Archival Research

• • Using Archives: A Guide to Effective Research (Society of American Archivists) https://www2.archivists.org/book/export/html/14460
    • Annotated finding aid – explains information included and use https://www2.archivists.org/usingarchives/appendix 
    • Finding archival collections https://www2.archivists.org/usingarchives/findingandevaluating
  • United States National Archives https://www.archives.gov/
    • History Hub https://historyhub.history.gov/welcome
  • Library of Congress National Union Catalog Manuscript Collections https://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/
  • Social Networks and Archival Context https://snaccooperative.org/  
    • 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 http://rmoa.unm.edu/
• Archives West https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)

National/International Archival Collections

• WorldCat (UCCS access only) https://kfl.uccs.edu/ in the Books/Catalog tab, select WorldCat
• ArchiveGrid https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/
• ArchivesFinder (Subscription service with trial available) http://archives.chadwyck.com
• The International Directory of National Archives (print in Reference)  ebook https://library.uccs.edu/record=b2679687 2018 Ed.
• Archival Consortium (Society of American Archivists, some links out of date, search names) https://www2.archivists.org/groups/regional-archival-associations-consortium-raac/guide-to-archives-consortia

Pikes Peak Library District

• Special Collections/Archives/Regional History and Genealogy https://ppld.org/regional-history-and-genealogy
• Digital Collections https://cdm15981.contentdm.oclc.org/

Colorado College

• Special Collections and Archives https://www.coloradocollege.edu/library/special-collections/
• Digital Collections https://digitalccbeta.coloradocollege.edu/pid/coccc:5454

Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum

• Special Collections and Archives (Starsmore Center for Local History) https://www.cspm.org/collections/archives-collection/  
• Digital Collections https://cspm.pastperfectonline.com/

Air Force Academy, McDermott Library Special Collections and Archives

• Special Collections and Archives https://usafa.libguides.com/spc

Old Colorado City Historical Society Library, Archival and Artifact Collections  https://occhs.org/