The Bonbonniere Collection

Dana Hall School

This collection consists of student newspapers with issues dating from December 1890 to June 1893.

The Burrell Collection

Bok Tower Gardens

Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida, was recently contacted by Larry Ellis, great-grandson of Horace Burrell, who served as the builder for the Singing Tower at the Gardens. Mr. Ellis and his wife, Norma, drove from Ashburn, Virginia, to hand-deliver a collection of personal effects once belonging to Mr. Burrell and his son, Edward. The collection includes two handwritten journals, a scrapbook of news articles, and numerous photographs, all detailing the Tower’s construction.

The Voyager-Jeana Yeager Digital Collection

Texas A&M University-Commerce

Following in the path of pioneers of American aviation, Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan became the first to fly nonstop and nonrefueled around the world in December 1986, a singular achievement in the history of human endeavors. In addition to her world record-setting flight, Ms. Yeager set many records in the early to mid-1980s for speed, endurance, and distance.

The Voyager-Jeana Yeager digital collection is a very small sample of some of the items from the Jeana Yeager Collection, one of the largest collections of aviation materials available to the public. The Jeana Yeager Collection is housed in the Special Collection Department of the James G. Gee Library at Texas A&M University–Commerce.

The Gleason Waite Romer Collection

Miami-Dade Public Library System

Photographer Gleason Waite Romer arrived in Miami, Florida, in 1925 and proceeded to work for a newspaper; later for an awning company, documenting residences; then as a freelance photographer, recording major events, people, and places around the city. He created a body of work that is said to uniquely capture the "changing face of Miami" and has been praised as a very valuable historical record. Romer's collection includes images accredited to other photographers. The physical collection contains approximately 17,500 images in the form of negatives, glass plates, and postcards, documenting the growth and development of all aspects of the city of Miami from the 1880s to the 1950s. Information gathered from the original records, such as dates, names, and locations has been transcribed without modifications.

The Larry Jene Fisher Collection

Lamar University

This collection reflects the diverse interests and tireless curiosity of Larry Jene Fisher, the "Renaissance man of Southeast Texas."

Chiefly composed of photographic negatives taken in the late 1930s through the early 1950s, the collection documents a wealth of Texas experiences, including rugged West Texas oil drilling crews, the dedication of a Catholic church in Port Arthur, a cattle round-up, the harvesting of citrus fruit in the Rio Grande Valley, and the Huntsville Prison Rodeo.

A special strength of the Fisher’s collection is his documentation of the Big Thicket, a wooded region north of Beaumont, which was distinct from the rest of the nation. Fisher was an outsider who recognized—and photographed—the importance of the region's traditional folkways, which were rapidly disappearing.

When Fisher moved to the heart of the Big Thicket he was quickly recruited to photograph another endangered aspect of the region—the biological diversity, which included carnivorous plants, and animals extinct in other areas to lobby for a national park.

Fisher was also active in the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), a volunteer organization that was founded to protect ships from attack by German submarines during World War II. His photos of CAP include memorials to men killed while flying, and CAP members relaxing between flights and posing with aircraft.

Arkansas and the Great War Collection

Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

The Butler Center offers a large collection of materials related to World War I, including letters, photographs, microfilm of enlistment and discharge records, and other primary materials related to Arkansans who served in the Great War. The research room also houses a large number of secondary sources and subscribes to a wide variety of online databases that provide easy access to millions of military records and other resources.

Highlights of the collections include letters from a WWI Marine as well as correspondence from a soldier who served in a balloon company; many materials related to Camp Pike (now Camp Joseph T. Robinson); and materials related to Eberts Training Field, which was located in Lonoke County.

The Dr. Bert J. Davidson Medical Bookplate Collection

Western University of Health Sciences

Bookplates have been used to identify book ownership since the 15^th century, often designed and executed by graphic artists.  Initially, they mostly showed heraldic motifs, but in the last 125 years the emphasis has been on artistic qualities and many ex libris are examples of high art.  There are many bookplate collectors.

