- Correspondence, project files, subject files, and publications documenting the human rights activism of the Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer in 1970s and 1980s Argentina.
- 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.
- 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.
- Thousands of television commercials created or collected by the D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B) advertising agency, dated 1950s - 1980s.
- 12 Woodcuts by Roger Fry and the manuscript of Elizabeth and Essex written in Lytton Strachey's hand with 7 miscellaneous ms. letters.
- Books digitized by the Internet Archive for Duke University Libraries, including Duke yearbooks, early advertising texts, Utopian literature, transcultural travel literature, and other materials.
- Over 900 images from various collections held by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University.
- Images of 584 covers from Duke football game programs.
- Photos, letters, and scrapbooks related to the construction of the Duke campus.
- Over 3,300 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.
- 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.
- Approximately 5,000 photographs, primarily of China, 1917-1932.
- The 5,000 item collection documents Gedney's work from the 1950s to 1989. Subjects include photographs of cross country road trips; rural New York; Manhattan; Brooklyn; rural Kentucky; Hippies in San Francisco; composers; gay rallies and demonstrations; St. Joseph's School for the Deaf; India; England; Ireland; France; and, a large number of nocturnal pictures.
- Provides access to digital images for over 3,000 pieces from the collection, published in the United States between 1850 and 1920.
- Includes 108 Italian cultural and political posters mostly dating from the 1970s-1980s, including many created by the Partito comunista italiano.
- Shows how the U.S. government controlled and conserved vehicles, typewriters, sugar, shoes, fuel, and food.
- Hundreds of portraits made by an itinerant photographer who rode the trains to the small towns of North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.
- Over 600 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.
- Consists of 75 Russian posters, documenting almost 60 years of Communist political advertising (1920s-1980s).
- Approximately 1,800 broadsides and song sheets from nineteenth-century America.
- Portraits of 200 military officers and "notorious characters" of the Confederacy.
- Collection documenting the life and work of activist and organizer, Sam Reed, and the organization he founded, the Trumpet of Conscience, 1987-2000.
- Three issues of the comic book series Vica by Vincent Krassousky produced in France during World War II.
- 100 black-and-white photos shot by Gary Monroe from 1980 to 1998 in Haiti, in Haitian neighborhoods in Florida, and in Krome Camp, Florida, where Haitian refugees are detained by the U.S. government.
- 580 photographs depicting life in Bainbridge, Georgia from 1960-2001, and several manuscripts by the photographer.
- Photographs, articles, flyers, planning documents, and responses to the 1968 and 1969 Miss America pageant protests, the events that launched Women's Liberation in the public consciousness.
- Articles and advertising images of Protestant children and families in the U.S. from Protestant-supported or targeted magazines.
- Rare and unusual publications of music for string quartet.
- Approximately 1,850 photographs shot in Cuba between 1963 and 1964 and processed by Alberto Korda on the island.
- Over 100 diaries written by British and American women who documented their travels to places around the globe, including India, the West Indies, countries in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as around the United States.
- Nearly 10,000 photographs of billboards and other outdoor advertising, mostly on the Atlantic City Boardwalk from the 1920s to 1950s.
- More than 11,000 images of outdoor advertisements and slide presentations from the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, the primary professional organization in the field.
- More than 16,000 images of outdoor advertisements and other scenes from the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, the primary professional organization in the field.
- Approximately 300 images of outdoor advertising from a prominent figure in the field.
- Approximately 40 images of outdoor advertising from a prominent figure in the field.
- A selection of 100 recorded oral history interviews chronicling African American life during the age of legal segregation in the American South, from the 1890s to the 1950s.
- Materials from (or related to) the refugee camp for Cuban and Haitian rafters that existed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, largely dating from 1994-1996.
