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Libraries -- Special collections "In Thy Map Securely Saile": Maps, Atlases, Charts, and Globes from the Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection 
 "Focusing on the New World as it was viewed by the British in the 17th and 18th centuries, this online exhibition examines the ways in which maps and charts were used to provide information on natural resources and settlements in the New World and to reflect the expansion of the British empire across the globe." From the New York Public Library. http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/epo/mapexhib/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Maps, Regions of the World Last updated Oct 17, 2005 The Ashford Sheet Music Collection
This site presents a database of more than 1,000 sheet music titles housed at the University of Washington. Some of the sheet music has been digitized (search results can be limited to these items). The emphasis is on music from and about Washington state and the Pacific Northwest. Searchable by keyword, composer name, title, subject, and publication. From the University of Washington Music Library and Listening Center. http://db.lib.washington.edu/sheetmusic/ Topics: Music Last updated Feb 28, 2005 Beautiful Birds: Masterpieces From the Hill Ornithology Collection, Cornell University Library
This site "traces the development of ornithological illustration in the 18th and 19th centuries and highlights the changing techniques — from metal and wood engraving to chromolithography — during that period." Includes an exhibition, timeline of artists and authors, a guide to the ornithological collections at Cornell University libraries, and a bibliography. Searchable. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/ornithology/ Topics: Animals, Libraries & Archives by Type, Literature & Books, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated May 5, 2005 The C.C. Morris Cricket Library and Collection
This library holds "the largest collection of cricket literature and memorabilia in the Western Hemisphere." The site features information and images about the sport of cricket at Haverford College, information about famous American cricket players (such as C. Christopher Morris from Philadelphia), and a list of American cricket teams, many from the 19th century. Also includes images of cricket ties and cricket blazers, and links to related sites. From Haverford College. http://www.haverford.edu/library/cricket/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Literary Movements and Periods, Sports Last updated Apr 18, 2005 Canadian Pamphlets and Broadsides
Digital collection of pre-1930 Canadian pamphlets and broadsides (single-sheet printed material used for advertising and promotion). Approximately 20,000 images are represented here, of subjects ranging from political campaigns to company reports. From the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/broadsides/ Topics: History By Place, Libraries & Archives by Type, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Apr 1, 2006 Collect Britain: Putting History in Place
This digitized collection presents "maps, manuscripts, topographical drawings, photographs, rare sound recordings and even long-forgotten advertisements and music-hall songs that chart the changing face of Britain and her people." Searchable, or browse topics within collections, virtual exhibitions, and themed tours. Includes text and video introductions. From the British Library. http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/ Topics: History By Place, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Aug 25, 2003 Cornell University Library: French Revolution
This site describes the French Revolution materials at the Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. "The collection is strongest in the areas of economy and finance, the Revolutionary government, and Revolutionary culture, with unusual strength in popular culture." Digitized sample materials are available for three of the four collections described on this site. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/collections/frenchrev.html Topics: History By Place, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jul 12, 2005 De Grummond Children's Literature Collection
A collection of children's literature that focuses on historical and contemporary American and British literature. The searchable archives contain "the original manuscripts and illustrations of more than 1200 authors and illustrators, as well as over 70,000 published books dating from 1530 to the present" and include fables, fairy tales, folklore, alphabet books, nursery rhymes, moral tales, fantasy, and fiction. From the University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/ Topics: Children's Literature, Librarian Specialties, Literature: Fiction Last updated Sep 30, 2006 Department of Transportation Library: Online Digital Special Collections
This site provides the full text of documents "of interest to Department of Transportation (DOT) researchers and the transportation community at large." Includes a varied selection of material such as civil aeronautics manuals from the 1950s, investigations of aircraft accidents (1934-1965), railroad investigation reports (1911-1994), materials from conferences on street and highway safety from the 1920s and 1930s, and U.S. Coast Guard circulars back to the 1960s. Each category of documents is searchable. http://specialcollection.dotlibrary.dot.gov Topics: Transportation Last updated Mar 14, 2006 The Dorothy Morehead Hill Collection: California Native American Legacy and Tradition
This "collection consists of over 35 years of field notes, interviews, and still and video images. It contains audio, video, photographic and printed items representing the history, culture, customs, economics and social life of the Native Americans in northeastern California." Selected materials are available online and are searchable or browsable by places, tribes, subjects, and other factors. Also includes information about items only available at the Meriam Library, California State University, Chico. http://eagle.csuchico.edu Topics: California: History, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jun 21, 2005 Dresden: Treasures From the Saxon State Library
