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Archives of Women in Science and Engineering
Includes personal papers of women scientists and engineers and the records of related organizations, held at Iowa State University.

American Life Histories
Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940, deposited in the Library of Congress Manuscripts Division. The collection can be viewed online.

American Jewish Archives
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.

African American Collections
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.

Atlanta University Center Archives
Documents African Americans, particularly in the southeastern United States as well as the records of professional associations.

Black Archives of Mid-America
Documents African-Americans in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Oklahoma, including diaries, newspapers, records and oral histories. In Kansas City, Missouri.

Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts
Microfilm copies of 90% of known Hebrew manuscripts, held in Jerusalem.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
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.

National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives
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.

The Caribbean Collection
An archival survey of the records of the Jamaican and Trinidadian communities of Brooklyn, New York, held at Brooklyn College.


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