Besides Salt Lake City, Where are some good libraries/archives to do research in the US?

Question

The Midwest Genealogy Center Opens near Kansas City, MO

in May 2008. What other places can we go to do research for all places.

Answer 1

Any Public City Library or University Library or any Mormon Church! Ask a Mormon!

Answer 2

I personally LOVE the Virginia State Library in Richmond, Virginia.

Answer 3

We could fill a page, but for most research in the US from 1800-present, these are the best of the best:

Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne IN

Burton Collection at the Detroit Public Library

Ellis Island Immigrant Center

The Battery Conservancy in NYC (immigration pre-Ellis Island)

Newberry Library in Chicago (this is a private library, so there is a fee for using it, but it's wonderful)

The National Archives and Records Administration regional centers (you can locate the nearest ones at http://www.archives.gov )

New York Public Library

And the mack-daddy of them all is the St Louis National Archives, Military Personnel Center and Federal Employee Records Center. The St Louis Public Library also has a massive record collection on the exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, excursions west that started from St Louis, and exploration of the Mississippi River.

In every state, there is a State Library and State Archives. They'll hold most records that are also available in every county, but will have them in one central location. The Library of Michigan and the Illinois State Library are both a researcher's dream.