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Digital Collections

The Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections actively collects digital materials in all subject areas. These range from text and image files to video, audio, databases, email, and websites.

Prominent among the Division’s growing digital collections is the Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art, a collection of digital and interactive art with a concentration on 21st century developments in cinema, video, installation, photography, and sound. The Division is also working to digitize its physical collections. A broad selection of material can be found in the collection Images from Cornell’s Rare Book and Manuscript Collections, and several highlights of our subject-specific collections are shown below. For a complete list of our digital collections, please visit the Cornell Digital Collections page. You may also wish to view our Online Exhibitions.

Featured Digital Collections

Divine Comedy Image Archive
Divine Comedy Image Archive
Images from Cornell's Rare Book and Manuscript Collections
Images from Cornell's Rare Book and Manuscript Collections
Joe Conzo, Jr. Archive
Joe Conzo, Jr. Archive
Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection
Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection
Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
Cornell Witchcraft Collection
Witchcraft Collection
The Gail and Stephen Rudin Collection on Slavery in America
Rudin Collection on Slavery in America
Punk Flyers
Punk Flyers
Postcards of female and male impersonators
Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators
Adler Hip Hop Archive Images
The Adler Hip Hop Archive
Historic Glacial Images of Alaska and Greenland
Historic Glacial Images of Alaska and Greenland
Persuasive Cartography
Persuasive Cartography