HIST 81601: Imperial Encounters

Summary: These photographic albums portray the Ottoman Empire during the reign of one of its last sultans, Abdul-Hamid II. They highlight the modernization of numerous aspects of the Ottoman Empire. Most of the places depicted are within the boundaries of modern-day Turkey, but buildings and sites in Iraq, Lebanon, Greece and other countries are also included. The images show students and educational facilities, including law, medical and military schools; well-equipped army and navy personnel and facilities; technologically advanced lifesaving and fire fighting brigades; factories; mines; harbors; hospitals; and government buildings. The collection also documents historic Byzantine and Ottoman monuments, mosques, mosaics, fountains, palaces, and mausoleums, and includes panoramic landscapes and urban scenes. Other photographs depict Abdul Hamid's Yildiz Palace, yacht, and horses.

This collaboration of libraries and archives aims to digitize and provide free open access to historic newspapers, journals, almanacs, monographs, photos, maps and postcards from Central and Eastern Europe.

Newspapers include:
• Banater Deutsche Zeitung (1936-1939), Erscheinungsort: Temeschwar/Timisoara
• Brünner Tagesbote (1850-1944), Erscheinungsort: Brünn/Brno
• Deutsche Post (1915-1918)
• Landwirtschaftliche Beilage zur Deutschen Post (1916-1917)
• Deutsches Tageblatt (1917-1919), Erscheinungsort: Budapest
• Deutsches Bauernblatt (1919)
• Die Donau (1935-1944)
• Der Heideboden (1919)
• Karpathen-Post (1880-1942)
• Karpathen-Edelweiss (1880) Beilage zur Karpathen-Post
• Kaschauer Zeitung (1872-1914)
• Kaukasische Post (1906-1914)
• Lodzer Rundschau (1911-1912)
• Illustriertes Familienblatt (1912) Beilage zur Lodzer Rundschau
• Unterhaltungsbeilage der Lodzer Rundschau (1911-1912)
• Wissen und Kunst (1912) Beilage zur Lodzer Rundschau
• Marburger Zeitung (1862-1945)
• Neues Budapester Abendblatt (1919)
• Neue Lodzer Zeitung (1911-1912)
• Neue Post (1918-1919)
• Oedenburger Proletarier (1919)
• Oedenburger Zeitung (1875-1944)
• Preßburger Zeitung (1764-1929)
• Pressburgisches Wochenblatt (1771-1773)
• Schrattenthals Frauen-Zeitung (1893-1894)
• Das Riesengebirge in Wort und Bild (1881-1898)
• Siebenbürger Bote (1842-1848)
• Siebenbürgisch-Deutsches Tageblatt (1883-1941)
• Südböhmische Volkszeitung (1883-1941)
• Vereinigte Ofner-Pester Zeitung (1814)
• Volksstimme (1919)
• Von der Heide (1909-1937)
• Der Wanderer durch Ost- und Westpreußen (1904-1911)
• Der Wanderer im Riesengebirge (1881-1943)
• Weckruf (1919)

Includes:
-Approaching the Mexican Revolution
-Aztecs and the Making of Colonial Mexico
-Mapping the French Empire in North America
-Revolutionary France & Haiti

Constituting a visual record of early European contacts with Asia and Africa, Widener Library’s Images of Colonialism Collection is a primary visual resource for historical and socio-cultural studies. Made up largely of late-19th and early-20th century trade cards and illustrated European newspapers, this collection of more than 700 images offers insight into European perspectives on varying aspects of colonial experience by documenting how popular perceptions of Asia and Africa were created and disseminated. The collection can also be used to draw contrasts between colonial attitudes among the French, British, German, and Dutch colonizers and the realities in the colonies.

About the Prokudin-Gorskii Collection

The Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection features color photographic surveys of the vast Russian Empire made between ca. 1905 and 1915. Frequent subjects among the 2,607 distinct images include people, religious architecture, historic sites, industry and agriculture, public works construction, scenes along water and railway transportation routes, and views of villages and cities. An active photographer and scientist, Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook most of his ambitious color documentary project from 1909 to 1915. The Library of Congress purchased the collection from the photographer's sons in 1948.

The online collection presents Prokudin-Gorskii's vision and legacy in several image formats:

Glass negatives: 1,902 b&w triple-frame images made with color separation filters
Sepia-tone prints: 705 photos for which no glass negatives exist (reproduced from Prokudin-Gorskii's albums)
Album pages showing all 2,433 sepia-tone prints and captions
Modern color composites: 1,902 digital images made from the glass negatives in 2004
Modern color renderings: 122 digital files made from the glass negatives in 2000-2001

Includes digital maps in these areas:
Historical Maps of The World
Historical Maps of Africa
Historical Maps of The Americas
Historical Maps of Asia
Historical Maps of Australia and the Pacific
Historical Maps of Europe
Historical Maps of The Middle East
Historical Maps of Polar Regions and Oceans
Historical Maps of Russia and the Former Soviet Republics
Historical Maps of The United States
Historical Maps of Texas

384 documents on 14 reels of microfilm [RGASLI]

For call number and location, in the University of Chicago online catalog, search either by individual title or by "Early Russian Cinema" and then click on the link to a specific title.

For call number and location, in the University of Chicago online catalog, search either by individual title or by "Early Russian Cinema" and then click on the link to a specific title.

For call number and location, in the University of Chicago online catalog, search either by individual title or by "Early Russian Cinema" and then click on the link to a specific title.

From RGALI Fond 963, Opis 1. 165 microfilm reels
Featuring the full manuscripts and stage directions of Meyerhold, this landmark collection also contains valuable correspondence, notebooks, costume designs, and ephemera. The publication is accompanied by a file/document level guide prepared by the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art.

RGALI documents. 12 microfilm reels

13 journal titles on 617 microfiches
Search each title in our online catalog or Lens to determine the call number of each individual journal title.

All titles individually cataloged. Search each title in the University of Chicago online catalog or LENS to determine call number and location.

All titles individually cataloged. Search each title in the University of Chicago online catalog or LENS to determine call number and location.