The Arts of the Book Collection has a growing collection of ephemera documenting the world of contemporary book arts. As information about book artists and events can be difficult to find, making the materials available on the Internet will offer improved access to a wider group of readers. This database is a pilot project with a small selection of the materials (200 items). AOB received permission from the artists to make these images available to the public and plans to include more material in the future.

 

The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library is Yale University's principal repository for literary papers and for early manuscripts and books in the fields of literature, theology, history, and the natural sciences. The Beinecke houses outstanding special collections devoted to American literature, German literature, Western Americana, and British literary and historical manuscripts. The Beinecke Images database contains hundreds of thousands of digital reproductions of historical materials in its holdings. Images may be freely downloaded for research, personal, and non-commercial purposes. To request digital images of original material or high resolution reproductions, contact beinecke.images@yale.edu

 

The Classics Collection comprises images from the teaching and research collections of the Classics Department. Some have kindly been provided by members of staff; others have been digitized from the collection that has been built up over the years by students and faculty of the Departments of Classics, History, and History of Art. The collection, which is in the process of development, ranges over the whole Mediterranean world. It includes images taken on site at the Dura and Gerasa excavations, maps, site plans, elevations, panoramic and detailed views of sites, and photos of all kinds of objects representing both high and low ancient material culture.

 

The Lewis Walpole Library Digital Collection presents images of visual materials from The Lewis Walpole Library, whose collections record and support the ideas and culture of eighteenth-century Britain, focusing particularly on Horace Walpole and his world. The current focus of the Digital Collection is the Library's world-renowned collection of English caricatures and political satirical prints from the late seventeenth through the mid-nineteenth centuries. This ongoing project to provide increased access to the library's rich holdings will, in time, include full catalog records available online for each item and take advantage of Luna Imaging's Insight software to manage and work with the images using the Internet. Further works to be added to the Digital Collection in the coming months include prints by Hogarth, prints and drawings by Bunbury, non-satirical prints, and drawings and watercolors related to Horace Walpole's collection and home at Strawberry Hill. A department of the Yale University Library and located in Farmington, Connecticut, the Lewis Walpole Library was bequeathed to Yale by Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis, who devoted his life to collecting the letters and works of Horace Walpole (1717-1797) and to editing the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence.

 

The Manuscripts and Archives Digital Image Database consists of over 10,000 digital reproductions of photographs, drawings, posters, text documents, and other images taken from the Yale University Archives, various manuscript collections, and publications that can be found in Manuscripts and Archives.

 

Access to digitized versions of selected printed issues of the Yale Daily News, the student newspaper of Yale University. The full text of these issues is indexed and searchable through the web interface. The Yale Daily News, founded on January 28, 1878, is the oldest college daily newspaper published in the United States. The historical archive begins in 1878 and is not yet comprehensive: issues will continue to be added up to January 2001, when the Yale Daily News Current Online Issue Archive begins.

 

The Yale Visual Resources Collection was established more than 60 years ago as the slide and photograph collection dedicated to supporting teaching in the visual arts and architecture. Over the years, the collection grew to include more than 300,000 lantern slides and 35mm slides as well as nearly 200,000 mounted photographs providing comprehensive coverage for the visual arts and architecture. The Visual Resources Collection has embraced the transition to digital teaching and now develops collections primarily for online access and display in the electronic classroom. The digital collection is comparable to the analog slide collection in size and scope and continues to grow in response to curricular needs. Principal users of this resource include the History of Art Department and the professional Schools of Art, Architecture, and Drama, but the department serves the entire Yale community to support and encourage the use of visual materials in all areas of the arts and humanities.

 

The Yale University Art Gallery Digital Collection is a growing collection available with high-resolution images through Luna and DL services; and through the internet via the Gallery’s object browsing tool - http://ecatalogue.art.yale.edu. The mission of the Yale University Art Gallery is to encourage appreciation and understanding of art and its role in society through direct engagement with original works of art. The Gallery stimulates active learning about art and the creative process through research, teaching, and dialogue among communities of Yale students, faculty, artists, scholars, alumni, and the wider public. The Gallery organizes exhibitions and educational programs to offer enjoyment and encourage inquiry, while building and maintaining its collections in trust for future generations.