Category Archives: Digital collections

Browse a selection of 100 early American maps ranging from Illinois, circa 1822, Indian “localities” circa 1833, and a Map of the northern, or, New England states of America, circa 1795. Map of the countrey of the Five Nations belonging … Continue reading →

The Tibet Mirror (Yul phyogs so so’i gsar ‘gyur me long), Tibet’s first native language newspaper, began in October 1925 in Kalimpong, India. It chronicled dramatic social and political transformations in Tibet, India, and in the broader region. The Beinecke … Continue reading →

Bryher (1894-1983) was a British author best known for her historical novels, including The Fourteenth of October (1952) and Coin of Carthage (1962), and her autobiographical writings. She also established “Close-Up” (1927-33), the first periodical devoted to film. Born Winifred … Continue reading →

Explore over 100 items of artwork and manuscript material from the Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel collection of western American art, 1728-1966. Browse the Finding Aid for this collection or the record from Orbis, Yale’s library catalog.

In 1868, A.J. Russell began a project to document the construction of the Union Pacific, the eastern portion of the first transcontinental railroad. Railroad executives, attuned to the way that photographs might enhance support for their work among investors, politicians, … Continue reading →

Browse a newly digitized collection of rare glass stereographs by Carleton Watkins documenting the Mariposa estate of Col. John C. Frémont and his family. These 31 stereographs are among the earliest outdoor photographs taken by San Francisco photographer Carleton E. … Continue reading →

In 1871, John Wesley Powell appointed seventeen year-old Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh as artist and assistant topographer for his second expedition down the Colorado River. Search over 800 digitized photographic prints, relief halftones, postcards, negatives, tintypes and pen and ink drawings … Continue reading →

Explore the personal notebooks, letters, clippings, and photos relating to the life of the American nature writer and environmentalist, Rachel Carson.