Charla Wilson,

Archivist for the

Black Experience

Identifying archival collections that relate to your research interests

• Google

• Worldcat (lists archival materials world-wide)

• Archive Finder (searches repositories from the US/England)

• ArchiveGrid (searches across libraries, archives, museums)

• Library of Congress (searches the national library)

• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (searches US federal government materials)

• Smithsonian Institution (searches within their museums and research centers)

• Consortia databases by region (ex. The Online Archive of California)

Black Metropolis Research Consortium (BMRC)

Finding Aid Portal: https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/bmrc/browse.php

Chicago Collections Consortium (CCC)

Finding aid Portal: https://explore.chicagocollections.org/

Online exhibits using Scalar: https://exhibits.chicagocollections.org/digital-exhibits/index

Northwestern University ArchivesNorthwestern Archival & Manuscript Collections:

https://findingaids.library.northwestern.edu/

Black Experience Research Guide:

https://libguides.northwestern.edu/blackexpnu

Digital Collections:

https://digitalcollections.library.northwestern.edu/

Collection Highlight: Katherine Flowers (1896-1982) Papers, 1934-1981

Collection Highlight: Dennis Brutus (1924-2009) Papers, 1960-1984

Collection Highlight: Angela Jackson (1951- ) Papers, 1966-2018

Collection Highlight: Daphne Maxwell Reid (1948- ) Papers ,

1951-2018

Research Tips!

• Contact the archives• Up-to-date information

• Policies

• Remote support

• Provide a summary of your project• They can suggest additional collections

• Time saver

They Demanded Courageously Online Exhibit

Thank You!

Josh Honn, Digital Humanities/English Librarian, josh.honn@northwestern.edu

Kathleen Bethel, African American Studies/Caribbean Studies/Gender & Sexuality Studies Librarian, kbethel@northwestern.edu

Charla Wilson, Archivist for the Black Experience, charla.wilson@northwestern.edu