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Welcome to our growing digital collections of manuscripts, maps, books, photographs, video, artwork, and other rare and unique materials from the Newberry Library.

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Letters & Diaries

Postcards

Photographs

Ayer Collection: American Indian & Indigenous Peoples

Maps

Graff Collection: U.S. Western Expansion

French Political Pamphlets

Audio

Videos

Stopp collection of Fraktur birth certificates

Railroads

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Teach, Learn & Contribute 

Newberry Transcribe

Help historians by making handwritten letters and diaries easier to find, use, and search

Midwest Time Machine

Travel to the past with highlights from our favorite manuscripts -- transcribed by users like you

Digital Collections for the Classroom

Prepare a lesson or research a topic using primary sources from the Newberry's collections

Italian Paleography

Teach yourself to read 14th-16th c. Italian manuscripts, and learn about their social and cultural histories