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American Libraries

The American Libraries collection includes material contributed from across the United States. Institutions range from the Library of Congress to many local public libraries. As a whole, this collection of material brings holdings that cover many facets of American life and scholarship into the public domain. Significant portions of this collection have been generously sponsored by Microsoft, Yahoo!, The Sloan Foundation, and others.

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Media Type
1,065
collections
2,431,703
texts
4,745
images
1,494
movies
117
audio
3
data
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Topics & Subjects
76,614
bub_upload
38,788
genealogy
17,188
Registers of births, etc
12,777
Bible
12,631
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
11,533
Church Periodicals
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2,439,127
American Libraries
191,913
California Digital Library
169,787
FEDLINK - United States Federal Collection
143,411
The Library of Congress
110,166
The National Agricultural Library
85,591
Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Creator
17,131
united states. bureau of the census
11,034
united states. national archives and records service
5,534
united states. department of agriculture. radio service
4,380
the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints
3,923
united states. foreign agricultural service
3,550
united states. national archives and records administration
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Language
1,789,056
English
215,392
German
171,926
French
48,029
Handwritten English
45,953
Spanish
41,776
Italian
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The Boston Library Consortium
collection
82,330
ITEMS
54.7M
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Books from the Boston Library Consortium . See a Tag Cloud for the Boston Library Consortium collection.
Boston Public Library
collection
52,163
ITEMS
30.8M
VIEWS
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Books contributed by the Boston Public Library .
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
collection
14,618
ITEMS
19.6M
VIEWS
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As a member of the Open Content Alliance, the University Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is contributing digital content to the Internet Archive from our Rare Book Collection and North Carolina Collection, including rare Spanish dramas, UNC Yearbooks, and North Carolina legislative materials. Other subject areas such as early North Carolina medical journals and North Carolina judicial materials are also represented. UNC's participation in the Open Content Alliance is...
MBLWHOI Library
collection
10,733
ITEMS
19.2M
VIEWS
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Books from the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) .
Getty Research Institute
collection
36,369
ITEMS
15M
VIEWS
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Books contributed by Getty Research Institute . The Research Library at the Getty Research Institute focuses on the history of art, architecture, and archaeology with relevant materials in the humanities and social sciences. The range of the collections begins with prehistory and extends to contemporary art. - The Getty Institute
CARLI
collection
15,409
ITEMS
9.6M
VIEWS
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Material in this collection has been provided by The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois . The Consortium leads Illinois academic libraries to create and sustain a rich, supportive, and diverse knowledge environment that furthers teaching, learning, and research through the sharing of collections, expertise, and programs.
University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
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35,561
ITEMS
8.1M
VIEWS
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The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries sends selected library materials to Internet Archive for scanning and online access from a variety of units and collections within the Libraries. These include but are not limited to U. S. Government Documents, UF print Dissertations, Duplicates from the storage collection and the Panama Canal Museum Collection. The Internet Archive pre-scanning processing operation at the Libraries is managed by the Preservation Department. Digitization is...
North Carolina Digital Heritage Center
collection
12,752
ITEMS
8.1M
VIEWS
collection
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A collection of items from the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center Project.
Topic: UNC yearbooks
Books digitized through a federally funded LSTA grant, through MBLC.
University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
collection
14,519
ITEMS
5.6M
VIEWS
collection
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Books digitized by the Internet Archive for the University of Massachusetts Libraries.
Media History Digital Library
collection
159
ITEMS
4.6M
VIEWS
collection
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A conservation and access project for historical printed materials related to cinema, broadcasting and recorded sound. Visit our new website and read our blog at http://www.mediahistoryproject.org/ Search Media History Digital Library titles: Advanced Search
Brigham Young University
collection
19,030
ITEMS
4.3M
VIEWS
by Brigham Young University
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Books from the libraries of Brigham Young University
Duke University Libraries
collection
12,404
ITEMS
4.3M
VIEWS
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Books digitized by the Internet Archive for Duke University Libraries. The Duke University Libraries Digital Collections Program creates distinctive digital collections that provide access to Duke's library and archival materials in support of teaching, learning, and research at Duke and worldwide; and contributes collaboratively to national and international digital collections initiatives that benefit Duke and the larger research community. See a digital archive of thousands of vintage...
