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Documents, Data Files, Primary Literature Atlas van der Hagen en Atlas Beudeker Digital version of the Atlas van der Hagen (1690) and the Atlas Beudeker (1750). Source for research into the life and art of the 17th and 18th centuries. Searchable by source, date, name, area, and keyword. Beeldbank Noord-Holland A collection of images documenting the history of Northern Holland, a province of the Netherlands, from the 1500's to the present. Scanned images include maps, photographs, etchings, and picture post cards. Bello Belgico Leiden University Library resource for the study of the military history of the Low Countries; contains extensive secondary and primary sources. De correspondentie van Willem van Oranje Searchable database of the correspondence of William of Orange with links to images of over 12,000 individual letters written between 1551-1584 David Rumsey Collections Large collection of digitized maps contains several historical maps for Belgium and the Netherlands. Digital Resources Netherlands and Belgium Extensive archive of datasets, particularly relating to demography and genealogy in the Low Countries. Some topics are passenger lists, provincial history, tax registers, and marriage registers. Dutch National Accounts Tables and analysis resulting from the research program "Reconstructing National Accounts of the Netherlands," which studied the development of the Dutch economy 1800-1940. GHETA : Groningen Historical Electronic Text Archive An anonymous FTP site for historical texts and data sets produced by researchers at the University of Groningen. Historic Maps of Dutch Cartographers Merchants from the Southern Netherlands and the Rise of the Amsterdam Staplemarket Searchable database of biographical information about 850 merchants (1578-1630) and prospective immigrants around 1585. Narrative Sources from the Southern Low Countries, 600-1500 Database containing the results of an exhaustive, critical survey of medieval narrative texts from the Southern Low Countries; database runs on SilverPlatter and has over 1500 bibliographic records; a project of the University of Ghent and the Catholic University of Leuven. Nederlands Historisch Data Archief (NHDA) Part of the Netherlands Institute for Scientific Information Services (NIWI), an archive of historical research results and data sets relating to the Netherlands. Data can be searched and downloaded. Topics include colonial, cultural, economic, social, and art history, criminal justice, shipping and trade, prosopography, and taxes. Users need to register. Nederlandse Sontregisters A database of over 50,000 records of 18th century Dutch ships that sailed through the Danish Sound to Baltic countries; database is a postgraduate project from the Rijksuniversteit Leiden Onafhankelijkheidsverklaring van het graafschap Vlaanderen in 1790 Full-text of the 1790 declaration of independence for Flanders. History of Belgium: Primary Documents Transcriptions, translations, or facsimile copies of originals. History of the Netherlands: Primary Documents Transcriptions, translations, or facsimiles of originals. Schriftelijke nalatenschap by Groen van Prinsterer An Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis project with the full-text of Schriftelijke nalatenschap. Wilhelmus Site Texts of different versions of the Dutch national anthem, including video of the signed version. Reference Works and Gateways Amsterdam.nl Guide to the City of Amsterdam, its government, museums, historic buildings and sites BNSW: Bibliografie Nederlandse Sociale Wetenschappen Bibliographic database indexing more than 75,000 scholarly social science publications concerning the Low Countries, published since 1978. Dutch Underground Press, 1940-1945 Information about the The Dutch Underground Press, 1940-1945: Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation Microfiche Collection, a collection of 1,831 microfiche documenting the Dutch resistance to German occupation during W.W.II. Dutch History Resources on the Internet From the University of Leiden. Historisch Huis Over 3,000 history related links and information about Dutch organizations concerned with the study of history. Nederlands(ch)e Leeuw Bibliography of 20th century Dutch biographical sources. VOC Glossarium A searchable glossary of terms relating to the Dutch East India Company; developed by the Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis. Libraries, Archives, Collections Archiefnet Searchable database of archive websites. Choose Belgium, the Netherlands, or the world. Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie A documentation and information centre for family history and heraldry in the Netherlands. Netherlands Economic History Archive Contains the Business Archive Register of the Netherlands and a major book collection. Nationaal Archief National archive of the Netherlands. Search archive holdings and the new "Emancipation Database," a database of Database of freed slaves and slave owners in Surinam. Research, Educational and Cultural Organizations Anne Frank House Official site for the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam. Information about exhibits, the diary, and educational material. Centrum voor Parlementaire Geschiedenis At the Catholic University of Nijmegen. Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis International Institute of Social History Information about the Institute's collections, research projects, exhibitions. Katholiek Documentatie Centrum Nijmegen Information on the history of Dutch Catholicism. Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap Royal Dutch Historical Society; table of contents database for Kroniek, a bibliography of writings about Dutch history, 1994-1998. Museum van de Vaderlandse Geschiedenis A virtual museum of primary and secondary sources, photographs, maps, music and more; created by the University of Nijmegen. Nederlands Historisch Data Archief (NHDA) Part of the Netherlands Institute for Scientific Information Services (NIWI), an archive of historical research results and data sets relating to the Netherlands. Data can be searched and downloaded. Topics include colonial, cultural, economic, social, and art history, criminal justice, shipping and trade, prosopography, and taxes. Users need to register. New Netherlands Project Aim is to transcribe, translate, and publish all Dutch documents in New York repositories. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands' largest collection of art and history. Stichting voor de Nederlandse Archeologie Return to the Dutch Studies Home Return to WESSWEB Page Coordinator: Laura Dale Bischof bisch004@umn.edu This URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/libdata/page.phtml?page_id=710