Maritime
Bauer Diving History Research Library
The Bauer Diving History Research Library is the repository of the Bauer Library Collection, which consists of approximately 2500 volumes. It is one of the most comprehensive collections of rare books relative to the story of undersea exploration and was amassed by the Bauers over a span of four decades. The library is housed in the History of Diving Museum.
Boston Marine Society Collection and Library
The Boston Marine Society collection of artifacts, books, and papers go back to the founding of the society in 1754.
Captain William Bowell River Library
The Captain William Bowell River Library, housed in the archives department at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, has over 20,000 items for river research, among them lithographs, glass plate negatives, and boat blueprints.
Chicago Maritime Society
Founded in 1982, the Chicago Maritime Society maintains a research collection on the sixth floor of the Helix Building in Chicago.
Clarence S. Metcalf Research Library
The Clarence S. Metcalf Great Lakes Maritime Research Library of The Great Lakes Historical Society is a premier research facility dedicated to preserving and making known the history of the Great Lakes.
Emil Buehler Naval Aviation Museum Library
The Emil Buehler Naval Aviation Museum Library is located within the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Fla.
Great Lakes Marine Collection
The Great Lakes Marine Collection at the Milwaukee Public Library, in affiliation with the Wisconsin Marine Historical Society, includes ship files, log books, vessel plans, and wreck reports.
Hart Nautical Collection
The collections consist of artifacts, books, plans, photographic materials, models, marine art, and technical records.
Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library
The Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library is a special library within the St. Louis Mercantile Library, at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, which is one of America's great historical research libraries, serving St. Louis and the nation.
Inland Rivers Library
The Inland Rivers Library at the Cincinnati Public Library features materials pertaining to the commercial use of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and their navigable tributaries.
J. Porter Shaw Library
The J. Porter Shaw Library, part of the San Francisco National Maritime Historical Park, includes thousands of books, photographs, artifacts,and ephemera on the maritime history of California and the west coast.
Library at the Mariners Museum
The Library at the Mariners Museum holds the largest maritime history collection in the Western Hemisphere. The library's collection includes 1.75 million items, including books, rare books, manuscripts, magazines, maps and charts, vessel plans, and more.
Marialyce Canonie Great Lakes Research Library
The Marialyce Canonie Great Lakes Research Library is part of the Michigan Maritime Museum.
Maritime Heritage Project
The Maritime Heritage Project is a web-only research site. Hundreds of thousands of people around the world have found family members through the Project. All of the information on the site is provided free of charge.
Maritime Resource Center
More than 2,000 books, videos and recordings on a wide range of maritime topics can be found at the Port Townsend Public Library.
Mystic Seaport: Collections Research Center
Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea is the nation's leading maritime museum.
New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library
The New Bedford Whaling Museum includes the world's largest: library of whaling logbooks, prints, journals; collection of scrimshaw, Japanese whaling art and literature outside of Japan, and Dutch Old Master marine paintings in the New World. The museum's complete coverage of 19th and 20th century whaling technology makes it a global center for scholarly research.
Nicholson Whaling Collection
The Nicholson Whaling Collection at Providence Public Library is now the second largest whaling logbook collection in America. The library also has a large collection of ship models.
Peachman Lake Erie Shipwreck Research Center
The Peachman Lake Erie Shipwreck Research Center provides the most comprehensive database collection of information available on Lake Erie shipwrecks in the country. It is located in the Inland Seas Museum.
Pitcairn Islands Study Center
The Pitcairn Islands Study Center at Pacific Union College preserves records and artifacts related to the 18th century mutiny on HMS Bounty.