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  • Family History Library Catalog

    From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.

  • Historical Society of Pennsylvania

    Includes a research library with materials on immigration studies.

  • LibDex - The Library Index

    A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).

  • Pacific Manuscripts Bureau

    The specific aim of the Bureau is to locate and preserve archives, manuscripts and other unpublished or semi-published material through microfilm. It is interested in gathering material of historical, literary, or scientific interest to Pacific scholars which may be of value either now or in the future. Of particular concern to the Bureau are those documents at risk either from adverse climactic conditions, insect infestation, or civil unrest. It is also interested in preserving material deteriorating as a result of age or poor storage. Microfilming older at-risk records has been the moving force of the Bureau.

  • Repositories of Primary Sources - Asia & the Pacific

    A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.

  • The Japanese Canadian National Museum (JCNM)

    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Established to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and interpret historical artifacts and archival material covering the history of Japanese Canadian Society from the 1870's through World War II to the present day.

    • Asian Reading Room

      The primary public access point for readers and researchers seeking to use the vast European collections of the Library of Congress.

      • Collections

        The Asian Division's collections are among the most significant outside of Asia and comprise almost 2 million books, periodicals, newspapers, manuscripts and microforms in the languages of East, South and Southeast Asia.  Initiated in 1869 with a gift of ten works in 933 volumes that was offered to the United States by the Emperor of China, the Asian collections have become one of the most accessible and comprehensive sources of Asian language materials in the world.  The collections span a diversity of subjects from China, Japan, Korea, the South Asian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

    • Portals in the Asian Division

      Selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria.

  • University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

    Promoting the Wisconsin idea by providing professional leadership in the creation of quality digital resources from libraries and archives for faculty, staff and students, citizens of the state and scholars at large.

    • The East Asian Collection

      The East Asian Collection includes historical images that present a visual archive of 20th century East Asian cultural heritage. Currently, the collection consists of images that document early 20th century China including the the Sino-Japanese Conflict (1937-1945), a visual history of Buddhist practices and temples in China, and other images of daily life in both rural and urban China. The completed project will be a valuable resource for research into this region and its history. Collections include W. H. Dobson, early 20th Century missionary and physician in southern China, and Holmes Welch, renouned scholar in the field of Buddhist studies and Buddhism in China.

  • Wing Luke Museum Governor Gary Locke Library and Community Heritage Center

    Collects, preserves and provides access to archives, photographs, artifacts, and oral histories concerning the history, art and culture of local, regional, and national Asian Pacific American communities. Located in Seattle, Washington.

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