Wellesley College Library
collection
6,115
ITEMS
4.2M
VIEWS
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Books from Wellesley College Library
University of Florida Duplicates
collection
525
ITEMS
3.1M
VIEWS
collection
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University of Florida Duplicates
Topic: University of Florida
Church History Library
collection
15,539
ITEMS
3M
VIEWS
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The collections of the Church History Library contain materials chronicling the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from its beginning in 1830 to the present day. The collections contain manuscripts, books, Church records, photographs, oral histories, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, and audiovisual materials. The staff creates and maintains catalogs and indexes for accessing this wide variety of information. Search our Catalog...
Topic: Church History Library
US National Library of Medicine
collection
15,665
ITEMS
2.6M
VIEWS
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), in Bethesda, Maryland, is a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Since its founding in 1836, NLM has played a pivotal role in translating biomedical research into practice. It is the world's largest biomedical library and the developer of electronic information services that deliver trillions of bytes of data to millions of users every day. Scientists, health professionals, and the public in...
The American Methodism Project
collection
5,535
ITEMS
2.6M
VIEWS
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The American Methodism Project is a digitized collection of interdisciplinary and historical materials related to American Methodism. The primary goal of this project is to provide both the digital tools and the digitized texts of American Methodism to better understand both Methodism and the United States. Contemporary questions of church and state boundaries, the role of government, moral development, education, leadership, labor, immigration, family, etc. are topics which can benefit from...
John Carter Brown Library
collection
9,538
ITEMS
2.6M
VIEWS
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THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY is an independently administered and funded center for advanced research in history and the humanities, founded in 1846 and located at Brown University since 1901. Housed within the library's walls is an internationally renowned collection of primary historical sources pertaining to North and South America from the time of its discovery by Europeans (ca. 1492) until the end of the colonial period (ca. 1825). View the JCB Collections on Open Library
Boston College Library
collection
5,353
ITEMS
2.6M
VIEWS
by Boston College Libraries
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Books from Boston College.
NLM Medicine in the Americas
collection
14,187
ITEMS
2.5M
VIEWS
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Medicine in the Americas – a digital library project of the U.S. National Library of Medicine – consists of works which demonstrate the evolution of American medicine from seventeenth-century colonial frontier outposts to twentieth-century research hospitals. Drawing on the collections of NLM's History of Medicine Division , Medicine in the Americas encompasses works dating as early as 1610 and printed in the United States and around the New World, including Latin America, the Caribbean,...
Spanish Drama
collection
11,542
ITEMS
2.3M
VIEWS
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A collection for internal support at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Topic: drama
Family History Library
collection
613
ITEMS
2.3M
VIEWS
by Family History Library
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Books from the libraries of Brigham Young University Family History Library
Minnesota Historical Society
collection
2,661
ITEMS
2.2M
VIEWS
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The Minnesota Historical Society is a non-profit educational and cultural institution established in 1849. The Society collects, preserves and tells the story of Minnesota's past through museum exhibits, libraries and collections, historic sites, educational programs and book publishing. The Minnesota Historical Society is providing newspapers and manuscripts to the Internet Archive to provide access and preserve their content on the web for future generations. This project was funded in FY11...
Kansas State University
collection
7,884
ITEMS
2.2M
VIEWS
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Historical aspects of Kansas State University are documented in this collection of primary sources. Included are yearbooks, course catalogs, and more.
Cushing-Whitney Medical Library
collection
5,084
ITEMS
2.1M
VIEWS
collection
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Books contributed by the Cushing-Whitney Medical Library, Yale University
California Digital Library
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Topics: Brothers and sisters, Orphans, Conduct of life, Education
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The goal of the University of Florida's Retrospective Dissertation Scanning project is to build a digital collection of approximately 8,000 dissertations written by PhD graduates of the University of Florida from 1934-2006. This page is the portal to the UF dissertations scanned and made available via the Internet Archive up to this point. In 2000 the University of Florida began requiring theses and dissertations in a digital format, and by 2006 all thesis and dissertations being submitted by...
