Guides to More Digital Collections
The following guides provide more information about digital collections you may want to browse besides those listed here:
These collections are likely to be of interest for the history of children's literature and may provide useful media for integration into Scalar. If you find something useful, be sure to look for license information and collect any details you need for giving credit or obtaining permission.
General Collections
These collections may all have images or other media, or simply pdfs or other full text of historical works you want to use.
- Arkyves This link opens in a new window
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) This link opens in a new window
Children's Literature Collections
These resources focus on children's literature specifically.
- Baldwin Library of Historical Children's LiteratureDigitized collections from the University of Florida.
- Historical Children's Literature CollectionsProvided by the University of Washington, this “database chronicles by example the history of educational practice and reading, and the changing perceptions of gender, race and class and the role of religion in teaching. Both European and American books from the 18th to the 20th c. are represented in this collection.”
- History of Children's Literature: A SamplingU.S. and English covers and illustrations from the 15th to the 20th century from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Collections.
- International Children's Digital LibraryOrganized for navigation for kids more than researchers, this nonetheless has extensive digitized primary resources.
- Just Teach One: Early African American PrintFrom the American Antiquarian Society
- Literature for ChildrenProvided by the State University Libraries of Florida and funded by NEH, this collection includes U.S. and U.K. works primarily between 1850-1950.
- Children's Literature and Culture This link opens in a new windowThis database is focused on children's literature and related items from the 19th and early 20th centuries. It includes over 8,000 digitized items, with materials like mass-produced chapbooks, illustrated "book-beautifuls", other rare books, games, artwork, and other ephemera. Focus is primarily on American culture, though some European publishers are included as well.
Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library
Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library
Contact:
SSHEL (Room 101)
Main Library
1408 W. Gregory Dr.
Urbana, IL 61801
Main Library
1408 W. Gregory Dr.
Urbana, IL 61801
General Telephone: (217) 333-2305 Information Services Desk Telephone: (217) 244-1864
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