Web interface provides searching by keyword, collection, name, repository name, etc. For each year, or series of years, since 1959, includes a catalog, in which the collections are described in some detail, and a subject index. After 1975, the annual subject indexes are cumulated every five years. Discontinued with the 1993 volumes as a cost-cutting move. Bay Area archives that contain architectural records.
Subject index includes architects' names.
Covers archives in, among others, state and city historical societies and art museums. Research Libraries Group. Rapidly growing online database which contains many archival and manuscripts records for major American research libraries. Organized by collection, under the name of the person or organization who collected the information. Special Collections Might be useful in a specific European archive situation.