D-Scribe Digital Collections: Textual Collections

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Textual collections consist of primarily of historical monographs, serials, manuscripts, pamphlets, etc. that can be viewed and searched by keyword. Some of these collections include other type of material.

		19th Century Schoolbooks A full-text collection of 140 books and a catalog of the Nietz Old Textbook Collection maintained by the ULS Special Collections department.
		A.E. Forbes Communist Collection Through hand rendered and mimeographed broadsides, newsletters, and flyers, this online collection of documents presents a local snapshot of Pittsburgh's radical politics within the context of the Communist Party.
		American Left Ephemera Collection A wide-range of primary source material that documents left-wing organizations in the twentieth century in the U.S. (also includes visual images)..
		Darlington Digital Library The Darlington Digital Library was created from the first major collection of books, manuscripts, atlases, and maps donated to the University of Pittsburgh. The Darlington Digital Library contains materials on colonial American history, the exploration of the Trans-Mississippi, the Far West, and world history. Also included are atlases and maps, broadsides, manuscripts, and lithographs.
		Dick Thornburgh Papers: The Dick Thornburgh Papers digital collection includes an extensive online guide to the personal papers documenting the life and career of Pennsylvania's 44th Governor (1979-1987) and Attorney General of the United States (1988-1991). The site is fully searchable and includes a selection of downloadable audio-visual material as well as over 40,000 textual documents.
		Documenting PITT: A set of key materials that reflect portions of the university’s documented history. More than 70,000 pages of text are searchable or browsable along with hundreds of images that visually depict some of the many people and buildings that comprise Pitt.
		George Washington Manuscripts: The first shots of the French and Indian War were fired in western Pennsylvania in 1754. They came from troops under the command of a young officer by the name of George Washington. In commemorating the 250th anniversary of the conflict, the University Library System brings together selected manuscripts from its collections documenting Washington's long career and association with our region.
		Historic Pittsburgh: Historic Pittsburgh is a comprehensive collection of local resources that supports personal and scholarly research of the western Pennsylvania area. This Web site enables access to historic material held by the University of Pittsburgh's University Library System, the Library & Archives of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania at the Heinz History Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, and Chatham College Archives.
		The Pennsylvania Digital Library A state-wide metadata repository for digital resources created by Pennsylvania libraries, museums, and cultural heritage institutions.
		Parallax Project: Ten-volume set of the Publications of the Allegheny Observatory of the University of Pittsburgh contains tables of data, reports on methodology of astronomical observations, presentations of new modes of calculation of star positions, and descriptions of observational instrumentation.
		Pittsburgh and Beyond: The Experience of the Jewish Community. A Guide to the NCJW Pittsburgh Section Oral History Collection.
		Stephen Foster's Sketchbook: Drafts of sixty-four songs, including "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" and "My Old Kentucky Home," penned by Pittsburgh-born composer Stephen Foster.