KU Libraries - Digital Collections
Digital collections at the University of Kansas Libraries
United States
Douglas County
Riverside Church Archive
The Riverside Church is an interdenominational, interracial, international, open, welcoming, and affirming church and congregation. Users can explore the collections through interactive finding aids and descriptive catalog records, access and download digitized and born-digital objects, and view curated digital galleries and timelines. Over 4,000 digitized audio files from WRVR-FM (Riverside Radio) are also available for streaming on the site.
NYC
NYC Municipal Archives Digital Collections
More than 2,300,000 items from the Municipal Archives’ vast holdings of historical records, including photographs, maps, blueprints, motion-pictures and audio recordings.
Digital Archives of the Roeliff Jansen Community Library | Columbia County, NY
Newspapers titles available: Independent (1987-1995), Roe Jan Independent (1973-1987), Hillsdale Harbinger (1887-1943), Columbia County Independent (1992-1993), Hillsdale Herald (1880-1887)
Columbia CountyCoal Mining in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Coal mining in Northeastern Pennsylvania, specifically in Luzerne County, had a long and dangerous history. From the day-to-day jobs to mine disasters that devastated the area, known, and sometimes unknown, photographers documented this era in Pennsylvania history. The photographs in this collection date back to the early 1800s. The physical collection located at LCHS's Library includes photographic images, negatives, stereographs, and postcards. Over 100 items are featured in this digital collection
Luzerne County
The Carpatho-Rusyns of Pennsylvania
A project over two decades in the making to write the history of the state's Carpatho-Rusyn immigrant communities
Pennsylvania#Blog#Personal Websites#Russian Diaspora#Slovakia#Immigration & Citizenship#Ukraine#OrthodoxYWCA of the U.S.A. microfilm records
This record group is comprised of microfilmed records of the predecessor organizations, minutes, and reports of the YWCA of the U.S.A., as well as the organization's subject files and records recording interactions between the national association, community associations, and registered groups. The original records were created between 1884 and 1970 and were microfilmed between 1964 and 1984. Finding aid available here
YWCA of the U.S.A. photographic materials
This record group includes photographic prints, negatives, slides and filmstrips documenting the work of the YWCA from the 1890s to the present. Finding aid available here
City of Providence Digital Archives | RI
Providence
DCMNY Digital Collections
Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York (DCMNY) provides online access to digital collections that document the history of the Metropolitan New York region. The collections include photographs, maps, letters, postcards, manuscripts, scrapbooks, programs from events, catalogues, memorabilia and ephemera, and more. New collections are being added on an ongoing basis, and contributors are also adding new material to existing collections.
Digital Collections of the Norwegian American Historical Association
Features an extensive manuscript collection that includes letters, diaries, journals and ledgers, newspaper clippings, obituaries, congregational records, family and local histories, and other resources related to Norwegians in America. As of 18 October 2025, they "are working to upload thousands of newly digitized materials to the digital collections."
Greene Connections | Greene County, PA Archives Project
Greene Connections is a volunteer initiative to preserve photographs and records from Greene County, Pennsylvania history. We work with families, organizations, and repositories to digitize and document historical items for free, public access.
Greene CountyFieldwork Recordings—Dictionary of American Regional English
From 1965–1970, Fieldworkers for the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) conducted interviews with nearly 3,000 "Informants" in 1,002 communities across America. They visited native residents in all fifty states and D.C., collecting local words, phrases, and pronunciations.
OldMapsOnline
Collection of old maps. Has a crowdsourcing project where you can help georeference historical maps.
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
The historical map collection has over 142,000 maps and related images online. The collection includes rare 16th through 21st century maps of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, the Pacific, the Arctic, and the World.
Alameda County
The People's Archive Digital Repository
The Washingtoniana collection documents the history and culture of the entire District of Columbia. This is the original collection started in 1905 and contains resources from the 18th century to the present including maps; personal and organization records; periodicals; photographs; oral histories; and born-digital materials like AV recordings, datasets, and digital images.
District of ColumbiaArlington Historical Society Catalog
VirginiaOhio University Digital Archives
The Library actively invests in digitizing their unique collections in order to broaden access to materials. Digital offerings are regularly expanding in support of research and educational activities.
Athens County
Columbia University Library Digital Collections
Tons of digitized collections from their archives.
Champaign County
Digital Newspapers Collection | Champaign County, IL
This site offers digital access to newspaper clippings from the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette. NOT FULL NEWSPAPERS!!
Champaign County Historical Archives | Champaign County, IL
This site presents digital exhibits on a variety topics, drawing from our unique collections of books, journals, newspapers, records, manuscripts, photographs, and more.
UC Berkeley Digital Collections | Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
Online access to UC Berkeley Library’s rare and unique digitized special collections, books, manuscripts, images, photographs, newspapers, and more.
Northwest ORCA | Tacoma, Pierce County, WA
Northwest ORCA (Online Records and Collections Access) is a digital discovery database for the Northwest Room at the Tacoma Public Library . Materials from the City of Tacoma Office of the City Clerk are also available. New content is added regularly.
Pierce County
Tacoma Public Library Digital Collections | Tacoma, Pierce County, WA
Digital Long Island | NY
Small collection
Woodside in Photos
Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections
The Library Company of Philadelphia is an independent research library concentrating on American society and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Collection includes rare books, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, prints, photographs, and works of art.