History of Astronomy

History of Science: Archives and libraries

General items

• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) of the USA
• Inventory of Sources for History of Twentieth Century Physics
• STAMA - Science, Technology and Medicine Archives
  A special interest group of the Australian Society of Archivists

Individual archives and libraries / Local directories

• Ames, Iowa, USA
  • Archives of Women in Science and Engineering
• Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
  • Bentley Historical Library
    Including University Archives
• Athens, Georgia, USA
  • Rare Map Collection at the Hargrett Library
• Australia
  • Australian Science Archives Project (ASAP)
  • Directory of Archives in Australia
• Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • Milton S. Eisenhower Library
    • Map Collection
    • Special Collections
      • Rowland (Henry Augustus) 1848-1901, Papers (1793-1970) 8 Mar 1996: seems to be no longer available
        Including correspondence with some astronomers
• Basel, Switzerland
  • Handschriftenabteilung der UB Basel (in German)
• Berkeley, USA
  • Archives of the University of California
  • Earth Sciences & Map Library Home Page
  • Map Collection - Earth Sciences and Map Library Info
• Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
  • Cusanus-Stift
• Berlin, Germany
  • Bibliotheken in Berlin (in German)
  • Geheimes Staatsarchiv (in German)
    This is the archive for documents from Prussia. It contains also material concerning science in Prussia.
    Humboldt-Universität, Zweigbibliothek Wissenschaftsgeschichte (in German)

    Humboldt-Universität, Universitätsarchiv (in German)
• Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, University Libraries, Special Collections Department
    Including Archives of American Aerospace Exploration, Manuscripts Collection, Rare Book Collection, University Archive
• Cache Valley, Utah, USA
  • Utah State University: Special Collections and Archives
• Cambridge, UK
  • East Asian History of Science Library
• Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
  • MIT Institute Archives
    A short information from the MIT Libraries
• Copenhagen, Denmark
  • National Library of Denmark
    (The library is also the National Archive for manuscripts)
  • Niels Bohr Archive
• Dresden, Germany
  • Universitätsarchiv (in German)
• Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf (in German)
    Holds a manuscript collection
• Estonia
  • Libraries of Estonia
• Florence, Italy
  • Archive of the Reale Museo di fisica e storia naturale
  • Institute and Museum of History of Science: Library
    Including data base search in Italian; to find books on history of astronomy published in 1993 type in: KW=ASTRONOMIA * DP=1993
  • Institute and Museum of History of Science: Photographic archives
• Geneva, Switzerland
  • CERN Archives
  • The Wolfgang Pauli Archive
• Germany
  • Archives in Germany
  • Archive in Deutschland (in German)
  • WEBIS - Sammelschwerpunkte an deutschen Bibliotheken (in German)
    • Sammelschwerpunkt Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie
      Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
    • Sammelschwerpunkt Geschichte der Medizin und der Naturwissenschaften
      Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig
    • Sammelschwerpunkt Technikgeschichte
      Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden
• Graz, Austria
  • Abteilung für Sondersammlungen der Universitätsbibliothek (in German)
  • Universitätsarchiv (in German)
• Great Britain
  • National Photographic Collections
• Hamburg, Germany
  • Institut für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik und Technik: Bibliothek (in German)
  • Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg (mainly in German)
    • Handschriftenabteilung
    • Kartensammlung
    • Rara
• Houston, Texas, USA
  • Fondren Library, Rice University
    • Rare Book Collections
    • Manuscript Collections
    • Rice University Archives
• Kansas City, Missouri, USA
  • Linda Hall Library
    • History of Science Collection
• Latvia
  • Libraries of Latvia
• Leoben, Austria
  • University Library Leoben
    • Geoscience Library: map collection
    • Documentation on the history of mining and metallurgy
  • Universitätsbibliothek der Montanuniversität Leoben (in German)
    • Kartensammlung
    • Montanhistorische Literatur- und Bilddokumentation
• Lithuania
  • Libraries of Lithuania
• London, UK
  • Public Record Office
  • Science Museum Library
  • Science Museum: Documentation Centre
• Marbach, Germany
  • Schiller-Nationalmuseum / Deutsches Literaturarchiv (in German)
    Holds also letters from scientists
• Manchester, UK
  • National Archive for the History of Computing
• Melbourne, Australia
  • Museum of Victoria
    • Museum archives
    • Scienceworks Mutimedia Collection
• Moscow, Russia
  • Scientific Library of Moscow Lomonosov State University
    Including a Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts
• New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  • Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
  • Manuscripts and Archives Sterling Memorial Library
• New York, USA
  • New York State Archives
• Oxford, UK
  • Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
    Holds also manuscripts and maps
    • Slide collection of manuscripts
    • Map Room
• Pasadena, CA, USA
  • California Institute of Technology Archives
• Russia
  • Archives in Russia
  • Yale Russian Archive Project
• San Diego, California, USA
  • San Diego State University Archives
• Stockholm, Sweden
  • Academy of Sciences historical archive
    See: Center for the History of Science.
  • Royal Institute of Technology Library
    • Library of History of Science and Technology and the Old Collection
• Tübingen, Germany
  • Universitätsarchiv / University Archives
  • Universitätsbibliothek (in German)
    • Historischer Lesesaal
      Auch für Handschriften
• Ukraine
  • Addresses For Archives In Ukraine
  • Archives in Ukraine
• Vatican City
  • The Vatican Library and its History
    (See also the Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit)
• Vienna (Wien), Austria
  • Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (in German)
    • Handschriften-, Autographen- und Nachlaß-Sammlung
    • Sammlung von Inkunabeln, alten und wertvollen Drucken
    • Kartensammlung und Globenmuseum
    • Porträtsammlung, Bildarchiv und Fideikommißbibliothek
    • Papyrussammlung
    • Österreichisches Literaturarchiv
• Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
  • Archives, Special Collections and Museum at Babson College
• Wroclaw (formerly Breslau), Poland
  • University Archives
• Zürich, Switzerland
  • ETH-Bibliothek (in German)
    The ETH-Bibliothek was founded by the astronomer Rudolf Wolf.
    • Kartensammlung
    • Wissenschaftshistorische Sammlungen
      Specialized collection for manuscripts, rara, etc.

Research institutes and departments

This section has moved to the page History of Science: Research institutes and departments.

See also:

• History of Astronomy: Archivs and libraries
  The archives and libraries listed there are not dublicated here.
• Libraries and Publishers

Other lists

• Archival Resources Elsewhere on the Internet
• Archives
• Archives On the Web
• Archives & Archivists
• Einige Bibliotheken, die für Wissenschaftshistoriker/-innen interessant sein könnten (in German)
• Guide to Archives on the Internet
• The Horus Gateway to Areas of History: Libraries/ Archives/ Document Collections
• Manuscript and Archives Repositories
• Map collections
• Repositories of Primary Sources
  A listing of of over 1000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar.
• Selected Internet Resources: Manuscripts
• Social Science: History: Archives

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 16 Jan 1995. Latest update: 17 May 2000