All the bookplates shown in this collection are by established, and in some cases famous artists from the Netherlands and Belgium spanning the 20^th Century.  Most of these are original graphic works, a few are copies.  They all relate to medicine, pharmacy, dentistry or psychology.  Many add interesting information and symbols pertaining to the book owners.

The Claude and ZerNorna Black Papers Collection

Trinity University Coates Library

The Claude and ZerNona Black Papers were acquired by the Coates Library in October 2011.  The collection is approximately 100 cubic feet, and documents the civil rights, civic activism, and Baptist ministry of Reverend Claude William Black, Jr. (1916-2009) and his wife, ZerNona Stewart Black (1906-2005) in San Antonio, Texas.   

The documents span the years from the early 1900s through 2009, and include ministry work with the Mount Zion First Baptist Church, where Reverend Black served as minister for over 49 years; handwritten and typed manuscripts and recordings related to sermons, memorial services, and explorations of religious doctrine and community service; daily agendas, scrapbooks, photographs, event brochures, political ephemera;  newspaper clippings about city council and participation in city events; correspondence with local and national figures of social and political importance, including Martin Luther King, Jr., A. Philip Randolph, and Lyndon Baines Johnson; and funeral programs, neighborhood publications, and memorabilia that reveal the history of the African American community in San Antonio and its place in the national civil rights movement.

The Edgar R. Hyde Papers Collection

Norwich University Archives

Dr. Edgar Hyde served in the Army Medical Corps during World War II. Along with the typescript of his diary, photographs taken by Dr. Hyde document his time as head of the 91st Evacuation Hospital, a 400-bed semi-mobile evacuation hospital in the European Theater of Operations. Originally designated as the 6th Surgical Hospital, the unit was re-designated as an evacuation hospital in 1942.

After his discharge, he practiced medicine in Northfield, VT, serving as physician for both the town and Norwich University for over thirty-five years. His reminiscences look back on his education at Dartmouth College and Cornell University as well as his medical practice after World War II.

Medieval Manuscripts from the 12^th–15^th Century Collection

University of Portland, Clark Library

The University of Portland's Clark Library houses a small collection of medieval manuscripts from the 12^th–15^thcenturies. The collection consists of manuscripts, manuscript fragments, musical notations, and individual leaf from larger work. Among the digitized objects are works from Saint Anthony of Egypt; Hugo of Saint Victor; Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris; and Pope Saint Gregory the Great.

Apache National Forest History Collection

Apache County Library District

The Apache County Library District, in partnership with other organizations and citizens, has created a collection of information and photographs related to the history of Apache County. Their goal is to collect, preserve, and make available items of historical relevance regarding Apache County, Arizona.

The Myron Van Ark Postcard Collection

Hope College, Van Wylen Library

This collection represents the Holland, Michigan, area through postcard images from the 19^th and 20^th centuries collected by Myron Van Ark and his mother. There are more than 450 images to browse. Here, you can peek into the past of this Dutch-influenced city that has impacted the cultural heritage of western Michigan.

Frontier Digital Depot – Learning  Objects Collection

Frontier Nursing University

The Frontier Digital Depot makes select instructional content and scholarly publications accessible to Frontier students, faculty, staff, preceptors, and the interested public.

Virginia Shewalter Letters Collection

Midpointe Library Systems

The Virginia Shewalter Letters Collection consists of the personal correspondence of Virginia Shewalter written home while she served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1942 to 1945. The letters describe the experiences of Shewalter while she served at home and abroad. During her military service, she was stationed in England and France and rose to the rank of Captain. Born on July 14, 1916, in Dayton, Ohio, she was the second of three daughters born to John L. and Mabel Shewalter. She graduated from Union Township High School in West Chester and, eventually, Miami University, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Education. After the war, Shewalter worked at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and  the Personnel Department of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Cincinnati, and later she taught English at Lakota High School (Ohio). The letters have been fully transcribed and are full-text searchable. This collection was originally curated by the West Chester Historical Society.  It is through their generosity and dedication to preserving local history that we are able to make this digital collection available.