Companion to an exhibit from 1996 of items from the Saxon State Library. "The most precious holdings of the Saxon State Library were moved [in 1939]. ... Because of this, they largely survived the bombing raids of February and March 1945." The site features a brief chronology of Dresden, Germany, through 1919, photographic views (mainly 1930-1949), and images of materials, including medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and Romantic era items. From the Library of Congress (LOC). http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/dres/ Topics: Art by Region, History By Place Last updated Nov 2, 2005 The Ecology and Natural Resources Collection
This collection "brings together, in digital form two categories of primary and secondary publications: writings about research in ecology and natural resources conducted by University of Wisconsin faculty and staff; and unique or valuable titles in these fields held by the University of Wisconsin Libraries." Browse selected collections (such as the Aldo Leopold Papers or the Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory), or search the entire collection. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/EcoNatRes Topics: Environment, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Oct 16, 2005 From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America
To commemorate the 350th anniversary (2004) of Jewish settlement in the United States, the Library of Congress created this exhibition featuring more than 200 items from its Judaica collection. The items portray the Jewish experience from immigration and acculturation to discrimination, acceptance, and assimilation. Items displayed include George Washington's letter to the Newport Hebrew Congregation, General Grant's edict banning Jews from Kentucky, and Abraham Lincoln's letter rescinding that ban. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Holidays and Observances Individually, Judaism, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Oct 19, 2004 The George Kelley Paperback and Pulp Fiction Collection
"Over 25,000 pulp-fiction books and magazines," about half of which have been cataloged. "The Collection" has a list of genres: there are separate pages for adventure, detective/mystery, erotic, fantastic, horror, legal, science fiction, war, and western stories. Each section contains bibliographic information and a guide for searching the genre in BISON, the library's online catalog. From the Lockwood Memorial Library at the State University of New York in Buffalo. Note: site not recently updated. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/lml/kelley/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature: Fiction Last updated Jul 11, 2005 George Orwell Materials at Brown University Library
This site presents information about "one of the largest and most important gatherings of ... material in private hands" relating to author George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair). The site features commentary about and images from texts by Orwell, including "Down and Out in Paris and London," "Animal Farm," and "Nineteen Eighty-Four." From Special Collections at Brown University Library. http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/libs/hay/collections/orwell/ Topics: Archives, Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place Last updated Jan 26, 2005 Guido Mazzoni Collection
"The collection consists of pamphlets, newspapers, programs, catalogs, and small volumes dating from the 16th through 20th centuries," including "many pamphlets relating to the Unification of Italy" and other Italian topics. The site includes a description of the collection, Mazzoni biographical information, a searchable database of the collection, and images of selected items (browsable by category). From the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University. http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/mazzoni/exhibit/ Topics: History By Place, Libraries & Archives by Type, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place Last updated Jan 13, 2004 Historical Maps
More than 100 historical maps from around the world. Brief descriptive information is included for each map. Browsable by region, time period, or mapmaker name. Searchable by keyword, mapmaker name, or region. Also includes links to related resources such as maps and mapmakers and early maps of Russia. From the James Ford Bell Library at the University of Minnesota. http://bell.lib.umn.edu/hist/ Topics: Geography, History, Libraries & Archives by Type, Maps Last updated Feb 28, 2006 Historical Math Monographs
A collection of hundreds of digitized general monographs, math books, and New York State historical pamphlets and monographs. Browse the entire collection by author or title, or search within the math books or by multiple collections. Many of the documents are not in English. From Cornell University Library. http://digital.library.cornell.edu/m/math/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Mathematics Last updated Oct 6, 2009 The Hive and the Honeybee: Selections from the E. F. Phillips Beekeeping Collection at Mann Library
This collection represents "one of the largest and most complete apiculture libraries in the world." Search and browse the full text of ten rare books, including "Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained" (1853) and "New Observations on the Natural History of Bees" (1806). From the Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell University. http://bees.library.cornell.edu Topics: Agriculture, Insects & Arachnids, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated May 5, 2005 Indiana University Sheet Music
