Flickr Commons: VCU digital special and archival collections
Find It VCU Libraries has been named as the 100th institution to take part in Flickr’s The Commons, an online project that seeks to share hidden treasures from the world’s public photography archives. As part of The Commons, VCU Libraries’ digital special and archival image collections that have no known copyright restrictions will be discoverable […]
Data Project: Map illustrates roots of racism 1915-40
Find It John Kneebone, who chairs VCU’s Department of History, partnered with VCU Libraries to create “Mapping the Second Ku Klux Klan, 1915-1940.” This resource combines mapping, animation, information about primary sources, and an accompanying essay discussing the project. All of these aspects work together to present the story of the spread of the Klan across […]
Medical Artifacts: History of health care in Virginia
Find It VCU Libraries The Medical Artifacts Collection, housed in Special Collections and Archives at the Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, offers a visual representation of the history of health care in Virginia since 1838. Started in the 1930s by the first Directing Librarian of the Medical College of Virginia, the collection now includes more […]
Index of Christian Art: Catalogs of Christian art
Find It The Index of Christian Art catalogs art found within a broadly-defined Christian context. In its digital form, the index contains some 80,000 full-text records and more than 100,000 images dating from 30 C.E. to 1550 C.E. Founded in 1917 and continuously updated, this resource is maintained by Princeton University. Much of the art […]
Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A transnational archive
Find It Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive traces the history and ongoing cultural impact of slavery. It provides access to thousands of full-text primary source documents and archival records, including those from: The American Missionary Association Archives from 1839-1882 The Office of the Secretary of the Interior Relating to the Suppression of the African Slave […]
Billy DeBeck’s Office Door: Cultural stereotypes of Appalachia
VCU Libraries has an extensive Comic Arts Collection. But it also has a few items that are not in the book or comic book format — like the office door of pioneering cartoonist Billy DeBeck, featuring an oil painting of one of his most beloved characters. William Morgan DeBeck, 1890-1942, was a giant in the […]
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Digital archive
Find It Nineteenth Century Collections Online is a global digitization project working to make primary sources from the 19th century available to scholars around the world. These sources provide a personal look at an age of massive change and expansion, with the birth of industrialization and nationalism, increasing literacy and the growth of culture. Nineteenth […]
Poictesme: VCU student literary publications
Find It VCU has a long history of student publications, many of which are available through VCU Libraries. Now you can access the full archives of Poictesme, a student literary journal, through VCU Libraries’ digital collections. Poictesme publishes undergraduate students’ prose, poetry and artwork once a year. The journal was started in 1980 by the […]
The Vogue Archive: More than a century of cultural history
Find It More than a century of cultural history is easily accessible in image and text through The Vogue Archive. The Vogue Archive gives users digital access to the entire run of the U.S. edition of Vogue(1892-present) with its photographs, articles and advertisements. Comprehensive indexing allows for searches of keywords, materials, products, garments, designers, individuals and companies. Students […]
Rarely Seen Richmond: Never seen before sights
Find It Visitors to Capital Alehouse, a popular restaurant located in downtown Richmond, may have noticed some unique pictures of the city hanging on the walls. What they probably don’t know is that these pictures are actually prints of Richmond postcards that Virginia Commonwealth University has been collecting for years. The images came from a […]