Olympic Official Reports Collection

LA84 Foundation

Olympic Games official reports are the most comprehensive historical documents of each Olympic Games.  Prepared by the host organizing committee, the report typically provides detailed information on Games, planning, construction, operations, budget, Olympic-related cultural activities, and competition results.  In most cases, the reports are also a rich source of Games photography.   The Olympic Games Official Reports Collection includes the report of nearly every modern Olympic Games since inception in 1896.  Search the entire collection using keywords, or select a specific Olympic Games reports from the list below.

Official sports results are included in multi-volume sets (see note for volumes containing results).  Beginning with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, complete results for each sport and event are published as individual documents.  

Photo by Chad Coppess, state photographer

South Dakota State Agency Historical Collection

South Dakota Department of Education/South Dakota State Library

Description: The South Dakota State Agency Historical Publications Collection is a special collection of historical state agency publications. The South Dakota State Library has state publications that date back to territorial days. The digitized copies in this collection make these publications easier for the general public to access and study.

Oral Histories in the “Historical Plymouth State”

Plymouth State University

Description: In 1978, an effort to document the history of education in New Hampshire was set into motion. The result is 20 interviews of teachers representing the late 1890s through the mid-1970s. They describe what it was like to teach in a variety of settings, from a one-room schoolhouse to an urban high school. The interviews include the first special education teacher in the state, as well as an art teacher, a librarian, and an administrator. Throughout the recordings, the evolution of teacher, administrative, pupil, and parental attitudes are evident. These recordings, originally made on cassette, are now presented online with digital copies of the original typewritten transcripts.

Gustav Johnson Collection

South Dakota State Historical Society-State Archives

The collection consists of glass plates, proof prints, and photo postcards that are largely images of events, scenes, and people in Philip, South Dakota, and the surrounding area of Haakon County.

Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives

College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University

The archivists at the St. Benedict's Monastery, home of the Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota, USA, document the history and mission of this Catholic order with more than 4,000 artifacts dating to 1857.

Italian Pamphlet Collection

Fordham University

This collection of approximately 1,600 short printed pamphlets was published in Italy, largely from 1815 – 1880, and markings on several of the items appear to link the collection with Cardinal Carlo Luigi Morichini (1805 – 1879) as a former owner. The pamphlets reflect the Catholic Church's outlook on and response to the sweeping changes occurring in 19^th century Italy, a period that witnessed the national unification of the Italian peninsula and the corresponding secularization of civil, political, and educational institutions. During the unification, sometimes referred to as the Risorgimento or "rebirth," the church lost political and administrative control over the Papal States, much of its wealth in land holdings throughout the peninsula, and a large portion of its control and influence over political and educational institutions, being thus relegated to a largely spiritual role. The pamphlets also reflect Morichini's interest in various types of charitable institutions, especially hospitals, prisons, schools, and savings and loan organizations founded for the benefit of the poor. The bulk of the pamphlets were published in the former territory of the Papal States and the Papal Legations, where Morichini was active.

The Art Muscle collection

University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

Art Muscle Magazine (1986 – 1996) was a bimonthly art publication located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Initiated by writer, art historian, and curator Debra Brehmer while she was in graduate school at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, the first issue was published in September 1986. Taking a democratic approach to the arts, it covered a range of activities from visual art to theatre, dance, music, architecture, and vernacular concerns. Art Muscle's circulation was 20,000.

Safety Harbor Photo Collection

Safety Harbor Public Library

This collection contains various photographs that relate to Safety Harbor history from the early 1900s to the 1980s.

Whitaker Postcard Collection

Daviess County Public Library

The Whitaker Postcard Collection consists of a number of early 1900s postcards sent to the Whitaker family in Livia, Kentucky, US. Most of the cards are addressed to Miss Katharyn Whitaker (1893–1976). The postcards depict various topics such as cities, landscapes, art, holidays, and family. They were donated along with letters, a diary, and genealogy research from the estate of Mrs. Katharyn Leachman (Whitaker).