Religion in North Carolina
collection
2,261
ITEMS
1.9M
VIEWS
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The Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection is a grant-funded project to provide digital access to publications of and about religious bodies in North Carolina. Partner institutions at Duke, UNC, and Wake Forest University, contributed the largest portion of the items in this collection, but the collection is enriched by unique materials from libraries and archives throughout North Carolina. The materials in this collection include local church histories, periodicals, clergy biographies,...
North Carolina Directories
collection
925
ITEMS
1.9M
VIEWS
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A collection of North Carolina City Directories from various contributing institutions. Visit the North Carolina Directories page at Digital NC: http://digitalnc.org/collections/north-carolina-city-directories
Northeastern University Libraries
collection
1,641
ITEMS
1.8M
VIEWS
collection
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Digitized versions of unique and rare books from Northeastern University Libraries
Boston University Libraries Collection
collection
5,607
ITEMS
1.8M
VIEWS
collection
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Boston University Libraries house more than 2.4 million physical volumes, over 45,000 current unique serials, and 77,000 media titles. Specialized libraries and collections include: African Studies Library Alumni Medical Library Astronomy Library Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Mugar Memorial Library Music Library Pappas Law Library & Law Annex Pardee Management Library Pickering Educational Resources Library Science & Engineering Library Stone Science Library Theology Library
Brandeis University Libraries
collection
1,836
ITEMS
1.7M
VIEWS
by Brandeis University Libraries
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Books from Brandeis University .
State Library of North Carolina
collection
1,708
ITEMS
1.7M
VIEWS
collection
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The State Library of North Carolina is a part of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. It is the catalyst for exceptional library services in North Carolina. It is the principal library of state government and builds the capacity of all libraries in North Carolina. It develops and supports access to specialized collections for the people of North Carolina, including genealogy, North Caroliniana, and resources for the blind and physically handicapped. - General Collection Examine...
Emory University Libraries
collection
6,733
ITEMS
1.7M
VIEWS
collection
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Books from the Emory University Libraries
MIT Libraries
collection
3,551
ITEMS
1.6M
VIEWS
collection
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Books scanned by the Internet Archive for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries.
Penn State University
collection
3,292
ITEMS
1.6M
VIEWS
collection
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Books contributed by Penn State University .
collection
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Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Veterinary Medicine
collection
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German, Scandinavian and Dutch Periodicals from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
collection
262
ITEMS
1.2M
VIEWS
by University of Pennsylvania Libraries
collection
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Books from the University of Pennsylvania Libraries
California State Library
collection
2,959
ITEMS
1.2M
VIEWS
collection
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The California State Library , a California public research institution, provides its customers with the accurate, up-to-date information they need to do their jobs easily, quickly, and confidently. Whether you are an elected official, a state employee, a representative of one of California's libraries, a person with special reading needs or a member of the general public, the California State Library is here for you. Our staff, including librarians, researchers, and consultants are at your...
The Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University
collection
882
ITEMS
1.1M
VIEWS
collection
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Books from the Mugar Memorial Library of Boston University Libraries .
collection
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Books included from the Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Strengths are in areas of textile education, textile manufacturing and design, local history (Fall River and New Bedford and surrounding communities), and local ethnic communities including Portuguese, French-Canadian and Jewish.
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The John Carter Brown Library's collection of books printed in Spanish America is among the finest in the world. In some areas, the collections are unmatched and include works found nowhere else. The Library has the largest collection in the world of books printed in Spanish America as a whole prior to ca. 1820, over 7,000 titles, encompassing the output of presses in Mexico, Peru, Central America, Argentina, Chile, and elsewhere. The remaining Spanish American presses represented in the JCB's...
Brethren Digital Archives
collection
868
ITEMS
1.1M
VIEWS
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The Mission of the Brethren Digital Archives is to digitize some or all of the periodicals produced from the beginning of publication to the year 2000 by each of the Brethren bodies who trace their origin to the baptism near Schwarzenau, Germany in 1708.
LDS Church Magazines
collection
5,462
ITEMS
1M
VIEWS
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Periodicals from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
David O. McKay Library, BYU Idaho
collection
1,647
ITEMS
1M
VIEWS
collection
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Books from the David O. McKay Library at Brigham Young University, Idaho
Topic: keyword
State Library of Massachusetts
collection
1,544
ITEMS
999,249
VIEWS
collection
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Books digitized by the Internet Archive for the State Library of Massachusetts .
collection
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The Journal of Research reports NIST research and development in metrology and related fields of: physical science engineering applied mathematics statistics biotechnology information technology Papers cover a broad range of subjects with major emphasis on measurement methodology and the basic technology underlying standardization. Also included, on occasion, are articles on topics closely related to the Institute’s technical and scientific programs.
