Scope and Content
Over the years, the Library has undertaken numerous efforts to digitize research information, for the purpose of preservation and to enhance access. This web site chronicles these projects and provides a way to search the Library's Digital Collections. The scope of what you can search within these collections will expand over time.
Recent Projects
Historical Postcard Collection
The Historical Postcard Collection documents Princeton's campus and environs through postcards.
Ivan Susanin
A score composed by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka in 1836 under the title A Life for the Tsar [Zhizn' za Tsarya]; it is volume
12 (A, B, and Supplement) of Polnoe sobranie sochinenii [the complete works].
Japanese and Chinese prints and drawings
A collection of Japanese and Chinese prints and drawings donated by Gillett G. Griffin, curator emeritus of graphic arts,
in honor of Dale Roylance.
Block Prints of the Chinese Revolution
Block Prints of the Chinese Revolution
A collection of 30 poster-like block prints of the 1911 Chinese Revolution given to Princeton University East Asian Library by Donald Roberts, class of 1909. The collection is useful for investigations into the visual portrayal of the struggle of Han Chinese versus the Manchus during the 1911 overthrow of the Qing Empire, with issues of "modernity" and "nation" easily visible.