Duke Digital Collections
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To view items in the many collections that are not searchable through the search box above, you can browse Collections by Subject or the A to Z List of Digital Collections.
Collections by Subject:
Browse collections by subject category. The collections listed below present material held by Duke University Libraries or by other organizations affiliated with Duke University.
Advertising and Consumer Culture (more...)
- Ad*Access: Images of over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955.
- Emergence of Advertising in America: Images of 9,000 advertising items and publications dating from 1850 to 1920, illustrating the rise of consumer culture and the birth of a professionalized advertising industry in the United States.
- Medicine and Madison Avenue: Image of over 600 advertisements and historical documents dated between 1911 and 1958, relating to the creation and influence of health-related advertising.
- Ration Coupons on the Home Front, 1942-1945: Images of ration coupons, stickers, and certificates for tires, bicycles, typewriters, sugar, shoes, fuel oil, gasoline, and food which were issued by the U.S. Office of Price Administration from 1942-1945.
- See also: Related Resources
African American History (more...)
- African American Women: Images and transcripts form three digital collections: Hannah Valentine and Lethe Jackson Slave Letters, 1837-1838; Vilet Lester Slave Letter, 1857; and Elizabeth Johnson Harris: Life Story, 1867-1923.
- Behind the Veil: African Americans Tell About Life in the Jim Crow South: Images and audio clips excerpted from the book, Remembering Jim Crow (New York: New Press/Lyndhurst Books of the Center for Documentary Studies of Duke University : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., c2001).
- Digital Durham: Primary sources documenting the economic, social, cultural, and political history of Durham, N.C., from the 1870s through the 1920s.
- Slavery, Abolition, and Social Justice (Duke access only): Digital collection documents key aspects of the history of slavery worldwide over six centuries. Content from the John Hope Franklin Collection of African and African American Documentation at Duke University, as well as several other North American and European libraries.
Art, Literature, and Music (more...)
- Art, Art History, and Visual Studies Resources: MDID@Duke (Duke access only): Image database containing 3 collections: Archivision Digital Research Photo Library; Art, Art History & Visual Studies Resource Center; and: Saskia Ltd Art and Architecture Images.
- Classical Studies (Duke access only): Images of nearly 2000 images from instructional slide collection at the Duke Department of Classical Studies.
- Duke Papyrus:Images and explanatory descriptions of Duke's collection of nearly 1400 papyri from ancient Egypt.
- Historic American Sheet Music: Provides access to images of 3042 pieces from the collection, published in the United States between 1850 and 1920.
- Historical Images in Medicine: The Medical Center Library's Historical Images in Medicine (HIM) collections encompass over 3,000 photographs, illustrations, engravings, and bookplates from the history of the health and life sciences.
- Walt Whitman Manuscripts: Manuscript drafts and revisions of Whitman's poetry and prose as well as proofs and published versions of his work from his early career in journalism up through the end of his life. Part of the Trent Collection of Whitmaniana in the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University.
- See also: Related Resources
Documentary Photography (more...)
- William Gedney Photographs and Writings: The 50,000 item collection documents Gedney's work from the 1950s to 1989, in the United States, India, England, Ireland, and France.
- Hugh Mangum Photographs, [ca. 1890]-1922: Hundreds of portraits taken in small towns of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia, comprising a diverse pictorial history of the region at the turn of the 20th century.
- The Urban Landscape Digital Image Access Project: 1000 images from fourteen collections pertaining to the theme "The Urban Landscape."
- See also: Exhibits
Duke University and Durham History (more...)
- Construction of Duke University, 1924-1932: Photos, letters, and scrapbooks related to the construction of the Duke's East and West campuses.
- Digital Durham: Primary sources documenting the economic, social, cultural, and political history of Durham, N.C., from the 1870s through the 1920s.
- Duke Football Programs: Images of 584 covers from Duke football game programs.
