FAU Digital Collections

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Theodore Pratt Collection

Type: Collection

Member of: FAU Digital Collections

Description: The Theodore Pratt collection includes the author's personal copies of first and foreign editions of his works, original typescripts of his fiction and screenplays, correspondence, research notes, illustrative artwork for dustcovers and paperbacks, in addition to personal mementos and photographs. In 1934, Theodore Pratt and his wife Belle Jacqueline Jacques moved to Lake Worth, Florida and… more

A featured collection: Spirit of America

Type: Collection

Member of: FAU Digital Collections

Description: The Marvin & Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection is comparable in scope and content to the collections of the American Antiquarian Society and the Library Company of Philadelphia. Originally inspired to emulate the personal libraries of men like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, Marvin Weiner spent a lifetime collecting the books and pamphlets that a colonial gentleman… more

Marvin E. Kemery Collection

Type: Collection

Member of: FAU Digital Collections

Description: This collection of correspondence and maps by World War I United States Army Officer Marvin Kemery describes the emotions and environment in which he served. Mr. Kemery was a Private in the Fourth Army, 37th Division, 135th Field Artillery Regiment.

FAU Historical Student Newspapers

Type: Collection

Member of: FAU Digital Collections, FAU Research Repository

Jaffe Center for Book Arts

Type: Collection

Member of: FAU Digital Collections

Description: FAU Libraries Jaffe Center for Book Arts revolves around the Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection: Books as Aesthetic Objects. This collection consists primarily of visual books gathered more for their artistic expression than for their informational content. Words and text were not the primary consideration in building this collection, which has been assembled within a wide parameter of aesthetics… more

University Archives

Type: Collection

Member of: FAU Digital Collections

Description: FAU Libraries' University Archives preserves the papers and records of individuals and organizations associated with the University and items documenting the history and growth of Florida Atlantic University. Materials collected include student newspapers, minutes of the Faculty Senate meetings, faculty papers, student publications, presidential correspondence, university artifacts,… more

Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements Collection

Type: Collection

Member of: FAU Digital Collections

Dances We Dance

Type: Collection

Member of: FAU Digital Collections, FAU Research Repository

Description: The Dances We Dance Performance Showcase is a capstone experience for students enrolled in FAU's Department of Theater and Dance performance courses available in the College of Arts & Letters. Every Fall and Spring semester students perform the showcase before a live audience which is filmed. The Digital Library makes each dance performed available as well as the program flyer for the… more

Yiddish Children's Books

Type: Collection

Member of: FAU Digital Collections

Description: The condition and uniqueness of the Yiddish Children’s Books make them ideal candidates for a digital library collection. These small, bound storybooks intended to be held in the hands of children but now to fragile to be handled have been brought to life in this online collection. This digital collection of children’s books include original stories by Yiddish authors that include Sholem Aleichem… more

Oral History Collection

Type: Collection

Member of: FAU Digital Collections

Floridiana Collection

Type: Collection

Member of: FAU Digital Collections

Description: The Floridiana Collection consists of diverse materials that describe various aspects of Florida's history, culture, arts, literature, and sciences. These Florida Atlantic University resources have also been contributed to the Florida Heritage Project of the Publication of Archival, Library, and Museum Materials (PALMM), a collaborative digital collection among the State University… more

Department of Music

Type: Collection

Member of: FAU Digital Collections, FAU Research Repository

Sheet Music

Type: Collection

Member of: FAU Digital Collections

Description: The Print Music Collections housed in the Florida Atlantic University Libraries Special Collections Department contain more than 30,000 musical scores and documents organized in four large collections: American Popular, Classical, Jewish, and Cantors. These materials date from the 17th through 21st centuries and include rare and unique manuscripts, published scores, and sheet music. The… more

US Civil War Collections

Type: Collection

Member of: FAU Digital Collections

Clarke Family Papers

Type: Collection

Member of: FAU Digital Collections

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Explore & Experience. FAU Digital Collections provide contain online access to materials digitized including unique and rare materials from the Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives, and content obtained from campus and local partners including oral histories and cultural heritage materials.

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