Americana
This diverse collection brings together rare works published in America and collections of documents and personal papers from Americans, and about America. Note this collection specifically excludes those works published in Pennsylvania and from Pennsylvanians; these works are included in the Pennsylvaniana collection. Digitization Status: Ongoing.
Subcollections
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Melville Marginalia
- Marginalia defined as, text which is written in the margin of a book, can become of great interest to scholars if the “importance of the writer of the marginalia or the historic background to the annotations makes them of great significance.” This book collection includes images of the selected pages from the same editions that Herman Melville annotated, and is being developed in conjunction with scholars annotating those marginal inscriptions at the Melville’s Marginalia Online project.
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Nagy
- This collection contains personal papers, photographs, and documents of the extended Nagy family, residents of New Jersey . Containing much of interest to genealogists and family historians, and documenting local 19th century New Jersey life and social customs and views during the American Civil War, this collection has been digitally donated by the generosity of the Nagy family. Status: Project Ongoing.