"This web site allows you to search some of the holdings from the Lilly Library's approximately 150,000 pieces of sheet music, including those for which there are digitized images available." One can browse by composer, lyricist, arranger, or title; or use the search engine to find digitized music only, and search by publisher, subject, year, and other factors. Includes records for music published back to the early 1800s. From the Indiana University Digital Library Program. http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/web/s/sheetmusic/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Feb 2, 2005 James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center
"The James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center is the gateway to collections documenting gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (GLBT) history and culture, with a special emphasis on the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to books, periodical, and archival collections, the Center sponsors changing exhibitions and public programs." Includes resource links on GLBT demographics, book lists, and local and national sites. Part of the San Francisco Public Library. http://sfpl4.sfpl.org/librarylocations/main/glc/glc.htm Topics: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered People, Libraries & Archives by Type, Notable People, Social Science Last updated Jun 29, 2005 The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music
This collection spans the years 1780 to 1960, but its strength is 19th and early 20th-century American popular music. Thousands of pieces of music are searchable by keyword or browsed by box number or cover art. Information includes title; composer; lyricist; arranger; publication; instrumentation; first line; first line of chorus; dedicatee; artist; and subject. Part of Special Collections at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library of The Johns Hopkins University. http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Music, Musical Genres Last updated Sep 30, 2006 Los Angeles Public Library: Menu Collection
Database of menus stored in the Rare Book Room of the Los Angeles Public Library (Central Library). Features menus from hotels and restaurants in Los Angeles and other cities, steamships, airlines, and banquets. Entries include the address and telephone number, menu date, cuisine type, meal, and price range. Contains scanned images of the menus. http://www.lapl.org/resources/en/menu_collection.html Topics: Food & Cooking, Recipes & Food Preparation, Travel Last updated Jan 5, 2006 Map Librarian's Toolbox
This is a resource portal for map librarians. Investigate map cataloging standards, learn about the Federal Depository Library Program, view state map resources, and find vendors of supplies, equipment, and antique maps. From the Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML). http://www.waml.org/maptools.html Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Maps Last updated Feb 28, 2006 National Treasures From Australia's Great Libraries
Online companion to this collection that draws together over 170 items from Australia's National, State and Territory libraries. Images from the collection are accompanied by essays on Australian history, migration, natural history, industry, war, culture, and more. Features digitized manuscripts and diary pages, photos, maps, and illustrations. From the National Library of Australia. http://nationaltreasures.nla.gov.au/ Topics: History By Place, Regions of the World Last updated Apr 27, 2006 The New York Public Library (NYPL) Digital
A "gateway to The New York Public Library's rare and unique international holdings in digitized form," including maps, photographs, illuminated manuscripts, audio and video, and more. Searchable, and browsable by subject (African American culture, history, literature, New York City, and more). From the New York Public Library. http://www.nypl.org/digital/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, U.S. History By Place Last updated Apr 30, 2006 Not Tantamount to Rarity: Fifty Years of Collecting
Companion to an exhibit "celebrating a half century of special collections at the UCLA Library." Features an annotated checklist from the exhibit and images of selected items (such as a page from a Raymond Chandler manuscript and a photo of a California mission by Carleton E. Watkins). Browsable by topic, including Californiana, ethnic studies, literature, photography, and women. From the University of California, Los Angeles. http://unitproj.library.ucla.edu/special/rarity/introduction.htm Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Jan 27, 2009 NYPL Digital Gallery
This site "provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library [NYPL], including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more." Searchable, or browsable by collection, such as art and literature, cities and buildings, industry and technology, and nature and science. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Mar 9, 2005 Out at the Library
This website "celebrates the 10th anniversary [2005] of the founding of the [San Francisco Public] Library's James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center with highlights from exhibits on pulp paperbacks, the Gay Games, poets and artists, and other items from the library's collections. Also includes bibliographies on AIDS and activism, the gay Native Americans experience, politics, and related topics. http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/news/onlineexhibits/out/ Topics: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered People, Holidays and Observances Individually, Libraries & Archives by Type, Social Science Last updated Jun 29, 2005 The Picture Collection Online