- advertisements (41,933)
- photographs (41,558)
- books (3,312)
- sheet music (3,063)
- broadsides (1,629)
- football programs (467)
- Posters (185)
- College yearbooks (79)
- diaries (34)
- Beverage (5,761)
- Consumer Goods & Services (4,543)
- Non-Advertising Item (3,606)
- Business & Technology (3,504)
- Food & Restaurants (2,749)
- Transportation & Travel (2,595)
- Automotive (2,585)
- Transportation (2,576)
- Beauty and Hygiene (2,146)
- Cuba--History--1959-1990 (1,843)
- Songs with piano (1,696)
- Retail (1,678)
- Airlines (1,447)
- Amusement & Entertainment (1,380)
- Public Service (1,266)
- Duke University -- History (1,107)
- Children (1,069)
- Media (943)
- Songs (943)
- Society and Culture--Sentimental song (923)
- Cornett Family (921)
- Women (873)
- Documentary photography. (746)
- Soviet Union--History--1917-1936. (746)
- Soviet Union--Pictorial works. (746)
- Television (740)
- Radio (720)
- Railroads (703)
- Benares, India (688)
- Commercial portraiture (687)
- Gedney, William Gale, 1932-1989 (4,961)
- Gamble, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1890-1968 (4,608)
- Mangum, Hugh, 1877-1922 (687)
- Kwilecki, Paul, 1928- (633)
- Duke University. Sports Information Office. (467)
- n/a (417)
- Confederate States of America. Congress. House of Representatives (197)
- Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture. NcD (173)
- Confederate States of America. War Dept (156)
- Michael Francis Blake (117)
- Confederate States of America. Dept. of the Treasury (107)
- Leona Bowman Carpenter Collection of English and American Literature. NcD (107)
- Monroe, Gary (99)
- Thompson, Mary McCornack (91)
- Confederate States of America (88)
- Duke University (80)
- Confederate States of America. President (79)
- Whitley's Camera Craft Shop (76)
- Ramsey Studio (54)
- Richardson (50)
- McMillan, Mary, 1912-1991 (43)
- North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Commons (42)
- Seddon, James A (41)
- Duke University. Divinity School (40)
- South Carolina Tract Society (39)
- Confederate States of America. Congress. Senate (34)
- Memminger, C. G. (Christopher Gustavus), 1803-1888 (24)
- Glenn Negley Collection of Utopian Literature. NcD (23)
- Dix, John Ross, 1800?-1865 (22)
- Georgia. Governor (1857-1865 : Brown) (22)
- 1972 (963)
- 1970 (887)
- 1967 (820)
- or (753)
- 1861 (710)
- 1864 (671)
- 1863 (569)
- 1945 (540)
- 1947 (526)
- 1862 (481)
- 1946 (455)
- 1943 (454)
- 1952 (447)
- 1950 (440)
- 1951 (431)
- 1949 (422)
- 1948 (399)
- 1944 (385)
- 1980 (377)
- 1929 (366)
- 1953 (355)
- 1954 (320)
- 1930 (310)
- 1920 (302)
- 1865 (289)
- 1966 (286)
- 1960 (279)
- 1928 (278)
- c.1 (272)
- 1960s/1969 (267)
- New Jersey (5,399)
- China (4,254)
- Atlantic City (2,900)
- Cuba (2,032)
- Beijing (China) (1,557)
- Argentina (996)
- California (990)
- New York (980)
- Arizona (953)
- Havana (Cuba : Province) (905)
- Havana (Cuba) (901)
- Trenton (890)
- Russia (862)
- Georgia (646)
- Decatur County (Ga.) (615)
- Pennsylvania (587)
- [California?] (565)
- West Campus (457)
- Siberia (Russia) (383)
- Bainbridge (Ga.) (371)
- NJ (360)
- Los Angeles (320)
- [New Jersey?] (318)
- Ohio (297)
- Philadelphia (276)
- Ding Xian (China) (268)
- Newark (267)
- [San Diego?] (246)
- [Atlantic City?] (236)
- Hangzhou (China) (210)
On 5 July 2011, images from one of Duke University Libraries’ digital collections made a guest appearance on Episode 3 (Season 9) of the popular PBS show, “History Detectives.”
The segment, entitled “The Bullet That Fought America’s Secret Siberian War,” investigated theĀ origins of a curious example of “shell art”: a WorldWar I [...] Read More


















































