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Archive and manuscript collections
Contents: South Australian archives | Australian archives | International archives
South Australian archives
State Library of South Australia holds private, business and society archives.
Archival Database contains personal, business and society archives and the J.D.Somerville Oral History Collection.
South Australiana Database lists photographs and other pictorial material from the Library's collections, and references to articles and other citations from selected South Australian published material held in the Library.
Searches across all State Library catalogues can be undertaken using Metafind, available at the bottom of their catalogue page
University of Adelaide Archives
Barr Smith Library Special Collections
State Records
holds records of the State Government, semi-Government or statutory authorities and local government bodies.
Colonial records relating to issues that became Commonwealth responsibilities in 1901 were transferred to the National Archives of Australia
eg Customs, Defence, Maritime, Post and Telegraph, Quarantine, Security etc etc.
State Records is in a process of change.
To consult records, visit their research centre.
Guides in the BSL include:
- Guide to records relating to women.
Reference collection 305.4099423 G946
Guide to records relating to aboriginal people
Reference collection 994.0049915 G946
Guide to records relating to people of non-English speaking backgrounds
Reference collection 994.23004 S726g
Ancestors in archives : a guide to family history sources in the official records of South Australia
Reference collection 929.39423 A538
Lutheran Archives, North Adelaide.
- Guide to Records of Indigenous Australians in the Lutheran Archives. 1999
Reference Collection 994.0049915 C968g
Adelaide City Council Archives
Source sheets are available on topics such as the River Torrens, buses and trams, the Parklands, hotels, statues and memorials etc.
Australian Archives
National Archives of Australia,Wakefield Street, Adelaide.Holdings, exhibitions, events, publications, access to the Australian Archives
Has a number of online Research Guides and Fact Sheets.
Includes South Australian government records for the colonial period relating to issues that became Commonwealth responsibilities in 1901.
eg Customs, Defence, Maritime, Post and Telegraph, Quarantine, Security etc etc.
Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts (RAAM), National Library of Australia.
Contains information contributed by libraries, archives, museums and historical societies on their holdings of personal papers and records of non-government organisations. Can be searched by name, occupation, or other terms.
RAAM is a successor to:
- Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia, 1965-1995.
Reference collection 994.0016 G94
Directory of Archives in Australia, Australian Society of Archivists.
Manuscript collection finding aids, National Library of Australia
Finding aids for the National Library's manuscript collection.
Searchable by subject, collector's occupation, collection name or number.
AHRR: Australian historic records register
also in Reference collection 994.0016 A9383 (Microfiche)
A list of records collected during the bicentennial Historic Records Search, including notes on location and accesibility.
International archives
United Kingdom
National Archives (England ans Wales)
Many printed guides held in the BSL and there is also an online search facility:
The A2A database contains catalogues describing archives held throughout England and dating from the 900s to the present day. Click the Search button to search these catalogues.
National Register of Archives (NRA) contains information on the nature and location of manuscripts and historical records that relate to British history
BOPCRIS : the British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service.
You can use this web site to search and browse information from British Official Publications over the period 1688-1995, many of which have been digitised.
National Archives of Scotland
National Archives of Ireland
United States
U.S. National Archive and Records Adsministration
France
Archives nationales de France,
The National Archives are placed under the aegis of the Archives de France,
They comprise five centres :
The Historical Centre historique of National Archives | The Centre for Contemporary Archives | The Centre for Archives of Overseas Territories | |
The Centre for Archives of the Workplace | The National Centre for Microfilms | |||
Reference collection 944.0016 F815a
Les Archives nationales : etat general des fonds1978-
t. 1. L'Ancien Regime.--t. 2. 1789-1940.--t. 3. Marine et outre-mer.--
t. 4. Fonds divers et additions et corrections aux tomes I, II et III.--t. 5. 1940-1958
Reference collection 355.00944 F815Mi
France. Ministère de la guerre. Archives historiques
Inventaire des archives conservées au Service historique de l'Etat-major de l'Armée, Chateau de Vincennes (archives modernes)
Inventaire sommaire des archives de la guerre, Série N, 1872-1940
Inventaire des archives de la guerre : Série N, 1920-1940
Main Collection
355.00944 F8151i 1872-1919
355.00944 F8151i 1920-1940 and supplement 355.00944 F8151i 1872-1940 Suppl.
Worldwide
- Archives and manuscripts list, Columbia University Libraries
A comprehensive collection of links to archives collections in the USA and worldwide, by state and country.