From the New York Public Library, this is a "collection of 30,000 digitized, public domain images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923. It consists of images of New York City, Costume, Design, American History" and more than 12,000 other subjects. It is searchable by "keyword or by browsing a variety of indexes." http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/ Topics: Holidays & Observances, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Dec 7, 2004 Picturing Childhood: Illustrated Children's Books From University of California Collections, 1550–1990
An online version of an exhibition catalog. Contains essays focusing on the history and tradition of children's publishing; movable and pop-up books, toys, and games; 19th-century illustrators; and 20th-century technology used in illustrating children's books. Features over 30 illustrations, checklist of works, and selected bibliography. From the Department of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles. http://unitproj.library.ucla.edu/special/childhood/pictur.htm Topics: California: Education, Children's Literature, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Jan 27, 2009 Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
Search for gorgeous, high-quality images from the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) of the Library of Congress. This resource "provides access through group or item records to about 65% of the Division's holdings, as well as to some images found in other units of the Library of Congress. Many of the catalog records are accompanied by digital images — about one million digital images in all." http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html Topics: Photograph Collections Last updated May 5, 2005 ROAD: Resource of Outdoor Advertising Descriptions
"Over 50,000 descriptions of images of outdoor advertising dating between the 1920s through the 1990s." There are no images on this website, only descriptions of the images. The materials described here are drawn from "four outdoor advertising collections including the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA)" and others at Duke University's John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History. http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/road/ Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Business, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Dec 12, 2008 The Romanovs: Their Empire, Their Books: The Political, Religious, Cultural, and Social Life of Russia's Imperial House
This online exhibition contains highlights from the Romanov collections held by the New York Public Library. "Collected by generations of Russian royalty, the spectacular books that once lined the shelves of their palace libraries are a tangible legacy of the Romanov dynasty that ruled the Moscow Tsardom and the Russian Empire for 300 years, until the Russian Revolution of 1917." http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/slv/exhibit/roman.html Topics: Heads of State, History By Place, Notable People: Government Last updated Jun 4, 2009 Sound Online Inventory and Catalog (SONIC)
Searchable by keyword, title, name, or subject, this Library of Congress catalog of sound recordings includes 45 and 78 rpm discs, radio broadcast transcriptions, NBC records from the 1930s-1960s, Marine Corps combat recordings, Meet the Press broadcasts, and many other special collections. This database of holdings does not contain the actual recordings. http://star1.loc.gov/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=sonic.txt&id=webber&pass=webb1&OK=OK Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Music Last updated May 3, 2004 University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries: Digital Library Collections
These digitized collections include the "Fragmenta Manuscripta," manuscript leaves and fragments dating from the eighth to the 17th centuries; the Rare Collection, including several full-text historical works by William Smith Bryan, Zadok Cramer, and W.F. Switzler; e-books relating to the University of Missouri; and digital guides for selected Special Collections material. http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/specialcollections/digital.htm Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Nov 10, 2004 University of Washington: Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives
The largest collection of Northwest history includes a historical map collection, children's literature, and architecture and travel material. The Web site includes a full description of the collection, hours of operation, services provided, and a comprehensive listing of exhibitions and events. Find links to searchable databases, finding aids, indexes, and a collection of digitized photographs. http://www.lib.washington.edu/speciaLcoll/ Topics: Architecture by Place Last updated Feb 17, 2003 The Virtual Gramophone: Canadian Historical Sound Recordings
This "growing multimedia website [is] devoted to the early days of Canadian recorded sound" as produced on 78-rpm recordings. Listen to selected recordings, sorted by title or performer, or search the database of original recordings. Includes a history of recorded sound in Canada, biographies of Canadian artists, a bibliography, a glossary, and resources for teachers. Available in French and English. From the National Library of Canada. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/gramophone/ Topics: Industries, Internet, Libraries & Archives by Type, Music Last updated Jan 19, 2009 Wine Literature of the World
This site from the State Library of South Australia highlights selections from its collections of wine-related materials. More than a bibliography, it includes quotations, photographs, and images of labels, menus, and other ephemera. It provides information about the top 25 wine grapes, wine making, wine history, the Australian wine industry, festivals, lore and humor, and the design of bottles, glasses, labels, and related items. http://www.winelit.slsa.sa.gov.au Topics: Industries, Photograph Collections: Regional, Regions of the World, Wine Last updated Apr 28, 2005 |
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