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For The Postal Historian

PHILATELIC LIBRARIES:

• American Philatelic Research Library - the largest public philatelic library in the United States. Includes searchable catalog.
• British Library Philatelic Collections
• National Postal Museum Library and Research Center - among the world's largest philatelic and postal history research facilities.
• Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library - collection include books, periodicals, auction catalogs, post office publications, and more.
• Wineburgh Philatelic Research Library

GENERAL LIBRARIES:

• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Library
• Australian War Memorial Research Centre
• Black Studies Library - library of culture of Africa and African-America.
• Boston Athenaeum - research and membership library with special collections in U.S. and British history, arts, and literature.
• Boston University - Mugar Memorial Library Special Collections - one of the largest archives in the United States. BU was one of the first to collect contemporary figures.
• Calvin College - H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies - collection specifically concerned with John Calvin and his influence from the 16th century to the present.
• Chicago University, Oriental Institute, The - with an index to ancient Near Eastern resources.
• Cleveland State University Library, Special Collections Department
  Iowa State University - includes Women in Science and Engineering, American Archives of the Factual Film, and Printed Rare and Unique Collections.
• James Ford Bell Library  - a collection of rare books, maps, and manuscripts documenting the history of European expansion, 1400-1800.
• National Meteorological Library
• Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries - PACSCL - association of 20 public, independent, university, religious, and museum libraries. Information on hours, collections, and special events.
• Popular Culture Library - research collection documenting late 19th and 20th century American popular culture.
• Spirit of Tan'gun - Korean Collection of East Asian Library at U.C. Berkeley.
• Texas Tech University - Southwest Collection - historical research center and archive whose mission is to collect, preserve, and make available to researchers materials relating to the history of the American Southwest.
• Tulane University Special Collections - New Orleans-based archives that preserve original sources about jazz history, architectural history, the Civil War, medical history, Jewish Studies, Southern politics, and other research topics.
• UCLA Special Collections
• UNC Greensboro Special Collections and Rare Books - houses the cello music, George Herbert, Lois Lenski, women's, mystery and detective fiction, girls' books in series, private presses, and early juvenile literature collections.
• University of Delaware - describes the holdings of the department, exhibitions and publications, and links to related sites.
• University of Florida - houses the primary source research collections of the university.
• University of Houston - Special Collections - includes a collection of online exhibits produced by libraries and archives, links to special collections and archives on the WWW, and online resources for librarians and archivists.
• University of Idaho - Special Collections and Archives - repository of primary source material on the history of Idaho.
• University of Miami - Archives and Special Collections Department - noted Floridiana and Cuban collections.
• University of New Hampshire Library Milne Special Collections and Archives - research collections include angling, Shakers, traditional music and dance, jazz, early New Hampshire imprints, environmental efforts, sheet music, poetry, photography, and university archives.
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - North Carolina Collection - preserves an assemblage of literary, visual and artifactual materials illustrating four centuries of the colony and state of North Carolina.
• University of South Carolina - Department of Rare Books & Special Collections - information on important collections and hypertextualized versions of recent exhibits.
• University of Southern California - Special Collections
• University of Texas at Austin - Center for American History - special collections library, archive, and museum that facilitates research and sponsors programs on the historical development of the United States.
• University of Wisconsin Cooperative Children's Book Center - children's book examination center and research library of UW-Madison's School of Education.
• Utah State University - houses historical material concerning the history of Utah, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons), and the university.
• Utah State University - Special Collections and Archives - houses historical material concerning the history of Utah, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons), and the university.
• Victoria University Library - Special Collections
• Washington University Department of Special Collections
• Wellesley College - Special Collections, Margaret Clapp Library - details the various collections owned by the library at Wellesley.

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