare Books and Special Collections
   Web site features inventories and bibliographies, digitized images, and an exhibit of covers and bibliographic information from the small press, Obscure Publications.
   http://odin.indstate.edu/level1.dir/cml/rbsc/index.html

Jackson Davis Collection of African-American Educational Photographs
   Part of the special collections library at the University of Virginia.
   http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/collections/jdavis/

Josep Bosch Historical Newspapers Collection
   A project to recover, restore, preserve and exhibit historical newspapers from all over the world. The emphasis is to collect newspapers published in the city or country where the event took place.
   http://www.josepbosch.net/

Kent State University Special Collections
   Specializes in 19th and 20th century American and British literature, theatre and film, Western Americana, and the May 4, 1970 tragedy. Searchable online index.
   http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/

King's College London, Foyle Special Collections Library
   The library contains 115,000 volumes covering all subject areas but has particular strengths in modern Greek and Byzantine studies, Portuguese studies, voyages and travels, theology, literature, medicine and science.
   http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/iss/library/speccoll/

L. Tom Perry Special Collections
   Preserves unique primary and secondary sources (printed, manuscript, photographic, etc.) and makes them available for research in original and digital forms at Brigham Young University.
   http://sc.lib.byu.edu

Long Island Division at the Queens Borough Public Library
   Collection consists of specialized books and publications; newspapers, both current and those which have ceased publication; family manuscripts; historical maps and atlases including Belcher Hyde and Sanborn Company maps; late 19th- and early 20th-century
   http://www.queenslibrary.org/central/longisland/index.asp

Los Angeles Public Library - Rare Books Department
   Over 16,000 volumes predominately in English and Spanish, dating from the fifteenth century. The majority of materials were published in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Catalog available online. Collection may be consulted by appointment only at
   http://www.lapl.org/central/rare_books.html

Louis B. Mayer Library
   Library of the American Film Institute. Collections include more than 15,000 books; journals; 5,000 film and nearly 5,000 television scripts; and other letters and manuscripts relating to the film industry. Located in Los Angeles, California.
   http://www.AFI.com/about/library.asp

Margaret Herrick Library
   Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences offers extensive and comprehensive research and reference collections on film.
   http://www.oscars.org/mhl/

Marion Thompson Collection
   Collection of 4000 rare children's illustrated books held by the Vancouver Public Library in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Includes access to the library's catalog.
   http://www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/branches/LibrarySquare/spe/marionth.html

National Air Photo Library
   Collection of over six million aerial photographs covering all of Canada, some dating as far back as the 1920s.
   http://airphotos.NRCan.gc.ca/

National First Ladies Library
   Located in the home of Ida McKinley in Canton, Ohio, this library includes biographies, photos, oral histories, and other material about U.S. first ladies. The web site features photographs of each first lady, and an extensive bibliography of books and m
   http://www.firstladies.org/

Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
   Includes links to member libraries, online exhibits, and catalogs.
   http://www.pacscl.org/

Pitcairn Islands Study Center
   A museum-research facility at Pacific Union College in the USA containing the largest North American collection of materials on Pitcairn and the Mutiny on the Bounty.
   http://library.puc.edu/pitcairn/

Quinnipiac University's Bernhard Library Great Hunger Room
   Collection of books and art about the Irish famine. The web site features links to Irish history resources, some online content, and visitor information.
   http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x6431.xml

Redwood Library
   Redwood Library located in Newport, Rhode Island. Special Collections include books on the decorative arts from the 18th and 19th century. Includes online exhibition of early American books and bookbinding.
   http://www.redwoodlibrary.org/

SFSU J. Paul Leonard Library -- Special Collections & Archives
   Archive of San Francisco State University, the library also contains source materials relating San Francisco Bay area history, and the Marguerite Archer Collection of Historic Children's Materials.
   http://www.library.sfsu.edu/special/archives1.html

San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum
   Preserves and makes accessible materials about the performing arts, with an emphasis on the San Francisco Bay area. Contains more than two million items, including books, periodicals, photographs, programs, playbills, newspaper clippings, audio and video
   http://www.sfpalm.org/

Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation Research Center
   Searchable online database of the Trust's collection specializing in books and media on Santa Barbara county, the SB Presidio, and early California history. Library open to local researchers by appointment.
   http://sbthp.library.net/

Simon Fraser University Library Special Collections
   Includes the Contemporary Literature Collection, concentrating on 20th century avant-garde authors, and the Wordworth Collection, described as the most extensive in Canada on this author. Located in Burnaby, British Columbia.
   http://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/collections/specificcollections/specialcollections/spcl.htm

Special Collections in Judaica 2001
   Selected bibliography of Vanderbilt's special collections in Judaica prepared by Mark A. Christian.
   http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/bibs/Judaica/Hard%20Links/Spec%20Collections.htm

Sybil Campbell Library
   The Collection, built up over seventy years by the British Federation of Women Graduates, contains some 8,000 items, including material relating to women's writing and history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, women's education and their personal
   http://pages.britishlibrary.net/scl/

Texas Tech University Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
   Collections include the Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative, the Vietnam Archive, and the University Archive. The web site features exhibits, oral histories online, and visitor information.
   http://swco.ttu.edu

The Library for the Interdisciplinary Study of Marriage
   Information on this specialized library, founded in 1995, collecting books, articles, and audiovisual materials to promote the in-depth study of marriage and related subjects through interdisciplinary research.
   http://www.intams.org/library/index.php

