Repositories

National Archives and Records Administration

State Archives and Historical Societies
Primary Resource Repositories
(List maintained by the University of Idaho)

Other Archives (Includes professional organizations)
(List maintained by the Australian Archives)

Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada
(Online full-text July 10, 1999 revised edition by SSA's Business Archives Section)

Archives in the World
(UNESCO WebWorld)

The National Security Archive
(Gelman Library, George Washington University)
A privately-funded, non-governmental archive or declassified U.S. documents obtained by journalists, scholars and others through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Includes information about FOIA.

Repositories of Primary Sources
(by Terry Abraham, University of Idaho)

ArchiviaNet: from The National Archives of Canada
Maintained by the National Archives of Canada, this site offers descriptions of extensive archival material and some online access to selected documents.

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Affiliated Archives

What are Affiliated Archives?
(by Jerry L. Wallace, The Record, NARA)
The affiliated archives program permits permanent historical records to be maintained and made available to the public at a non-NARA facilities by non-NARA staff. In this article, Jerry Wallace tells about the seven affiliated archives established since the Federal Records Act of 1950 first authorized program.

Affiliated Archives
(National Archives and Records Administration) Directory and holdings information.

The United States Naval Academy Archives
(by Gary A. LaVally, USNA Archivist)
The USNA Archives was established in 1970 and designated as a NARA affiliated archives in August, 1985. As a result of this agreement, earlier records were returned to the Naval Academy in 1987. The collection is designated as Record Group 405, Records of the United States Naval Academy.

Hartranft Affiliated Archives, Pennsylvania State Archives
(by Kris T. Althoff, Pennsylvania State Archives)
In June, 1995, the Pennsylvania State Archives, a unit of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, was designated as affiliated archives of the National Archives and Records Administration, to maintain custody of the "Records of Brevet Major General John Frederick Hartranft as Special Provost Marshal for the Trial and Execution of the Assassins of President Lincoln," as part of NARA's Record Group 393.

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