Kansas State University Theses
collection
5,736
ITEMS
981,828
VIEWS
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Dissertations, Theses, Projects, and Reports from Kansas State University prior to 1990.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
collection
1,941
ITEMS
917,530
VIEWS
collection
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Books from the Library of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Duke University Libraries, University Archives
collection
554
ITEMS
884,549
VIEWS
collection
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The Duke University Archives preserves the historical record of the university. This collection provides access to several key campus publications including the Chanticleer (student yearbook), the Trinity College Historical Papers (series of early faculty publications), as well as other core resources, such as campus course catalogs.
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
collection
5,067
ITEMS
857,621
VIEWS
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This research collection for opera and ballet consists of a selection of print and manuscript scores, libretti, mise en scène, programs, scene designs and other archival documents. The materials date from the 17th through the 20th centuries. Its strengths include scores and performance materials from the French and Italian repertories dating from the late 18th and 19th centuries. Special features include a large collection of copyists’ manuscript scores for the operas of Giovanni Paisiello...
Meetings, Proceedings, and Conference Reports
collection
2,726
ITEMS
799,465
VIEWS
collection
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Meetings, proceedings and conference reports relating to Religion in North Carolina.
Kansas State University Newspapers
collection
1,797
ITEMS
777,420
VIEWS
collection
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Kansas State University Newspapers 1875- .
University of Memphis, University Libraries
collection
1,164
ITEMS
763,776
VIEWS
collection
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As a member of the Open Content Alliance, the University Libraries at the University of Memphis is contributing digital content to the Internet Archive from our holdings including yearbooks, the campus newspaper, bulletins and schedules of classes, early literary magazines, and other materials related to the life and times of the University of Memphis and its predecessors throughout its first 100 years since opening its doors in 1912 as the West Tennessee State Normal School. All materials are...
BYU Campus Publications
collection
512
ITEMS
762,292
VIEWS
collection
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This collection contains materials published by Brigham Young University. These publications include the school yearbook (the Banyan), course catalogs and class schedules. The yearbook contains information about campus events and student life, the course catalogs offer descriptions of the various courses offered at Brigham Young University during a given academic year and contain information on degree requirements, and the class schedules provide detail as to what classes where offered when, by...
Topic: Brigham Young University
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
collection
973
ITEMS
742,927
VIEWS
collection
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Books contributed by Southern Illinois University Carbondale .
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Libraries
collection
184
ITEMS
684,463
VIEWS
collection
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Books from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Libraries
NYARC - New York Art Resources Consortium
collection
243
ITEMS
654,216
VIEWS
collection
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The New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC) consists of the research libraries of three leading art museums in New York City: The Brooklyn Museum, The Frick Collection, and The Museum of Modern Art. With funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, NYARC was formed in 2006 to facilitate collaboration that results in enhanced resources to research communities. NYARC provides a framework to advance a series of programmatic services, with a potential for transforming the environments in which...
Topic: art
Indianapolis Public Library
collection
802
ITEMS
642,487
VIEWS
collection
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Materials contributed by The Indianapolis Public Library .
collection
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Materials from University of California, San Francisco Library (UCSF): http://www.library.ucsf.edu/ . The mission of the UCSF Library is to advance science, foster excellence in teaching and learning, and promote health through the collection, development, organization, and dissemination of the world's health sciences knowledge base.
Duke University Libraries, Confederate Imprints
collection
2,374
ITEMS
634,234
VIEWS
collection
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Duke holds one of the world’s largest collections of Confederate imprints, or items printed in the Confederate States of America between secession from the Union and the surrender of the Confederate military forces (December 1860-April 1865). Confederate imprints are notable for their fragility and ephemerality, due to the scarcity of high-quality paper and a lack of large publishing and printing houses in the South, as well as for the view their contents give of military and civilian life in...
