Favorite Links

National:

•  National Archives  - Catalog
•  Library of Congress
•  Google Books and Google Scholar 
•  Smithsonian Institution 

•  The Internet Archive -
    American Libraries
•  Pulitzer Prizes

•  Nobel Prize e-Museum 
•  Presidential Libraries 
•  New York Public Library -
    Digital Collections
•  Merriam-Webster Dictionary 

•  U.S. Census Bureau 
•  The British Museum 
•  Google Blog Search Tool

Ohio:
•  Ohio Historical Society Library
•  Bowling Green (OH) State University

Pennsylvania:
•  Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh 
•  Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 
•  Cornerstone Genealogical Society 
•  Meyersdale (PA) Public Library
•  Historic Pittsburgh 
•  Pennsylvania State Archives 
•  Pennsylvania State Libraries
•  Historical Society of Pennsylvania  
•  Uniontown (PA) Public Library 
•  Dunbar Historical Society 
•  Berks County (PA) Historical Society
•  University of Pittsburgh Archive
•  University of Pittsburgh Library -
    Archives and Special Collections

West Virginia:
•  West Virginia University

Virginia:
•  John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library

New Jersey:
•  Newark (NJ) Public Library

Indiana:
•  Indiana State Library 
•  Allen County Public Library  
•  Allen County Genealogical Society

Midwest United States:
•  Illinois State Archives 
•  The Newberry - Chicago
•  Kansas State Library
•  Iowa Digital Library

Oklahoma:
•  Oklahoma Historical Society

Academia Resources:
•  Assn of College & Research Libraries 
•  Academia.edu

~ Rare Books, Photographs and Special Collections ~

Special Collections Libraries:
•  Rosenbach Museum & Library -
    Manuscripts Online - Online Catalog
•  Morgan Library & Museum
•  Univ of Virginia Rare Book School 
•  Lilly Library, Indiana University
•  Ransom Center, University of Texas
•  Scheide Library, Princeton University
•  Folger Shakespeare Library
•  University of Michigan-Clements
•  University of Florida-Smathers
•  Vanderbilt University
•  University of Rochester River Campus
•  Ephemera Society of America
•  University of Illinois 
•  University of Pittsburgh 
•  The British Library, London

Photography/Images:
•  Getty Images (Bettman and Corbis)

•  National Archives Catalogue

•  New York Public Library Digital
    Collections 

•  Metropolitan Museum of Art Images

•  Smithsonian Open Access

•  Museums of the City of Paris

•  Yale Center for British Art

•  The Public Domain Review

•  Teenie Harris Archive

•  Unsplash

Publications:
•  Fine Books & Collections
•  Rare Book Hub - Monthly Archives
•  The Book Collector
•  Booktryst

Databases/Searches:
•  ABEBooks
•  viaLibri - Library Search
•  Alibris
•  Biblio.com
•  BookFinder.com
•  Antiquarian Booksellers Association

•  Stolen-Book.org
•  David Pearson Book Owners Online

Bibliography and Cataloguing:
•  OCLC WorldCat

~ Industrial and Railroad History ~

•  U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration Statistics 
•  Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad Museum 
•  Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society 

~ Faith-Based History and Culture ~

•  United Methodist Commission on Archives and History
•  Lutheran Historical Conference 
•  Presbyterian Historical Society 
•  Mennonite Church USA Archives
•  Wexner Heritage Program

~ Science and Medicine ~

•  U.S. National Library of Medicine
•  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
•  NASA - National Air and Space Administration

~ Historical Reconstructions, Museums, Homes and Inspiring Spaces ~

•  Colonial Williamsburg
•  Henry Ford Museum at Greenfield Village
•  Plimouth Plantation
•  John Adams National Historic Park, Massachusetts
•  Mount Vernon, Virginia
•  Monticello, Virginia

•  Frank Lloyd Wright's Home and Studio, Oak Park, IL
•  Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Museum of Rural Life

•  Westminster Abbey (London)
•  Thomas Jefferson's Home Library at Monticello
•  The Forbes Galleries (New York City)

•  Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System (National Park Service)
•  Bugles Across America (services for funerals)
•  Civil War Regiments 
•  U.S. Army Military History Institute  
•  U.S. Naval Historical Center and Merchant Marines

•  A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion - by F.H. Dyer

•  Andy Warhol Museum
•  Fallingwater
•  Senator John Heinz History Center
•  Frick Mansion and Art Center
•  Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

•  Pittsburgh Opera 
•  Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

•  Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall

•  Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

•  Stephen Foster Memorial Museum

•  Westmoreland Museum of Art
•  Carnegie Science Center

•  Civic Light Opera
•  Pittsburgh Cultural District

•  August Wilson African American Ctr.

•  National Aviary

•  Rachel Carson Homestead

•  Jimmy Stewart Museum

•  Pirates - Major League Baseball
•  Steelers - National Football League
•  Penguins - National Hockey League

•  University of Pittsburgh Football 
•  University of Pittsburgh Basketball 

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