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Digital Collections
Our digital collections are digitized rare and unique items — books, maps, documents, and more — from OU Libraries Special Collections.
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Nichols Rare Books
OU Libraries’ Nichols Rare Books digital collection includes a 1598 edition of Chaucer’s works, a 1628 edition of Burton’s The Anatomy of Melancholy, and a second folio (1632 edition) of “Mr William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies”. All images in the digital collection have been released to the public domain.
Bass Business History
OU Libraries’ Bass Business History digital collection includes a 1468 book on contract law; The Factory Operatives’ Magazine (1841-1842, Lowell, Massachusetts), an early U.S. income tax form (1865), and a large portfolio of plates on calico painting and printing in the East Indies in the 17th and 18th Centuries (1921). All images in the digital collection have been released to the public domain.
History of Science
OU Libraries’ History of Science digital collection began with several hundred 15th- through 18th-century rare books, maps, and other items digitized for the 2015-2016 Galileo’s World exhibition. The works range from art, music, astronomy, and meteorology through natural history, the human body, microscopy, physics, and engineering, and on to religion and travels to China and the Americas. All images in the digital collection have been released to the public domain.
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We're working hard to build our digital collections with materials digitized at OU Libraries. Check back soon for new additions.
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