Media, subject, & artist guides
The Rubenstein Library is home to thousands of images from 1839 to present. The guides below highlight many of our holdings but are not comprehensive listings of the entire collection. Use the catalog search on the Rubenstein Library homepage to search all of our collections.
Digitized collections
A selection of ADA materials have been digitized and are available in Duke Digital Collections including:
- Americans in the Land of Lenin: Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia
- Jesse Andrews Photographs
- Frank Espada Photographs
- Sidney D. Gamble Photographs Collection
- William Gedney Photographs and Writings
- Alex Harris Photographs
- James Karales Photographs
- Paul Kwilecki Photographs
- Hugh Mangum Photographs
- Gary Monroe Photographs, 1980-1998
- Carlo Naya Photograph Albums of Venice
- Friedrich Carl Peetz Photographs
- Ronald Reis Photographs
- Reginald Sellman Negatives
- Deena Stryker Photographs
Use of digitized collections
You may reproduce digitized materials for use in private research, study, and teaching without further permission from the ADA, provided that you cite the artist's name and Archive of Documentary Arts, Duke University Rubenstein Library in your work. Learn more about citations, permissions, and copyright for Rubenstein Library collection materials.
If you plan to publish or broadcast images or other materials from the Rubenstein Library that Duke University holds a copyright interest in, it is necessary to obtain a contract for permission for non-exclusive rights from the library. If your proposed use is commercial in nature, we may charge you a fee to use materials.
