Physical archives

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Although many physical archives make some of their documents available online, working with their collections usually requires traveling to the archive. The Featherstone article cited on the Virtual Archives page is also relevant here.

Archives nationales—gateway to the French national archives, including the Archives nationales du monde du travail in Roubaix

National Archives (UK)—single access point for searches of records held by The National Archives and 2,500+ other archives in the U.K.

Archivportal—the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek's comprehensive portal to archives across Germany

U.S. National Archives Catalog

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections

International Monetary Fund Archives

Wirtschaftsarchive im Internet—list of economic history archives in Germany, including company archives

Guildhall Library, London

Directory of Corporate Archives in the U.S. and Canada, courtesy of the Society of American Archivists

Hagley Museum and Library, Greenville, Del.

Baker Library Collections and Archives, Harvard University

National Bankruptcy Archives, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Labor Archives and Research Center at the J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University—focuses on San Francisco Bay area labor history

Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries—focuses on the labor movement in the Pacific Northwest

Labor and Business History at the National Archives at San Francisco—"a major source for research in labor and business history"

Wisconsin Historical Society Collections—exceptional strength in labor history and some large business collections