Intersections- Sexuality and University Archives Together Collection

Widener University

The Sexuality Archives of Widener University was founded in 2009 by Librarian Molly Wolf. This collection celebrates the intersections of the digital collections of both the Widener University Archives and the Sexuality Archives around the issues of gender, sexuality, feminism, and LGBTQ rights, among others. The collection includes images, pamphlets, and books. Materials are presented in chronological order to show how Widener and its predecessor institutions served as a reflection of the evolution of thought on these issues.

Burgert Brothers Photographic Collection

Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative

Nearly 15,000 images in the Burgert Brothers Photographic Collection chronicle the history of the Tampa Bay area as it faced wars, natural disasters, and economic booms and busts. The images offer a view of a community at work, from cigar factories, sponge docks, and strawberry fields, to grocery stores, service stations, and bank lobbies. Many of the photographs also depict a community at leisure, enjoying a day at the beach, participating in local celebrations, attending the Florida State Fair or playing favorite games such as golf, tennis, shuffleboard, or checkers.

Artists and Their Works

American Craft Council

This collection of materials on artists and their works includes: 

Your Portable Museum, a collection that includes digital scans of more than 3,500 slides of objects made by craftspeople during the 1950s – 1980s that were made available by ACC for purchase or loan. These items were digitized with the assistance of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Read more about Your Portable Museum. 

Materials documenting the biennial ACC Awards Program, including the ACC College of Fellows, the Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship, the Award of Distinction, and the Aileen Osborn Webb Award for Philanthropy.

A Measure of the Earth: An Oral History of the Potters of the St. Croix River Valley, Minnesota, a collection of oral history interviews with ceramic artists living and working in Minnesota’s St. Croix River Valley. The participating potters are among a group who annually hosts the St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour, a nationally recognized event that attracts thousands of visitors from throughout the US. Funding for this project was provided through a Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grant.

Legislatively Mandated Reports

Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau

This collection contains reports that the Wisconsin Statutes mandate state agencies provide to the legislature on the progress, status, or results of a specific program or initiative. You can browse the following areas in this collection: Bradley Center Finances, substance abuse services, University of Wisconsin system reports, education, children, environment, long-term care, prisons and crime, rural and underserved medicine, and elections and voting.

Fort Collins History Connection’s Old Town and Disneyland’s Main Street USA

Fort Collins History Connection

Richard Francaviglia, author of the 1996 book Main Street Revisited: Time, Space, and Image Building in Small-Town America, visited the Walt Disney Archives in 1994 to conduct research for his book and was surprised to learn that Harper Goff, a former resident of Fort Collins, had used Fort Collins and Walt Disney's hometown, Marceline, Missouri, as inspiration and models for Disneyland's Main Street USA. Mr. Francaviglia decided he would visit these towns and view some of the extant buildings that were copied for Disneyland. The basic information that he used for his research in Fort Collins was an interview with Harper Goff that was published in The 'E' Ticket: Collecting Theme Park Memories, Winter 1992–93.

The National Fairground and Circus Archive collection

The University of Sheffield

Established in 1994, the National Fairground & Circus Archive is a collection of recognized importance. Housed in the Western Bank Library, it is a unique collection of photographic, printed, manuscript and audiovisual material covering all aspects of the culture of traveling show people, their organization as a community, their social history and everyday life, and the artifacts and machinery of fairgrounds.

A Vision for the New Josephinum (1924–1931) collection

Pontifical College Josephinum

This collection includes documents and photographs related to the vision, planning and construction of the Pontifical College Josephinum. A vision for the future of the Josephinum began to take shape in the early 1900s. The growth of the community and physical limitations of the property at 18th and Main Streets in downtown Columbus, Ohio, made relocation a desirable option. A rebuilding fund was established in 1911 but it would not be until 1924 when the 120-acre Duffy Farm located on North High Street was purchased for the site of the new Josephinum. A ceremonial groundbreaking took place on June 5, 1929, followed by the blessing of the cornerstone on October 20, 1929. The construction continued until the new facility was dedicated on November 26, 1931.

