archives and special collections

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• GENERAL

• DIRECTORIES, GUIDES
• Archives & Museums Informatics
• Introduction to Archival Organization and Description

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• INTERNATIONAL

• DIRECTORIES, GUIDES and PORTALS
• ArchiveGrid A database of archival collection descriptions
• International Archival Resources on the internet
• Malvine Manuscripts and Letters via Integrated Networks in Europe
• Multilingual Inventory of Cultural Heritage in Europe MICHAEL
• Repositories of Primary Sources
• UNESCO Archives Portal

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• AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND

• DIRECTORIES and GUIDES
• New Zealand National Register of Archives and Manuscripts NRAM

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• AUSTRIA

• DIRECTORIES abd GUIDES
• Archive in Österreich
• Archivregister
• Die Erschließung literarischer Nachlässe

• ARCHIVE REPOSITORIES
• basis-wien

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• BELGIUM

• DIRECTORIES and GUIDES
• Archiefbank Vlaanderen
• Archiefwijzer - Archieven in Vlaanderen

• ARCHIVE REPOSITORIES
• James Ensor Archief

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• CANADA

• DIRECTORIES, GUIDES and PORTALS
• Archives Canada
• Directory of Special Collections of Research Value in Canadian Libraries
• Library and Archives Canada

• ARCHIVE REPOSITORIES
• National Gallery of Canada Archives
• National Gallery of Canada Archives Finding Aids

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• EASTERN EUROPE

• DIRECTORIES and GUIDES
• Archival Fonds in the Czech Republic
• Archives in Russia
• Introduction to Slavic Information Resources

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• FRANCE

• DIRECTORIES, GUIDES and PORTALS
• Archives nationales
• Guide des archives d’artistes en ligne GAAEL

• ARCHIVE REPOSITORIES
• Archives de la Critique D’Art
• Centre historique des archives nationales CHAN
• MNAM Centre Georges Pompidou Archive Department
• Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art INHA

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• GERMANY

• DIRECTORIES, GUIDES and PORTALS
• Archives in Germany
• arthistoricum.net Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Kunstgeschichte
• Bibliotheken Archiven Museen BAM Portal

• ARCHIVE REPOSITORIES
• Akademie der Künste Archiv
• Bauhaus Archiv
• Berlinische Galerie
• documenta Archiv
• Gerhard Richter Archiv
• Kurt Schwitters Archiv
• Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Archive
• Warburg-Archiv
• Werkbund Archiv
• Zentralarchiv der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin
• Zentralarchiv des internationalen Kunsthandels ZADIK

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• ITALY

• ARCHIVE REPOSITORIES
• Fondazione Primo Conti Centro di documentazione sulle avanguardie storiche

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• NETHERLANDS

• DIRECTORIES, GUIDES and PORTALS
• Archiefnet
• Collections of Art-Historical Documentation in the Netherlands

• ARCHIVE REPOSITORIES
• Netherlands Institute for Art History
• Centrum voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie
• H.N. Werkman Archief

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• SCANDINAVIA

• DIRECTORIES, GUIDES and PORTALS
• Danmarks Nationale Privatarkivdatabase DANPA, Denmark
• National Archive Database NAD, Sweden
• Nordiske håndskriftsamlinger og arkiver, Norway

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• SWITZERLAND

• DIRECTORIES, GUIDES and PORTALS
• Archive in der Schweiz
• Repertorium der handschriftlichen Nachlässe

• ARCHIVE REPOSITORIES
• Paul Klee Zentrum
• Kunsthaus Zürich

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• UNITED KINGDOM

• DIRECTORIES, GUIDES and PORTALS
• Artists' Papers Register APR
• Archives Hub access to the archives of UK universities and colleges
• ARCHON Directory
• Contemporary art documentation collections in the UK & Ireland
• Library & Learning Resources, University of the Arts London
• National Register of Archives NRA
• Sources for the History of Fine Art and Artists

• ARCHIVE REPOSITORIES
• Live Art Archive
• Paul Mellon Centre Archive
• Henry Moore Institute Archive + Library
• Tate Archive
• Warburg Institute Archive

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• UNITED STATES

• DIRECTORIES, GUIDES and PORTALS
• Archivos Virtuales: Papers of Latino & Latin American Artists
• Art Spaces Archives Project AS-AP
• National Archives
• Northwest Digital Archives NWDA
• Online Archive of California OAC
• Women Artists Archives National Directory WAAND Rutgers University

• ARCHIVE REPOSITORIES
• Alternative Traditions in the Contemporary Arts ATCA
• Archives of American Art
• Arcade - NYARC New York Art Resources Consortium
• Archives on Women Artists NMWA
• Art Institute of Chicago
• Franklin Furnace Archive Inc.
• Getty Research Institute
• Harvard Libraries
• International Dada Archive
• Mandeville Special Collections Library
• Metropolitan Museum Libraries
• Piet Mondrian Archive
• Museum of Modern Art Archives
• Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives
• Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
• Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry
• Yale University Library (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

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• OTHER COUNTRIES

• ISRAEL
• Arturo Schwarz Collection
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