- Duke Yearlook on Flickr: Duke Yearlook is produced by the Duke University Archives to provide alumni and friends of Duke with a virtual yearbook of campus scenes.
- Foundations of Excellence: An Archival Image Collection Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Duke Medicine: Over 600 digitized photographs and publications from the Duke Medical Center Archives document the history of Duke Medicine's academic, clinical, and research activities from 1927 through 1950.
- The Urban Landscape Digital Image Access Project: 1000 images from fourteen collections pertaining to the theme "The Urban Landscape."
Featured Collections (more...)
- Ad*Access: Images of over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955.
- Construction of Duke University, 1924-1932: Photos, letters, and scrapbooks related to the construction of the Duke's East and West campuses.
- Duke Football Programs: Images of 584 covers from Duke football game programs.
- Emergence of Advertising in America: Images of 9,000 advertising items and publications dating from 1850 to 1920, illustrating the rise of consumer culture and the birth of a professionalized advertising industry in the United States.
- Historic American Sheet Music: Provides access to images of 3042 pieces from the collection, published in the United States between 1850 and 1920.
- Hugh Mangum Photographs, [ca. 1890]-1922: Hundreds of portraits taken in small towns of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia, comprising a diverse pictorial history of the region at the turn of the 20th century.
- Medicine and Madison Avenue: Image of over 600 advertisements and historical documents dated between 1911 and 1958, relating to the creation and influence of health-related advertising.
- Ration Coupons on the Home Front, 1942-1945: Images of ration coupons, stickers, and certificates for tires, bicycles, typewriters, sugar, shoes, fuel oil, gasoline, and food which were issued by the U.S. Office of Price Administration from 1942-1945.
- William Gedney Photographs and Writings: The 50,000 item collection documents Gedney's work from the 1950s to 1989, in the United States, India, England, Ireland, and France.
- The Urban Landscape Digital Image Access Project: 1000 images from fourteen collections pertaining to the theme "The Urban Landscape."
Transcultural Experience (more...)
- William Gedney Photographs and Writings: The 50,000 item collection documents Gedney's work from the 1950s to 1989, in the United States, India, England, Ireland, and France.
- George Percival Scriven: An American in Bohol, The Philippines, 1899-1901: Transcript of a U.S. officer's diary about the American invasion and occupation of the Philippine Islands.
- See also: Related Resources
Women’s History (more...)
- African American Women: Images and transcripts form three digital collections: Hannah Valentine and Lethe Jackson Slave Letters, 1837-1838; Vilet Lester Slave Letter, 1857; and Elizabeth Johnson Harris: Life Story, 1867-1923.
- Civil War Women: Images and transcripts form three digital collections: Rose O'Neal Greenhow Papers, 1860-1864; Alice Williamson Diary, 1864; and Sarah E. Thompson Papers, 1859-1898.
- Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement: Images and transcripts related to the radical origins of the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- Emma Spaulding Bryant Letters: Emma Spaulding Bryant wrote these ten letters to her husband, John Emory Bryant, in the summer of 1873. The letters reveal much about the relationships between husbands and wives in this era, and shed light on women's health issues that were often kept private.
- Everyday Life and Women in America (Duke access only): Documents the social and cultural forces that shaped the everyday lives of women and men in America from 1800 to 1920. The project comprises images sourced from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture, Duke University and the New York Public Library.
- See also: Exhibits
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The following resources provide text only access to item descriptions; there are no images available online.
Exhibits
Then & Now — Eight South African Photographers
An exhibition of 160 photographs mounted in 5 venues at Duke University. South African photographer Paul Weinberg conceived and curated Then & Now which is comprised of black and white and color photographs from 8 South African documentary photographers. Twenty photographs were selected from each photographer, 10 made under apartheid and 10 photographs made after the historic democratic elections of 1994.
On Display: 31 March 2008 - 27 July 2008
Special Collections Gallery
More Exhibits:
Library Online Exhibits | University Archives Online Exhibits
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