Collections, Gateways, and Tools
Collections include groupings of digital files of original photographs, correspondence, literary manuscripts, digital videos, and other formats discoverable within one searchable database. Gateways and Tools consist of theme-based bibliographies maintained by Library faculty (The Early Modern Women Database and the Maryland History and Culture Bibliography) and links to digital resources (Internet Archive and the Maryland Map Database).
Collections
Explore our digital collections. Holdings include digital files of original photographs, correspondence, literary manuscripts, digital videos, memorabilia, and other formats discoverable within one searchable database. Many of these collections provide access to the Libraries' unique archival holdings and are accessible to the general public. Others are restricted to campus use only.
ArchivesUMArchivesUM provides guides to the rich archives and manuscript collections at the University of Maryland Libraries. Descriptions of collections (Finding Aids) may be browsed and searched by collection descriptions and subject categories.
Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven Digital LibrarySeven digitized poems from the University of Maryland Libraries' Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven papers -- cumulatively, 34 poetic documents. Each poem contains several rewrites under the same title, often with vastly differing texts and numerous handmade corrections.
Films@UMFilms@UM consists of over 700 digital videos (documentaries, public television programming, taped performances and feature films), with concentrations in Asian Studies, the performing arts, business management and economics, politics and government, the state of Maryland, literature, women's studies, and religion.
In Transition: Selected poems by the Baroness Elsa von Freytag-LoringhovenThis collection represents a publicly available scholarly edition of twelve unpublished poetry manuscripts written by Freytag-Loringhoven between 1923 and 1927 and serves to provide access to a textual performance of her creative work in a digital environment.
The Jim Henson WorksThis collection makes available to UM's community of students, scholars, and visitors over 70 digital videos spanning 35 years of Henson's groundbreaking work in television and film. These full-length videos are available for viewing at public computer stations in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, McKeldin Library, and Hornbake Library.
National Trust Library Historic Postcard CollectionThe National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection preserves unique and engaging images of people and places in early twentieth century America. These postcards also provide unique evidence of the evolution in American architecture, with rare glimpses of buildings or places that may no longer exist or have dramatically altered over time.
Prange Digital Children's Book CollectionThe Gordon W. Prange Collection contains more than 8,000 children's books published in Japan between 1945 and 1949. Books are digitized on a rolling basis and made available here. A list of censored children's books from this period is also available.
Sterling Family Papers62 letters, primarily written by a Civil War Union officer's wife, Tillie Farquhar Sterling, with additional letters written by Tillie's husband, Will Sterling, and Tillie's mother, Anna Virginia ("A. V.") Farquhar. They detail daily life in wartime Maryland.
A Treasury of World's Fair Art and ArchitectureThis digital resource provides access to art and architecture related images, virtual museum-like curated tours, and contextual essays covering a broad number of international fairs, selected from the rich World's Fair Collection at the Architecture Library.
University AlbUMUniversity AlbUM brings together more than 2000 images illustrating student life, athletic events, student athletes, faculty, agricultural pursuits, commencement ceremonies, campus facilities, and much more from the University of Maryland's more than 150-year history.
Gateways
These gateways are theme-based bibliographies maintained by Library faculty. These are not cross-searchable with digital collections.
Early Modern Women DatabaseThe Early Modern Women Database provides links to Web resources useful for the study of women in early modern Europe and the Americas (circa 1500-circa 1800). Resources have been selected for their scholarly value by librarians of the University of Maryland Libraries.
Internet Archive: University of Maryland, College ParkThe University of Maryland, College Park's, portal to digitized books at the Internet Archive. Includes textual materials such as University catalogs, yearbooks, and other campus publications; Maryland state documents; and other rare materials.
Maryland History and Culture BibliographyCitations to articles, books, and doctoral dissertations about Maryland's history and culture, divided into subject categories. Based on the annual bibliography of Maryland history sources that appears in the Maryland Historical Magazine
Maryland Map CollectionThe Maryland Map Collection is a comprehensive collection of more than 2,500 map titles depicting Maryland, the Chesapeake Bay, and the surrounding region. Selected maps have been digitized for this web database.
Tools
Tools currently include The Versioning Machine, which is a freely-available open-source software for comparing different versions of literary texts.
Versioning MachineThe Versioning Machine is a software tool designed to display and compare texts which exist in multiple versions. It provides for features found in codex-based critical editions, while also taking advantage of the opportunities afforded by electronic publication.
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