Topics: Confederate, Civil War, American history
Duquesne University, Gumberg Library
collection
129
ITEMS
621,462
VIEWS
collection
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Books from the Duquesne University, Gumberg Library
Illinois State Library
collection
599
ITEMS
596,762
VIEWS
collection
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The Illinois Documents collection at the Illinois State Library Illinois State Library is a historical representation of state government since Illinois was granted statehood in 1818. The collection covers the entire scope of state government as Illinois evolved into an agrarian and industrial powerhouse. The coal mining industry was a critical part of the state’s economy during the past 100 years and the Illinois Coal Reports (1883-1986) document advances in mining technology, workmen...
Northwestern University
collection
846
ITEMS
585,872
VIEWS
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The Northwestern University Archives, established in 1935, holds material relating to every aspect of Northwestern's history, including non-current official University records, papers of faculty members, and records of student organizations-- as well as publications, photographs, audio-visuals, artifacts, and more. The Archives' holdings are non-circulating, and are open to the public for research and reference. The Transportation Library of Northwestern University contains over 500,000 items,...
Topic: Northwestern University
Ohio State University Library
collection
1,022
ITEMS
581,870
VIEWS
collection
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The Ohio State University Libraries is contributing public domain texts from its Reformatting Program to the Internet Archive. Texts are selected by the OSU Libraries Collection Managers, in consultation with the Preservation and Reformatting Department, based on the following criteria: the materials are damaged or deteriorated, are in continuing demand, and are not available as a readily-accessible reprint. Titles are drawn from all subject areas of the Libraries' collections. Texts no longer...
Topic: ohio state
Lehigh University Libraries
collection
702
ITEMS
572,427
VIEWS
collection
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Books from the Lehigh University Libraries
University of Massachusetts, Boston
collection
318
ITEMS
561,029
VIEWS
collection
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Books digitized by the Internet Archive for the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
collection
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The Portuguese and Brazilian books held at the John Carter Brown Library comprise one of the finest North American collections relating to Brazil before the country declared its independence from Portugal in 1822. The collection includes 650 titles before 1800 and another 500 titles from 1800 to 1822—including 165 books printed in Brazil itself after the *Impressão Regia* opened a branch in Rio de Janeiro in 1808 and presses began operating in Bahia. This collection has been compiled from a...
Topics: jcbportugalbrazil, brazil, portugal, John Carter Brown Library
John Carter Brown Library - Peru Collection
collection
138
ITEMS
545,977
VIEWS
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The John Carter Brown Library has one of the five largest collections of early Peruviana in the world. It is not just the number of Peruvian imprints of the colonial, independence, and early national periods held by the John Carter Brown Library that is important, however, but the diversity of those materials and in a great many instances, their singularity - being only known copies. The subjects range from ecclesiastical matters, to government papers, to indigenous language studies, and...
Topic: Peru
MoMA Library
collection
322
ITEMS
532,948
VIEWS
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The Museum of Modern Art Library is a comprehensive collection devoted to modern and contemporary art. The noncirculating collection documents painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, photography, architecture, design, performance, video, film, and emerging art forms from 1880 to the present. The Museum of Modern Art Library is a founding member of the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC). NYARC is a collaborative program of the Frick Art Reference Library and the libraries of the Brooklyn...
Brigham Young University, Hawaii
collection
885
ITEMS
518,476
VIEWS
collection
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Books contributed by BYU Hawaii
Susquehanna University
collection
453
ITEMS
510,026
VIEWS
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Originally founded as the Missionary Institute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1858, this private, liberal arts college in central Pennsylvania was renamed Susquehanna University in 1895. The University Archives, the Russell W. Gilbert Pennsylvania Room and the Jane C. Apple Rare Books Room at Susquehanna University's Blough-Weis Library contain a rich collection of books, documents, photographs, and memorabilia. Some of the items featured here include: the University yearbook, LANTHORN...
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This selection of harp scores from the International Harp Archives at Brigham Young University includes items from the 18th century through the early 20th century. Most of the selections are works for solo harp but other duets and small chambers works are included, especial early 19th-century duets for harp and piano. Many of the composers represented in the collection are harpist-composers from the 19th century including François Joseph Naderman, Charles Oberthür, Alphonse Hasselmans,...