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• Die Älteren Papsturkunden des Erzbistums Hamburg: Eine Diplomatische Untersuchung (in German; Hamburg and Leipzig: L. Voss, 1909), by F. Curschmann
  • page images at Harvard
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Les Tamgas des Kirghizes (Kazaks) (offprint from "Revue du monde musulman", in French; 1921), by Joseph Castagné (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• L'Archiviste François: ou, Méthode Sûre pour Apprendre à Arranger les Archives, et Déchiffrer les Anciennes Ecritures (second edition, in French; Paris: Le Clerc, 1775), by M. Batteney (page images at HathiTrust)

• Not Written in Stone: Jews, Constitutions, and Constitutionalism in Canada (c2003), ed. by Daniel Judah Elazar, Michael Brown, and Ira Robinson (PDF with commentary at Ottawa)

• By-Laws of the Michigan State Reform School (1869), by Michigan Boys Vocational School (page images at MOA)

• Archaeologia Scotica: Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (full serial archives)

• Constitutional Provisions, Laws and By-Laws of the University of Michigan, by University of Michigan (page images at MOA)

• The Yukon Gazette, by Yukon (partial serial archives)

• An Act of the Legislature of Alabama Creating a Commission Form of Government Under Which the City of Birmingham is Now Organized, In Effect March 31, 1911 (Montgomery, AL: Brown Printing Co., 1911), by Alabama (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Charter of the City of East Saginaw, by Saginaw (Michigan) (page images at MOA)

• Bay City Charter, Rules of Common Council & Ordinances, by Bay City (Mich.) (page images at MOA)

• An Act of the Legislature of Alabama Creating a Commission Form of Government Under Which the City of Birmingham is Now Organized, In Effect March 31, 1911 (Montgomery, AL: Brown Printing Co., 1911), by Alabama (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Boston, Together With the Acts of the Legislature Relating to the City (Boston: J. H. Eastburn, 1850), by Boston (Mass.), ed. by Peleg W. Chandler
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• An Act to Provide for the Incorporation of Cities and Villages, by Illinois (page images at MOA)

• The Charter of the City of Detroit as Amended, Together with Acts of the Legislature Relating to the City (1867 edition), by Detroit (Mich.) (page images at MOA)
• Revised Charter (As Amended,) of the City of Detroit (1859 edition), by Detroit (Mich.) (page images at MOA)
• The Revised Charter and Ordinances of the City of Detroit (1855 edition), by Detroit (Mich.) (page images at MOA)

• Charter and Supplemental Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company, by Hudson's Bay Company (Gutenberg text)

• The Revised Charter & Ordinances of the City of Kenosha, with the By-Laws of the Council, by Kenosha (Wis.) (page images at MOA)

• Charter of the City of Lansing (1859), by Lansing (Michigan) (page images at MOA)

• Meeting the Challenge of Charter Reform, by Kevin F. McCarthy, Steven P. Erie, and Robert E. Reichardt (PDF files with commentary at rand.org)

• Revising the New York City Charter: Introductory Report (ca. 1973), by State Charter Revision Commission for New York City (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Richmond (Richmond, VA: J. E. Goode, city printer, 1875), by Richmond (Va.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Charter of the City of East Saginaw, by Saginaw (Michigan) (page images at MOA)

• The Three Charters of the Virginia Company of London, With Seven Related Documents, 1606-1621 (Jamestown 350th Anniversary Historical Booklet #4; Williamsburg: Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957), ed. by Samuel Merrifield Bemiss (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Bartleby, the Scrivener, by Herman Melville
  • HTML at Bartleby
  • Gutenberg text
• Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street (with annotations), by Herman Melville (HTML at slate.com)

• Scribal Authorship and the Writing of History in Medieval England (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2012), by Matthew Fisher (PDF at Ohio State)

• The Calligraphic State: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993), by Brinkley Messick (HTML at UC Press)

