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Archives & Special Collections

Learn about CSUMB Archives and Special Collecitions

Additional Resources

For more information on understanding archives and archival research, see:

What Are Archives and How Do They Differ from Libraries? (Society of American Archivists)
Types of Archives (Society of American Archivists)
Archival Resources Webpage (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
Using Archives: A Guide to Effective Research , by Laura Schmidt

Archival finding aid databases:

OAC: Online Archives of California (University of California's California Digital Library)

The Online Archive of California provides access to detailed descriptions of primary resource collections maintained by more than 200 contributing institutions throughout California.

ArchiveGrid (OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.)

ArchiveGrid includes over 5 million records describing archival materials from over 1,000 different archival institutions