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Duke Digital Collections
A number of our featured collections share a common searchable database. You can use the search box above to search across these collections at the same time.
What about the rest of the collections? 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.
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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.
- adViews: Thousands of television commercials created or collected by the D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B) advertising agency, dated 1950s - 1980s.
- Chinese Filmscript and Advertisement Collection, 1946-1985 (Duke access only): Advertisements and transcripts of Chinese documentary films and newsreels, many from the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. Access to this digital collection requires the DjVu Browser Plug-in by LizardTech.
- 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.
- Images of mainline Protestant children and families in the U.S.: Articles and advertising images of Protestant children and families in the U.S. from Protestant-supported or targeted magazines.
- Medicine and Madison Avenue: Image of over 600 advertisements and historical documents dated between 1911 and 1958, relating to the creation and influence of health-related advertising.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.
- Michael Francis Blake Photographs: 117 photographs of men, women, and children taken between 1912-1934 by Blake who opened one of the first African-American photography studios in Charleston, S.C.
- 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 Research Center for African and African American History and Culture at Duke University, as well as several other North American and European libraries.
Art, Literature, and Music (more...)
- American Song Sheets: Approximately 1800 broadsides and song sheets from nineteenth-century America.
- 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.
- Chinese Filmscript and Advertisement Collection, 1946-1985 (Duke access only): Advertisements and transcripts of Chinese documentary films and newsreels, many from the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. Access to this digital collection requires the DjVu Browser Plug-in by LizardTech.
- Diamonstein-Spielvogel Video Archive: Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel interviews with prominent artists, circa 1970-1985.
- 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.
- Manuscripts and Woodcuts: Visions and Designs from Bloomsbury: 12 Woodcuts by Roger Fry and the manuscript of Elizabeth and Essex written in Lytton Strachey's hand with 7 miscellaneous ms. letters.
- The Classical String Quartet, 1770-1840: Rare and unusual publications of music for string quartet.
- 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...)
- Americans in the Land of Lenin: Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia: 750 photographs of every-day life in the Soviet Union (1919-1921 and 1930) from the papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter.
- Deena Stryker Photographs, 1963-1964 and undated: Approximately 1850 photographs shot in Cuba between 1963 and 1964 and processed by Alberto Korda on the island.
- 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.
- Michael Francis Blake Photographs: 117 photographs of men, women, and children taken between 1912-1934 by Blake who opened one of the first African-American photography studios in Charleston, S.C.
- Sidney D. Gamble Photographs: Approximately 5000 photographs, primarily of China, 1917-1932.
- William Emerson Strong Photograph Album: Portraits of 200 military officers and "notorious characters" of the Confederacy.
- The Urban Landscape Digital Image Access Project: 1000 images from fourteen collections pertaining to the theme "The Urban Landscape."
- 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.
- 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.
- Sam Reed and the Trumpet of Conscience: Collection documenting the life and work of activist and organizer, Sam Reed, and the organization he founded, the Trumpet of Conscience, 1987-2000.
- 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.
- American Song Sheets: Approximately 1800 broadsides and song sheets from nineteenth-century America.
- Americans in the Land of Lenin: Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia: 750 photographs of every-day life in the Soviet Union (1919-1921 and 1930) from the papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter.
- Construction of Duke University, 1924-1932: Photos, letters, and scrapbooks related to the construction of the Duke's East and West campuses.
- Deena Stryker Photographs, 1963-1964 and undated: Approximately 1850 photographs shot in Cuba between 1963 and 1964 and processed by Alberto Korda on the island.
- Diamonstein-Spielvogel Video Archive: Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel interviews with prominent artists, circa 1970-1985.
- 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.
- Images of mainline Protestant children and families in the U.S.: Articles and advertising images of Protestant children and families in the U.S. from Protestant-supported or targeted magazines.
- Manuscripts and Woodcuts: Visions and Designs from Bloomsbury: 12 Woodcuts by Roger Fry and the manuscript of Elizabeth and Essex written in Lytton Strachey's hand with 7 miscellaneous ms. letters.
- 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.
- Michael Francis Blake Photographs: 117 photographs of men, women, and children taken between 1912-1934 by Blake who opened one of the first African-American photography studios in Charleston, S.C.
- 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.
- Sam Reed and the Trumpet of Conscience: Collection documenting the life and work of activist and organizer, Sam Reed, and the organization he founded, the Trumpet of Conscience, 1987-2000.
- Sidney D. Gamble Photographs: Approximately 5000 photographs, primarily of China, 1917-1932.
- Vica Nazi Propaganda Comics: Three issues of the comic book series Vica by Vincent Krassousky produced in France during World War II.
- William Emerson Strong Photograph Album: Portraits of 200 military officers and "notorious characters" of the Confederacy.
- 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...)
- Americans in the Land of Lenin: Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia: 750 photographs of every-day life in the Soviet Union (1919-1921 and 1930) from the papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter.
- Chinese Filmscript and Advertisement Collection, 1946-1985 (Duke access only): Advertisements and transcripts of Chinese documentary films and newsreels, many from the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. Access to this digital collection requires the DjVu Browser Plug-in by LizardTech.
- Deena Stryker Photographs, 1963-1964 and undated: Approximately 1850 photographs shot in Cuba between 1963 and 1964 and processed by Alberto Korda on the island.
- 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.
- Sidney D. Gamble Photographs: Approximately 5000 photographs, primarily of China, 1917-1932.
- Vica Nazi Propaganda Comics: Three issues of the comic book series Vica by Vincent Krassousky produced in France during World War II.
- 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.
- 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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Exhibits
The Sea is History - Moun Kanntè, Yoleros, Balseros, Boteros
Hundreds of thousands of Haitians, Dominicans and Cubans have left their homelands since 1960 by sea. They travel in fragile vessels or smugglers’ boats without prearranging authorized entry into another country. The aim of this exhibit is to raise questions, increase awareness, and encourage informed thought about these people.
On Display: August 18 2009 – October 4 2009
Perkins Gallery
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Last published November 20, 2009 7:10:41 AM EST