• Clavis Diplomatica, Specimina Veterum Scripturarum Tradens, Alphabeta Nimirum Varia, Medii Aevi Compendia Scribendi, Notariorum Veterum Signa Perplura, cet. Singula Tabulis Aeneis Expressa (in Latin; Hanover, Germany: B. N. Foerster and sons, 1754), by Daniel Eberhard Baring, ed. by Eberhard Johann Baring, contrib. by Jean Mabillon, Burkhard Gotthelf Struve, Johann Wilhelm von Goebel, Daniel von Papenbroeck, Johann Nikolaus Hertuis, Thomas Ruddiman, Johann Gottlieb Krause, and Johann Wilhelm Waldschmidt
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Clavis Diplomatica, Specimina Veterum Scripturarum Tradens, Alphabeta Nimirum Varia, Medii Aevi Compendia Scribendi, Notariorum Veterum Signa Perplura, cet. Singula Tabulis Aeneis Expressa (in Latin; Hanover, Germany: B. N. Foerster and sons, 1754), by Daniel Eberhard Baring, ed. by Eberhard Johann Baring, contrib. by Jean Mabillon, Burkhard Gotthelf Struve, Johann Wilhelm von Goebel, Daniel von Papenbroeck, Johann Nikolaus Hertuis, Thomas Ruddiman, Johann Gottlieb Krause, and Johann Wilhelm Waldschmidt
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Medieval Jewish Seals from Europe (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, c1987), by Daniel M. Friedenberg (multiple formats with commentary at wayne.edu)

• Ancient Oriental Seals in the Collection of Mr. Edward T. Newell, by Hans Henning van der Osten (page images at Chicago)

• Sigillographie de l'Empire Byzantin (in French; Paris: E. Leroux, 1884), by Gustave Léon Schlumberger (page images at HathiTrust)

• Medieval Jewish Seals from Europe (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, c1987), by Daniel M. Friedenberg (multiple formats with commentary at wayne.edu)

• Medieval Jewish Seals from Europe (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, c1987), by Daniel M. Friedenberg (multiple formats with commentary at wayne.edu)

• Numismata Cromwelliana: or, The Medallic History of Oliver Cromwell, Illustrated by His Coins, Medals and Seals (London: John Russell Smith, 1877), by Henry William Henfrey
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • multiple formats at Google

• Sasanian Stamp Seals in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978), by Christopher J. Brunner (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• Ancient Art in Miniature: Near Eastern Seals from the Collection of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1987), by Holly Pittman, contrib. by Joan Aruz (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• Die Antiken Gemmen, Geschichte der Steinschneidekunst im Klassischen Altertum (3 volumes, n German; Leipzig: Giesecke und Devrient, 1900), by Adolf Furtwängler
  • page images in Germany
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Medieval Jewish Seals from Europe (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, c1987), by Daniel M. Friedenberg (multiple formats with commentary at wayne.edu)

• Les Tamgas des Kirghizes (Kazaks) (offprint from "Revue du monde musulman", in French; 1921), by Joseph Castagné (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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• Archives, Documentation, and Institutions of Social Memory: Essays From the Sawyer Seminar (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2006), ed. by Francis X. Blouin and William G. Rosenberg (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Establishment, Organization, Activities and Aspirations of the Department of Archives and History of the State of Alabama (Department bulletin #1, bound with some other bulletins; Montgomery, AL: Brown Printing Co., 1904), by Alabama Department of Archives and History, ed. by Thomas McAdory Owen (page images at HathiTrust)

• Documentos del Archivo de San Martín (12 volumes in Spanish; Buenos Aires: Impr. de Coni Hermanos, 1910-1911), ed. by Museo Mitre (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Modern Archives: Principles and Techniques (reprint with new introduction; Chicago: Society of American Archivists, c2003), by T. R. Schellenberg, contrib. by H. G. Jones (PDF at archivists.org)
• Oral History Cataloging Manual (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1995), ed. by Marion E. Matters (PDF at archivists.org)

• The Archive in Motion: New Conceptions of the Archive in Contemporary Thought and New Media Practices (Oslo: Novus Press, c2010), ed. by Eivind Røssaak (multiple formats in Norway)

• An Exact Abridgement of the Records in the Tower of London, From the Reign of King Edward the Second, Unto King Richard the Third, of All the Parliaments Holden in Each Kings Reign, and the Several Acts in Every Parliament; Together With the Names and Titles of All the Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts, and Barons, Summoned To Every of the Said Parliaments (originally collected by Cotton, revised by Prynne; London: Printed for W. Leake, 1657), ed. by Robert Cotton and William Prynne, contrib. by Robert Bowyer and William Morrell
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • HTML at EEBO TCP

• The Interactive Archivist: Case Studies in Utilizing Web 2.0 to Improve the Archival Experience (Society of American Archivists, 2009), by J. Gordon Daines and Cory L. Nimer (HTML at archivists.org)
• A Manual of Archive Administration, Including the Problems of War Archives and Archive Making (Oxford, UK, et al.: At the Clarendon Press, 1922), by Hilary Jenkinson (multiple formats at archive.org)

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