Archives and Collections

Bartelby.com
One of the largest online collections of books and reference materials, searchable by phrase, title, author - free of charge.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University
Peter Palmquist collection of women photographers of the American West

Distinguished Women
Lists of books and distinguished women.

In the First Person
In the First Person is a free, high quality, professionally published, in-depth index of close to 4,000 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world.

Library of Congress
The Library of Congress site contains a slightly expanded and fully searchable version of the print publication American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States. Also available are enormous archives of images, films, sounds, etc.

NOAA Photo Library
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration photo database

Northern Women, a Yukon College List
Northern Canadian women Pioneers

NPR's Radio Expeditions
Radio Expeditions is a collaboration between NPR and the National Geographic Society. The general themes for stories are the natural world and threatened environments, diverse cultures, adventure and exploration and discovery.

Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free ebooks on the Internet. Our collection was produced by thousands of volunteers.

The World of the Vikings archive
The World of the Vikings project team has harnessed the latest multimedia technology to convey the enormous richness and variety of the Viking world - sites, landscapes and artefacts in their thousands.

Women in Photography International Archive
More than 18,000 biographical files on female photographers; 2,000 books and 4,000 articles "by and about" women photographers; and approximately 8,300 vintage photographs taken by women, many of them produced during the 19th century.

Women's History Sources: A Guide to Archives >
Women's History Sources: A Guide to Archives and Manuscripts Collections in the United States. Edited by Andrea Hinding (1979)