Digitized Collections

This is a growing resource of digital collections including photographs, maps, diaries, artwork, etc. These unique collections have never been this accessible. Primarily from WMU Libraries holdings they are designed for faculty and student Internet access under 'Fair Use' guidelines. See copyright page

  • South Asia Map Collection
    This collection is made up of intermediate scale maps published by the Army Map Service primarily in the 1940's and 1950's. Currently only maps of Afghanistan are available.
  • Index Map Collection
    Index maps for map series and sets, such as AMS (Army Map Service), visually annotated to show local WMU Libraries holdings.
  • Costume History Collection
    Our collection is currently comprised of four books housed in the Special Collections and Rare Books Room of Waldo Library. Each of these books illustrates aspects of dress from the mid-18th century to the mid-19th century.
  • World War II Propaganda Collections
    The Howard Mowen Collection and the Edwin W. Polk Collection are two significant donations which now form a unified collection of Nazi German and Allies publications, photographs, and ephemera known as the N.S.D.A.P. Collection.
  • Cistercian Liturgical Research Resources from the Cistercian Studies Collection at WMU
    Contains the full run of the journal edited by Father Chrysogonus Waddell of Gethsemani Abbey, Trappist, KY, Cistercian Liturgy Series, and Selections from the Chrysogonous Waddell Archive.

Other Digital Collections and Items

 
  • Image Catalog
    For locating art images for instruction and research. Thousands of slide and digital images from the Visual Resouces Library collection. Need BroncoNet ID.
  • Portfolio Collection
    Varied images of diverse items demonstrating Digitization Center services. The collection contains copyrighted materials.
  • Selected Examples of Print Images
    Depicting a history of print methods with analysis and technical information. (Complete selection is not available due to copyright).
  • Early Americas, Medieval Spanish Documents
    Spanish Department collaborative grant project; Two Cabeza de Vaca transcriptions of 16th century manuscripts at the Early Americas Digital Archive. Relaçión general
    Commentarios de Álvar Nv´ñez Cabeça de Vaca
  • QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) Demo
    Example of an African beaded necklace produced as a QTVR movie from 72 separate photographs of the item.

Selected Noteworthy Digital Resources

 
  • Making of Modern Michigan Collection
    A collective of over 50 libraries in Michigan
  • MeL
    Michigan eLibrary
  • David Rumsey Maps Collection
    Over 18,000 rare 18th and 19th century maps
  • Other Visual Collections
    Over 300,000 images from over 50 collections
  • CONTENTdm Collection of Collections
    Here you will find records representing a sampling of collections created by the hundreds of libraries and cultural heritage organizations using CONTENTdm today. Some records represent individual collections; some connect you to entire digital libraries. Each record attempts to describe the breadth and depth of the resources you will find when you access the site using the URL listed in each record.
  • LUNA commons.org
    LUNA Commons is a source for finding content from digital collections built in Luna Insight Software (Luna Imaging, Inc.) and presented in the new LUNA browser.