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Explore the Treasures of History: 35 Must-Visit Historical Resource Websites Worldwide

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The document lists 35 authoritative historical research websites categorized by institution type, including national archives, university collections, and specialized databases. Key resources include: - **National Archives and Libraries**: - **NARA** (USA): Holds historical government documents. - **British Library**: Houses over 150 million items, including manuscripts and maps. - **BnF** (France): Offers digitized resources in multiple languages. - **National Library of China**: Contains ancient texts and databases. - **Bundesarchiv** (Germany): Covers German history since 1871. - **University and Research Institutions**: - **Avalon Project** (Yale): Database of important treaties. - **Bodleian Libraries** (Oxford): Over 120,000 digitized items. - **Harvard Digital Collections**: Includes databases on Byzantine and Ottoman archives. - **Specialized Historical Databases**: - **British Museum Online**: Access to 8 million artifacts. - **US Holocaust Memorial Museum**: Preserves testimonies and wartime documents. - **Slave Voyages**: Database on the transatlantic slave trade. - **Military and War History**: - **CMH** (USA): Official military reports and maps. - **Yad Vashem** (Israel): Database of Holocaust victims. - **Supplementary Resources**: - **Persée**: Open access to French historical journals. - **JSTOR**: Subscription-based access to historical journals. - **DPLA**: Integrates resources from various American libraries. These resources provide extensive access to historical documents, artifacts, and research materials across different regions and time periods.

35 Authoritative Historical Research Resource Websites#

Covering multiple countries and regions around the world, organized by type of institution:

National Archives and Libraries#

  1. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

    • Preserves historical documents of the U.S. government, presidential records, military archives, etc., providing digital versions of original documents like the Declaration of Independence.

  2. British Library

    • Houses over 150 million items, including manuscripts, maps, and rare books, supporting online searches for medieval literature and Eastern manuscripts.

  3. Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)

    • Holds Carolingian manuscripts and digital archives of the French Revolution, offering multilingual digital resources of ancient texts.

  4. National Library of China - Ancient Books Library

    • Includes precious documents such as oracle bones and Dunhuang manuscripts, providing a database of stele inscriptions and local chronicles (some resources require registration).

  5. Bundesarchiv (Federal Archives of Germany)

    • Covers historical archives of Germany from 1871 to the present, including World War II materials and documents on the reunification of East and West Germany.

Universities and Research Institutions#

  1. Yale University - Avalon Project

    • A database of legal and diplomatic history, including important international treaties and codes from 2500 BC to the present.

  2. University of Oxford - Bodleian Libraries

    • Provides over 120,000 digital collections, including medieval manuscripts and early printed books.

  3. Harvard University - Digital Collections

    • Contains thematic databases on Byzantine art, Ottoman archives, etc., supporting advanced searches.

  4. Waseda University - Comprehensive Database of Classical Texts

    • Includes ancient texts and Chinese classics before the Edo period in Japan, supporting full-text searches and high-resolution image browsing.

  5. Heidelberg University - Gutenberg Digital Library

    • The largest repository of early printed books in Europe, containing valuable editions from the 15th to 18th centuries.

  6. World Digital Library (WDL)

    • A UNESCO project covering cultural heritage from 193 countries from 8000 BC to the present.

  7. Europeana

    • An EU cultural heritage platform aggregating 50 million items of European art, manuscripts, and audiovisual materials.

  8. National Diet Library of Japan - Digital Museum

    • A repository of Meiji period literature, ukiyo-e, and wartime propaganda materials, with some resources providing English metadata.

  9. Qatar Digital Library

    • A historical archive of the Gulf region, including Arabic literature from the Ottoman Empire and British India periods.

  10. Russian National Digital Library (NEB)

    • Integrates resources from libraries across Russia, including maps from the Tsarist period and declassified Soviet archives.

Thematic Historical Databases#

  1. British Museum - Online Collection

    • Searchable collection of 8 million artifacts, including high-resolution images of Mesopotamian civilization and ancient Egyptian artifacts.

  2. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

    • Preserves testimonies of Nazi victims, concentration camp records, and wartime audiovisual materials.

  3. Slave Voyages

    • A database of the transatlantic slave trade, including records of 36,000 voyages and a database of African names.

  4. World War I Archive

    • Supported by the Imperial War Museum, it includes battlefield letters, military maps, and oral histories.

  5. NASA History Office

    • Provides technical documents of space programs, audio from Apollo missions, and materials on the Cold War space race.

Ancient Books and Manuscripts#

  1. Chinese Text Project (CTEXT)

    • A database of classical literature from the pre-Qin to the Qing dynasty, supporting full-text searches and version comparisons.

  2. Vatican Secret Archives

    • Publicly accessible documents from the papacy from the 13th to the 20th century, including medieval papal bulls and Inquisition archives.

  3. Korean Classical Literature Comprehensive Database

    • A full-text database of the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, Korean classical texts, and Chinese literature.

  4. Digital Archive of the Egyptian Antiquities Department

    • Provides tools for translating hieroglyphic inscriptions and archaeological reports on pyramids.

  5. National Archives of India

    • Documents from the Mughal Empire, colonial statistical data, and archives of the independence movement.

Military and War History#

  1. U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH)

    • Official military operation reports, war atlases, and studies on the evolution of military policy.

  2. Australian War Memorial

    • Covers personal diaries, battlefield photography, and 3D displays of artifacts from both World Wars and the Vietnam War.

  3. Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

    • Provides a database of victim names, digitized collections of Nazi documents, and educational materials.

  4. Russian Great Patriotic War Archives

    • Archives of Soviet Red Army soldiers, military operation maps, and records of medals.

  5. Society for Military History (SMH)

    • Electronic version of the professional journal "Military History" and research on military technology history.

Supplementary Resources#

  1. Persée (French Academic Journals)

    • Open access to over 200 French historical journals, including topics on colonial history and art history.

  2. JSTOR (Journal Storage)

    • Requires institutional subscription, includes back issues of over 2000 history journals.

  3. South African History Online (SAHO)

    • Covers the history of apartheid, oral traditions, and archives of the ANC struggle.

  4. Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)

    • Integrates resources from libraries across the U.S., including topics on indigenous history and immigration history.

  5. National Archives of Mexico (AGN)

    • Documents from the Spanish colonial period, photographs from the revolutionary period, and digitization projects of Maya manuscripts.
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