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By David Cardillo, Digital Collections and Preservation<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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The University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press is pleased to announce a new digital collection featuring print materials from Special Collections. These materials reflect a diverse range of subjects that support teaching, learning and research across the University.<\/span><\/p>\n

Collection strengths include fine, decorative, and applied arts; history and Delawareana, particularly the Delmarva Peninsula and Delaware Valley; the history and materiality of the book; horticulture; and the history of science and technology, with notable concentrations in chemistry and engineering.<\/span><\/p>\n

This digital collection brings together materials that were previously scanned to support Interlibrary Loan (ILL) requests. As a result, the collection does not center on a single theme. Instead, it offers a fascinating assortment of unique print materials from Special Collections that are now more broadly accessible online.<\/span><\/p>\n

As additional Special Collections titles are digitized, this collection will continue to expand, providing researchers, students and the public with even greater access to these valuable resources.<\/span><\/p>\n

One interesting item from this collection is <\/span>A Sermon on the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Preached at Surrey Chapel, London, Sunday, May 14, 1865<\/span><\/i><\/a>. Published shortly after the end of the American Civil War and President Lincoln\u2019s assassination, This document provides a glimpse into how the United States was perceived by Great Britain during this pivotal moment in history. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Excerpt from A Sermon on the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, pages 5-6.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Another compelling example from the collection is <\/span>Recruiting Posters Issued by the U.S. Navy Since the Declaration of War<\/span><\/i><\/a>, published in 1918. This volume contains a series of wartime recruitment posters that illustrate how visual imagery was used to encourage military service during World War I.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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The sinking of the Lusitania, a passenger ship with American citizens aboard, sparked U.S. involvement in World War I, then known as The Great War.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A wartime recruitment poster urging citizens to serve.<\/p><\/div>\n

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By contrast, this poster\u2019s message is broad enough to resonate during both wartime and peacetime.<\/p><\/div>\n

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These examples represent only a small sampling of the digitized materials now available through our Quartex platform. As previously scanned items and newly digitized materials continue to be added, the collection will grow, offering fresh opportunities for discovery and providing inspiration for future blog posts and research projects. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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