Guides to Archival Research in the Eisenhower Library

• Archives and research in France. Gen Ref CD 1190 .W45
  
• Les sources de l'histoire littéraire aux Archives Nationales. Gen Ref PQ 142 .F7 1961
  
• Les archives- pourquoi? comment?: la recherche aujourd'hui dans les archives en France.
  B Level Stacks CD 1191 .H45
  
• La recherche historique en archives: XVIe-XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles. B Level Stacks CD 1191 .R431
  
• Lire et comprendre les archives des XVIe et XVIIe siècles.  D Level Stacks Z 115 .F7 D45
  
• La recherche historique en archives: XIXe et XXe siècles. B Level Stacks CD 1191 .R43 1996
  
• Bibliothèques et archives: comment se documenter? Guide pratique... Gen Ref Z 797 .A1 C47
  
• Guide de l'utilisateur des inventaires des Archives Nationales.  B Level Stacks  CD 1196 1990a
  
• The Directory of university libraries in Europe. Gen Ref Z 675 .U5 D57 includes contact information and holdings. No subject index, but you can scan the Areas of Specialization for each institution.
  
• Dictionary of archival terminology/Dictionnaire de terminologie archivistique. Gen Ref CD 945 .D531
  
  Finding archive catalogs or guides in the Libraries Catalog: do a Basic Keyword Search on Subject keywords such as archives, guide, archives nationales, france, manuscripts, catalogs, handbooks. Another good subject keyword is Sources. This gets you primary literature. There are many indexes and guides to individual archives, or archives in specific subjects areas, such as music, history, literature, etc.

Web sites for French Archives

• Archives Nationales de France
  
• Archives de France: the overview of all French archives from the Ministère de la Culture.
  
• Brouillons d'écrivains: the BNF virtual exhibit, highlighting their extensive collection of literary manuscripts.
  
• ORIENTE-Express: a searchable database of archives and centres de documentation in the Paris region. Searchable by subject. The book in General Reference, Oriente Express (Z 674.5 .F7 O75 1996) has information on the institutions as well.
  
• Archive in Frankreich: a page in German, but links to many French archives.
  
• Library of Congress Portals to the World : choose France, then follow the link to "Libraries and Archives."
  
• Historical Research in Europe : A Guide to Archives and Libraries
  
• Repositories of Primary Sources : Europe. Scroll down to get to France.
  
• British Library Manuscripts Catalogue : medieval to modern.

Aids to Archival Research

Using Archives : a practical guide for researchers. it may be Canadian, but it's a very good online guide to the entire archival research process.
Using Manuscripts and Archives: a tutorial.  Another good online guide, from Yale University.
The vocabulary of archives
Archive etiquette, or what to expect.
Library research using primary sources: a good online guide.
 

Hopkins contacts
Cynthia Requardt, Curator of Special Collections
Margaret Burri, Manuscripts Librarian
Sue Waterman, Librarian for Romance Languages and Literature