The CISDRC is, first and foremost, a collection of digitized historical material, but some people may wish to review the original documents and photographs in person. Project staff have scanned the physical material from various institutions, so planning a visit depends on where the original documents are located. When looking at any post on the website, check toward the bottom of that page for information about where to find the physical document. The Repository field will tell you what institution holds that item. The Location field will tell you where that item is shelved within that institution, which is important to help staff at that location retrieve the item.
Before making any travel plans to visit any of those repositories, we recommend contacting them first to make a reservation and to confirm any details about how to access their collections. Links for several of the repositories are as follows:
Cumberland County Historical Society (CCHS): https://www.historicalsociety.com/visit/
Dickinson College Archives: https://archives.dickinson.edu/
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA in Washington, DC): https://www.archives.gov/dc
National Anthropological Archives (NAA): https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/anthropology/collections-and-archives-access
Yale University: https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/research-teaching/doing-research-beinecke-library