List of archives

This list of archives contains many archives from around the world. An archive is a establishment that collects and stores historical documents, photos, and other media.

Argentina

* General Archive of the Nation

Armenia

* National Archives of Armenia

Australia

* National Archives of Australia
* State Records Authority of New South Wales
* State Records Office of Western Australia

Brazil

* Brazilian National Archives

Canada

* Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
* Library and Archives Canada
* Provincial Archives of Alberta

Chile

* National Archives of Chile

Croatia

* Croatian State Archives

Cyprus

* Cyprus State Archives

Czech Republic

* National Archives (Czech Republic)

Denmark

* Danish National Archives

Ecuador

* National Archives of Ecuador

Egypt

* Egyptian National Library and Archives

France

* Archives départementales de Seine-Maritime
* Roger-Viollet

Greece

* General Achives of the State

Hungary

* National Achives

India

* [http://nal-ir.nal.res.in National Aerospace Laboratories]
* National Archives of India
* National Film Archive of India

Ireland

* National Archives of Ireland

Israel

* Israel State Archive

Italy

* Central Archives of the State

Japan

* National Archives of Japan
* Fujiphotos, leading source for photographs of contemporary Japan. Represented by The Image Works.

Malta

* National Archives of Malta

Mexico

*Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico City
*Archivo Histórico del Distrito Federal
*Archivo Histórico del Instituto Nacional de Arqueología e Historia
*Archivo Histórico de Notarías
*Archivo de Instrumentos Públicos, Guadalajara
*Biblioteca Pública del Estado de Jalisco
*Archivo del Arzobispado de Guadalajara
*Archivo Histórico de la Provincia Franciscana, Zapopan
*Archivo General de Notarías del Estado de Jalisco, Toluca

New Zealand

* Archives New Zealand

Russia

*Archive of the President of the Russian Federation
*Russian State Archive of Contemporary History
*Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History
*State Archive of the Russian Federation
*Russian State Archive of Literature and Art

ingapore

* National Archives of Singapore

lovakia

* Slovak National Archives

lovenia

* National Archives of Slovenia

outh Korea

* National Archives and Records Service

Sweden

*Riksarkivet

witzerland

* Federal Archives of Switzerland

Ukraine

* [http://www.archives.gov.ua/ Архивы Украины, Archives of Ukraine]

United Kingdom

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* A.N. Palmer Centre for Local Studies and Archives, Wrexham
* Anglesey County Record Office, Llangefni
* Angus Archives
* Archives of the University of Glasgow
* Ayrshire Archives
* Barnsley Archives and Local Studies
* Bath Record Office
* Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service, Bedford
* Berkshire Record Office, Reading
* Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office
* Birmingham City Archives
* Borthwick Institute for Archives, York
* BP Archive, near Coventry (shares premises with the Modern Records Centre)
* Bristol Record Office
* BT Archives, London
* Caernarfon Record Office
* Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies, Cambridge and Huntingdon
* Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, London
* Canterbury Cathedral Archives
* Carmarthenshire Archives Service
* Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, Aylesbury
* Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone
* Ceredigion Archives, Aberystwyth
* Cheshire Record Office
* City of Westminster Archives Centre
* Clackmannanshire Archives
* Conwy Archive Service, Llandudno
* Coventry Archives
* Cumbria Archive Service, Barrow, Carlisle, Kendal and Whitehaven
* Denbighshire Record Office, Ruthin
* Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock
* Devon Record Office, Exeter
* Doncaster Archives
* Dorset History Centre, Dorchester
* Dudley Archives and Local History
* Durham County Record Office
* East Dunbartonshire Archives
* East Kent Archives Centre
* East Riding of Yorkshire Archive Service
* East Sussex Record Office, Lewes
* Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, Colchester, Harlow, Saffron Walden and Southend
* Family Records Centre, London
* Flintshire Record Office, Hawarden
* Glamorgan Record Office, Cardiff
* Gloucestershire Record Office, Gloucester
* Greater Manchester County Record Office
* Gwent Record Office, Cwmbran
* Hampshire Record Office
* Herefordshire Record Office
* Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
* Highland Council Archive, Inverness
* House of Lords Record Office, London (also known as the Parliamentary Archives)
* Hull City Archives
* Lambeth Archives
* Lambeth Palace Library
* Lichfield Record Office
* Lincolnshire Archives, Lincoln
* Liverpool Record Office
* London Metropolitan Archives
* Manchester Archives and Local Studies
* Media Archive for Central England
* Medway Archives, Strood
* Meirionnydd Record Office, Dolgellau
* Modern Records Centre, near Coventry
* National Co-operative Archive, Manchester
* National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
* National Archives (UK), Kew
* National Archives of Scotland
* National Gas Archive, Warrington
* National Monuments Record, Swindon
* Norfolk Record Office, Norwich
* North Highland Archive, Wick
* North Yorkshire County Record Office, Northallerton
* Northamptonshire Record Office, Northampton
* Northumberland Record Office
* Nottinghamshire Archives, Nottingham
* Nottingham University, Manuscripts and Special Collections
* Oldham Local Studies and Archives
* Oxfordshire Record Office, Cowley near Oxford
* Parliamentary Archives, London
* Pembrokeshire Record Office
* Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
* Powys County Archives Office, Llandrindod Wells
* Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
* Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, near Leicester
* Rotherham Archives and Local Studies Service
* Royal Mail Archive, London
* Sandwell Community History and Archive Service
* Shropshire Archives, Shrewsbury
* Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office, Stratford-upon-Avon
* Sheffield Archives
* Somerset Archive & Record Service
* Southampton Archives
* Staffordshire Record Office, Stafford
* Stoke on Trent City Archives
* Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich and Lowestoft
* Surrey History Centre, Woking
* Teesside Archives, Middlesbrough
* Tyne and Wear Archives Service, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
* Walsall Local History Centre
* Warwickshire County Records Office, Warwick
* Waterways Archive, Gloucester
* West Glamorgan Archive Service, Swansea
* West Sussex Record Office, Chichester
* West Yorkshire Archives Service, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds and Wakefield
* Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office, Trowbridge (moving to Chippenham in 2007)
* Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies
* Worcestershire Record Office
* York City Archive

United States

* Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism
* [http://www.aaa.si.edu/ Archives of American Art]
* GLBT Historical Society‎
* Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
* National Archives and Records Administration
* [http://www.statearchivists.org/states.htm Directory of state archives]
* [http://www.siarchives.si.edu/ Smithsonian Institution Archives]
* Many presidential libraries include archives.
* Many large organizations such as universities, corporations, newspapers, and so on maintain archives consisting of the papers and records which have been created during the course of the organization's life.

Uruguay

* Cinemateca Uruguaya, Montevideo. Largest film archive of Uruguay, holding 20.000 films

Vatican City

* Vatican Secret Archives
* Archive of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

External links

* [http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html Repositories of Primary Sources] , a listing of over 5,000 primary source websites
* [http://archiveswiki.historians.org/index.php/Main_Page AHA's Archives Wiki] , institutional reference guide
* [http://archivopedia.com/_mgxroot/page_10753.html Archivopedia EAD Central archival repository search]
* [http://www.theimageworks.com/ The Image Works]
* [http://www.gettyimages.com/Home.aspx?esource=googUSA_Getty_Brand&country=usa&kw=usa+%7bkeyword%7d Getty Images]
* [http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/ Harry Ransom Center]