Search the Danish American Archive and Library Holdings

An index to many of the materials at The Danish American Archive and Library can be easily accessed here. [External Link]

You can search for archive materials in several ways with the dropdown options in the upper left hand corner: Search All Fields, Title Starts With, Title Phrase, Author or Subject. Select your option, then enter your search word in the Enter Your Search Word Here field and click GO. To narrow your search, click on More Search Options.

Search here for the Danish American Archive and Library’s Digital Archive

Here you will find an expanding selection of digitized versions of our collections, many of which will be of interest to historians and genealogists. These are the result of a project intended to preserve some of our unique and aging materials in a format that can be easily made available to the public. [External Link]

Search here for the Danish Language Newspapers and Lauritz Melchior Scrapbooks

The DAAL collaborated with the Museum of Danish America digitizing our collections of The Danish Pioneer, Danskeren and Dannevirke, as well as the scrapbooks of Lauritz Melchior. Follow this link to see digital versions. The originals are housed at the Danish American Archive and Library. [External Link]

Search the DAAL Website and Jottings Newsletters

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DAAL’s Internal Repository

The DAAL maintains a second Digital Repository and other databases that are available only at the DAAL’s office in Blair, Nebraska. Holdings in these systems contain digitized portions of special collections, including recordings and records from Dana College. These research tools are available for public use in our office.