Research Guides: Archival Research: Identifying/Locating Archival Collections

Research Tools

Using Archives: A Guide to Effective Research
Annotated finding aid
Finding and Evaluating Archives
United States National Archives
History Hub
researchers ask questions and archivists and specialist researchers provide guidance on where to find information
Library of Congress National Union Catalog Manuscript Collections
Social Networks and Archival Context
use SNAC to locate archival and digital materials associated with individuals, families, or corporate bodies (companies, organizations, institutions, etc.)

Regional Finding Aids Collections

RMOA (Rocky Mountain Online Archive)
is no longer updating (as of 2021) but includes links to major regional collections
Archives West
(Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)

National/International Archival Collections