The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity
   The web site features information about the exhibits, collections, and programs of the new Library in Boston, including numerous resources about Mary Baker Eddy's (founder of Christian Science) life, ideas, and achievements.
   http://www.marybakereddylibrary.org

The Morrison Collection of Chinese Books
   Information relating to the collection of Chinese books collected by Dr. Robert Morrison (1782-1834) between 1807 and 1824, and now held at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
   http://uk.geocities.com/Morrison1782/

The Rothschild Archive
   Site of the Rothschild Archive located in London, England. Search online for information related to their achievements in economic, political and social history.
   http://www.rothschildarchive.org

The Scherer Library of Musical Theatre at Goodspeed
   Collection of scores, sheet music, scripts, original cast recordings, programs,photographs, and theatre memorabilia in a facility located in East Haddam, Connecticut.
   http://www.goodspeed.org/library/

The Tebtunis Papyri Collection at The Bancroft Library
   Consists of the papyrus documents that were found in the winter of 1899/1900 at the site of ancient Tebtunis, Egypt. The site provides electronic access to images of the Tebtunis Papyri as well as textual information.
   http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/APIS/index.html

The Thomas B Mack Florida Citrus Archives
   Collection includes documents, labels, photographs, maps, ledgers of Florida citrus history.
   http://www.geocities.com/tbm_flcitrusarchives/index.html?984794507150

The Toppan Rare Books Library
   The Toppan Library serves as the Special Collections Library for the University of Wyoming, Laramie, and is sponsored by Mrs. Clara Toppan. It's areas of specialty are the history and literature of America (particularly the West), the history and literatu
   http://ahc.uwyo.edu/about/departments/toppan.htm

The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection and Reading Room
   Collection of Canadiana includes documents, books, maps, posters, paintings, photographs, silver, glass, ceramic ware.
   http://www.library.ubc.ca/chung/

UBC Library - Special Collections and University Archives
   Collection of rare books and Canadiana; extensive archival research materials, originating from within and outside the University; and important collections of historic maps and photographs. Located at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C.
   http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/

UCLA Department of Special Collections
   Strengths of the department include California and regional history, the arts, history of printing, and women's studies. UCLA's University Archives are also housed here.
   http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/

University of Alberta Bruce Peel Special Collections Library
   Web site includes basic visitor information.
   http://www.library.ualberta.ca/specialcollections/index.cfm

University of Arizona Library Special Collections -- Rare Book and Specialized Collections
   Includes four core collections: the History of Science Collection, The Fine and Theater Arts Collection, the British and American Authors Collection, and The Art of the Book. Located at the University of Arizona Library in Phoenix, Arizona.
   http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/branches/spc/homepage/scrarebk.html

University of Calgary Special Collections
   Particular collecting area is Canadian music and literature. Web site includes visitor information, finding aids, and online exhibits.
   http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/SpecColl/

University of California, Irvine Special Collections and Archives
   Strengths of the department include Orange County (Calif.) and regional history, dance and performing arts, critical theory (including the Jacques Derrida Papers), and UCI faculty papers. UCI's University Archives are also housed here.
   http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/special/special.html

University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Special Collections
   Features visitor information, descriptions of the collections, links to finding aids, and information on projects.
   http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/special.html

University of Florida Department of Special and Area Studies Collections
   The George A. Smathers Libraries' Department of Special and Area Studies Collections includes three area studies collections, the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica, and the Special Collections of the University of Florida.
   http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/default.htm

University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library
   Includes the Michigan Historical Collections and the University of Michigan's University Archives and Records Program. The site features reference services, exhibits, inventories and digitized photographs.
   http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/

University of Michigan Special Collections Library
   Houses the Labadie Collection of Social Protest and the Papyrus Collection, among others. Web site includes online exhibits, brief descriptions of the collections, visitor information, and a searchable database of the papyri.
   http://www.lib.umich.edu/spec-coll/spec_coll.html

University of North Dakota Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
   Information about the major collections that cover the "political, economic, social and cultural heritage of North Dakota, the Red River Valley, the city of Grand Forks, and the University of North Dakota."
   http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/library/Collections/spk.html

University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives
   Includes several online exhibits, finding aids, and digitized photographs.
   http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/

University of Southern California Special Collections
   Web site features a guide to the collections, finding aids, and digitized photographs.
   http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/hss/collections.html

University of Victoria Special Collections
   Emphasis on Modern English and Anglo-Irish literature; Northwest Coast exploration, art, and archaeology; Canadian military and southern Vancouver Island literary culture. Located at the University of Victoria in Victoria, B.C.
   http://gateway1.uvic.ca/spcoll/sc.html

University of Virginia Special Collections Library
   General information, description of the major collections, search for the manuscripts and archival collections.
   http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/

Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives
   Houses one of the finest twentieth-century Southern literature collections in the United States and is the center for the study of the Fugitive and Agrarian groups. Other collections include Southern history since the Civil War, Southern Culture, Women's
   http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/

York University Archives and Special Collections
   Services, access to the collections, collection policies, finding aids, contact information. At York University Libraries, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the institution's collections reflect the following research interests: Canadian women, Canadian writers,
   http://info.library.yorku.ca/depts/asc/archives.htm