Rider Campus Life Photograph Collection

Rider University

This collection contains photographs depicting student life at Rider on both the original Trenton and current Lawrenceville campuses. Homecoming festivities, dances, dorm and classroom scenes, and student organizations are all represented. The photographs offer a glimpse into the Rider student experience over the decades.

Frank Lloyd Wright and the Marin County Civic Center collection

Marin County Free Library 

This collection of images documents the construction of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Civic Center, based on slide collections of Harold Stockstad and Davina Kosh. Stockstad was chairman of the Marin Council for Civic Affairs, who garnered support for Wright’s design for the Civic Center campus. Stockstad presented his slide show to citizens throughout Marin and was instrumental in ending the work stoppage ordered by Supervisor Fusselman in January 1961. Davina Kosh, a poet and long-time San Rafael resident, photographed the Hall of Justice under construction while working for the Marin County Veterans Service Office.

Chattanooga Postcards and Viewbooks

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

The Chattanooga Postcards and Viewbooks digital collection features souvenir postcards and books dating to the early 20th century. The collection depicts points of interest in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee, including Lookout Mountain, Chickamauga and downtown. Explore the history of tourism in Chattanooga through the historic images captured in viewbooks and postcards in this digital collection.

A description from this collection:

From Point Lookout, at its northern extremity, there lies below a scene which no section of the United States can excel; indeed, it is doubtful if it can be equaled in America. The faint blue outlines of the Cumberland Mountains lie off to the northwest, between them and Lookout stretching the lower peaks of the Sand and Raccoon Mountains. Walden's Ridge, Cameron Hill, and Sherman Heights continue the line to the east, where Missionary Ridge, backed by the Great Smokies, unites to form the eastern circumference of the vast semicircle revealed at this spot. In the foreground wind the silvery waters of the Tennessee, whose picturesque convolutions describe here a remarkable curve, known as Moccasin Bend. Through the parks and woodlands countless driveways and foot-paths branch in every direction, leading one to scenes of exquisite beauty, and the visitor finds it difficult to choose a favorite walk where all are so charming and full of historic interest.

Ohio Transportation Collection

Columbus Metropolitan Library

The Ohio Transportation Collection is a collection with hundreds of images of Ohio streetcars, interurban railcars, trains and canal boats. This is an invaluable source of information for understanding the growth of Ohio, and understanding the vast network of transportation that formerly served the state.

Strobridge Lithographing Company Circus & Theater Posters

The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County

This collection features circus and theater posters created by Cincinnati’s Strobridge Lithographing Company, and printed in the 1890s through the mid-1920s.

St. John Photograph Collection

Missouri State University

This collection contains images likely created by Mary (Garrison) St. John, a photographer from Ozark, Missouri, in the first decade of the 20th century. In 1909, she married James D. St. John and moved with him to Corvallis, Montana, where she died in 1963. Most of the images have relatively little accompanying information. If you can identify anything about these images, please contact the MSU Archives. The original collection of glass plate negatives, owned by the Christian County Historical Society, was digitized by Missouri State University.

This image is courtesy of the
Harry Ransom Center.

José Guadalupe Posada Collection

University of Texas at Austin – Harry Ransom Center

Often referred to as “Printmaker of the Mexican People,” José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913) is considered a leading contributor to Latin America’s grand satirical print tradition. He is best known today on both sides of the Mexican-American border for his Calaveras, the costumed skeletons portraying politicians, heroes and common people that often go into circulation during Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead. Posada’s broadsides, featuring folktales or corridos that were often put to music, are called upon by scholars and students studying Mexico’s social and cultural climate prior to and during a decade of revolution (1910–1920).

