View Collections from the American West

The Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) provides free access to over 1,000,000 resources from a network of universities, colleges, public libraries, museums, historical societies, and government agencies, counties, and municipalities in Utah, Nevada, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Wyoming, and other parts of the U.S. West. 

The MWDL is a central search portal to digital resources about the Mountain West region. Search collections or browse by collection, partner, or topic. These collections span all areas of research and study including history, genealogy, political science, environmental studies, and medicine. Resources include:

• Photographs
• Maps
• Artworks
• Videos and Animations
• Oral Histories and Sounds of the West
• Pioneer Diaries
• Finding Aids in EAD Format
• Books, Theses, Dissertations, and other Scholarly Publications
• Teaching Presentations and Posters
• Vital Records
• Government Reports, Bills, Ordinances, and Meeting Minutes

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