Modern Languages and the Classics 

Library of Congress: The largest library in the world containing collections of books, manuscripts, maps, artifacts from around the world.

This is the multilingual resource on world culture:

http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html

Library of Congress website:

http://www.loc.gov/index.html

http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/european/france/resources/fr-libraries.html

From the Library of Congress "Portals to the World" lists libraries, catalogs and archives in France.

http://www.mcu.es/archivos/MC/AGI/index.html : Archivo General de las Indias, Seville, Spain. Founded in 1785 through the patronage of Charles III of Spain, the Archivo General de las Indias (General Archives of the Indies) contains 3 centuries of history pertaining to the discovery, exploration and conquest of the New World.