The José Guadalupe Posada collection consists of 132 broadsides and single sheets of corridos and other songs, all drawn from the Edward Laroque Tinker collection. Many of the satirical broadsides were published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo who, along with Posada, satirized bourgeois society during the reign of Mexican President Porfirio Díaz’s dictatorship. Echoing the traditions of the nineteenth century “Penny Press” that were hawked on street corners, Vanegas Arroyo’s tabloid-style publications were the perfect venue for Posada’s creative if not macabre imagery illustrating crimes of passion, tragedies, heroic adventures and daily gossip. Hundreds of Posada’s images were published in a variety of colors on inexpensive paper; consequently, few survive today due to their highly ephemeral nature.

World of Speed Collection

World of Speed Motorsports Museum

World of Speed is an educational motorsports museum, where historic race cars, boats and motorcycles tell the story of America’s motorsports alongside interpretive collection-based exhibits focused on the culture, technology and history of racing. Together, they encompass many aspects and types of motorsports, the blending of cars and music over the decades, the personalities of NASCAR, over a century of land speed records, the evolution of motorcycle road racing and the rise of the part shop as a social hub.

This collection provides a view into the rich history of motorsports through digital videos, photos, race programs, books, publications, scrapbooks, papers, art, tools, race gear and more. Much of this collection’s content comes from the rich racing history of the Pacific Northwest, including local tracks like Woodburn Dragstrip, Jantzen Beach and Portland International Raceway. The collection also highlights local racing luminaries such as legendary Indy race car builder Rolla Vollstedt and driver Art Pollard.

Alabama Civil War and Reconstruction Newspapers

Alabama Department of Archives and History

In honor of the Civil War and Reconstruction sesquicentennials, the Alabama Department of Archives and History undertook a project to make all of its newspapers from that era available online. These issues have been digitized from microfilm. The quality varies greatly, depending on the condition of the original paper and the film; therefore, some portions of the text may be illegible or difficult to read.

Digital Fridge—Children’s Art From Cleveland

Cleveland Public Library

The Digital Fridge is a place where Cleveland Public Library curates and shares child-created art made by children from Cleveland and northeast Ohio. It is a gallery that allows for young and old alike to celebrate the child’s-eye view of the world.

Jack London Photographs and Negatives

Huntington Digital Library

The Huntington Library’s Jack London Collection forms the largest archive of his papers in the world, encompassing more than 50,000 items. The collection includes drafts of his writings, correspondence, ephemera (booklets, brochures, an extensive array of news clippings about him and more), plus most of the volumes of his own personal library, many containing his annotations. The 12,000 photographs available in the Huntington Digital Library, which date from 1902 to about 1955 (mostly between 1902 and 1916, the year London died), are pulled from this extensive archive. Most of the photographs were taken by London himself and document the poor in the City of London in 1902, the Russo-Japanese War of 1904, the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906, London’s 18-month cruise through the South Pacific and South Seas in 1907–1908, a shipboard journey around Cape Horn in 1912, the Mexican revolution in 1913 and London’s ranch in the Sonoma Valley, where he used ecological principles of farming that were far ahead of his time.

World War II Veteran's Oral History Collection

National Museum of The Pacific War

This oral history program captures the stories of the battlefield and the homefront. Since the program began in 1988, dedicated volunteer oral historians have interviewed over 4,100 veterans.

University on the Square: Documenting Egypt’s 21st Century Revolution

The American University in Cairo

The University on the Square: Documenting Egypt’s 21st Century Revolution digital collection features oral histories, photographs, video recordings and visual art that document the January 25th Revolution. The digital collection preserves the history of the 18 Days in Egypt and beyond by collecting content from activists, participants and observers from the American University in Cairo as well as members of the larger Egyptian and global communities.

Thomas Johnson Letters

Frederick County Public Libraries

This collection consists of letters and various manuscripts relating to Thomas Johnson (1732–1819), the first elected governor of Maryland. Most of the items are correspondence to Johnson from a variety of sources, including letters from George Washington, Daniel Carroll, John Jay and others. The collection also includes the commission of Governor Johnson as one of the Justices of the United States Supreme Court.

