Scope and Content
Over the years, the Library has undertaken numerous efforts to digitize research information, for the purpose of preservation and to enhance access. This web site chronicles these projects and provides a way to search the Library's Digital Collections. The scope of what you can search within these collections will expand over time.
Recent Projects
Francis Bacon
A version of Francis Bacon's Sylva Sylvarum, and an edited
translation of New Atlantis (Nouvel Atlas), both supplemented by prefaces of the
translator, Pierre Amboise, and a Life of Bacon.
Taller de Gráfica prints and posters
The Taller de Gráfica Popular prints and posters collection consists of political, comic, and artistic posters and ephemera
from mid-20th century Mexico.
Vasi Collection
Panoramic view of Rome by Giuseppe Vasi (1710-1782). The map lists 390 monuments and sites organized as 8 daily itineraries
to correspond with a guidebook by Vasi.
Gillray collection
Gillray collection
The English illustrator, James Gillray (1756-1815), was the leading force in what has become known as the golden age of English caricature, approximately 1770 to 1820. Gillray chronicled and ridiculed the politicians and ruling class of his day, in spectacularly colored prints. This graphic arts collection includes nearly 313 prints, all given by Dickson Q. Brown, class of 1895.