Honoring Our Heritage – Flint’s Arab American Community

Arab American National Museum

Honoring Our Heritage: The Co-Created Histories of Flint's Arab American Community is a collaborative effort between the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, USA, and the Arab American Heritage Center in Flint, Michigan, to preserve the stories of Flint’s Arab American community. Funded by a grant from the Ruth Mott Foundation, Honoring Our Heritage worked with 20 Arab American families in the Flint community to record a short story about each family and to digitize family photographs. The audio and photographs were combined to create “digital scrapbooks” for each family.

ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives

USC Libraries

ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives is the oldest active Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning (LGBTQ) organization in the United States and the largest repository of LGBTQ materials in the world. Founded in 1952, ONE Archives currently houses more than 2 million archival items, including periodicals, books, film, video and audio recordings, photographs, artworks, organizational records and personal papers.

Jewish Transcript

Seattle Public Library

Founded by Herman Horowitz in 1924, The Jewish Transcript documents the daily life of the Jewish community in Seattle as well as local and international events from the 1920s to the present day. Articles cover topics such as bar mitzvah and marriage announcements, community gatherings, World War II and the settlement of Israel.

Latino Americans – 500 Years of History

Fort Worth Library

Latino Americans: 500 Years of History, is a public programming initiative funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. Part of the project was to generate awareness and preserve the history of Latino Americans in Fort Worth. To support this goal, students from Texas Christian University’s Civil Rights in Black and Brown project interviewed 42 participants for their project and for the Mujeres Poderosas (Strong Women) portion of the Latino Americans: 500 Years of History. Some of the participants donated materials to the Fort Worth Library Archives and others allowed the library to digitize the items. These materials, along with existing archival collections of Latino Americans, form the Latino American Archives. The Latino American Archives document the stories of how individuals and organizations contributed to the Latino American, and other, communities of Fort Worth.

The African American Experience in Las Vegas

UNLV University Libraries

This large-scale, LSTA grant-funded portal features about 600 photographs, oral history interviews with full transcripts, manuscripts and more documenting the history and contributions of Las Vegas’ African American community. The portal provides online user access to digitized UNLV Special Collections holding from the Oral History Research Center and Photograph collections, links to partner digital collections/websites and information about the collaborative project.

Civil Rights Collection

Memphis and Shelby County Room

The Civil Rights Collection is a compilation of materials from numerous sources, including the following manuscript collections: Frank Holloman Collection, George W. Lee Collection (speeches and documents), A.W. Willis, Jr. Collection, Arthur L. Webb Collection and the Catholic Human Relations Council Paper.

N.A.A.C.P., Philadelphia Branch Photographs

Temple University Libraries

This digital collection contains photographs digitized from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Philadelphia Branch Records, an archival collection held by the Special Collections Research Center. The Philadelphia Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People institutes and supports legal and other actions in the fields of civil rights, discrimination, education, housing, employment and law enforcement. This collection consists of correspondence, minutes, case records, reports, membership files, clippings, photographs, plaques and awards, audio tapes and other records from the executive secretary and field secretary, as well as from the North Philadelphia Action Branch and the West Philadelphia Branch.

Pepperdine's Rose Parade Photo Album

Pepperdine University

As a part of Pepperdine University’s 50th anniversary celebrations in 1987, the university entered a float into the 98th Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. The theme of the float was “The Quest for Atlantis,” a classical theme reflecting Pepperdine’s quest for academic excellence. This collection is based on a selection of photographs, both formal and candid, digitized from a photo album provided by Hung Le, one of the eight students chosen to ride on the float as representatives of Pepperdine. Each photo tells a piece of Pepperdine's Rose Parade story, from the genesis of the idea, to the hours of float decorating, to the parade itself. Based on an oral history with Hung Le, now Associate Vice President and University Registrar at Pepperdine, it’s a story about the university coming together as a community to celebrate a milestone. This collection also offers a fascinating look behind the scenes at the Rose Parade, an annual 2-hour event that requires months of planning and preparations.

Holidays in Wyong

Tuggerah Library, Central Coast Council Library Services, Wyong Shire Council Australia   

Wyong Shire has long been a popular vacation destination. The brochures in this collection reflect the popular activities and accommodations at various times from 1905 to 1975. Original documents are available for viewing in the Local Studies Collection at Tuggerah Library. Wyong Shire is located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia.

The Rocking P Gazette

University of Calgary, Alberta Canada

The Rocking P Gazette newspaper was the creation of two young girls, ages 12 and 14, who lived on their family's ranch in the foothills of southern Alberta, Canada, in 1923. Dorothy Margaret Macleay and her younger sister, Gertrude Maxine, produced the paper, edited it, acted as its principal reporters, wrote many of its articles and stories, and sketched and painted nearly all of its art. While these two young ladies generated the 17 monthly editions of the paper, they also attended school and regularly contributed their energy to their family’s Rocking P and Bar S ranches, which their father, Roderick Riddle Macleay, and mother, Laura Margaret Macleay (née Sturtevant), were industriously attempting to put on a sound financial foundation through the Second World War.

Pender County Historical Photographs

Pender County Public Library

This collection was created to preserve historic images relating to people, places and life in Pender County from the past. The collection is built through donations of originals and copies from organizations or individuals who desire to share and preserve the visual history of Pender County, North Carolina.

Native American Language Materials

University of St. Thomas 

English and Dakota service book being parts of the Book of Common Prayer set forth for use in the missionary jurisdiction of Niobrara. Contains selections from the Book of Common Prayer and liturgical rites of the Episcopal Church. Dakota translation by Hinman and Cook, with English on opposite pages, numbered in duplicate. Date of original, 1875.The collection includes early texts published in Native American languages consisting of traditional religious material translated by frontier missionaries.

Robert F. Kennedy Visits Indianapolis May 4, 1968

Indiana Historical Society

Senator Robert F. Kennedy declared his candidacy for president on March 16, 1968. In April and early May, he made many campaign stops in Indiana. On May 4, he visited several Indianapolis neighborhoods, including one at 21st and Harding streets depicted in these photos taken by Katherine “Katie” Palmer. This visit was exactly midway between the dates of two tragic events: On April 4, Kennedy spoke to an Indianapolis crowd that had just learned of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Kennedy was killed a month later on June 5.

Japanese Lantern Slides from the E. Raymond Wilson Collection 

Swarthmore College Peace Collection

The lantern slides in this collection were gathered by E. Raymond Wilson while he was in Japan from Sept. 1926 to Sept. 1927, having been awarded the Japanese Brotherhood Scholarship for study and the building of friendships. Wilson's fascination with the people and places of Japan led to detailed letters home to America, in which he included observations about his trips around the country and to Formosa. The 257 lantern slides that he brought back with him reflect his interests, having to do with beautiful sites and scenery, daily life, agricultural practices, schools and universities, and the tribes of Formosa. Most of the slides were created by professional photographers (including T. Takagi and Futaba) and were hand-tinted by artists; a few of the slides were made from photographs taken by Wilson himself.

Charles Templeton Sheet Music Collection

Mississippi State University Libraries 

The sheet music collection is part of a larger collection amassed by Charles Templeton, Sr. which also includes music players and recordings. (Available as part of the Instrument Collection). Digitization of the collection is part of an ongoing effort to provide broader access to titles. A large portion of these pieces are in the public domain (not copyrighted) and are available for download directly from the site. Some restricted titles are available upon request. Templeton noted a correlation between contemporary music and the cultural, economic, and political shifts experienced in the United States. He stated, "This is one of the few collections, if not the only one, which carries through all of those changes. You started out with blues and then ragtime evolved from that, and then the Dixieland sound emerged and the big band, and from that came the forerunner of modern jazz. And the interesting part of it is that as this music evolved it progressed up the Mississippi River. Where's a better place to house this collection of music than here?"