Digital resources

Digital access to AAS collections is available via the resources listed below.

  • Digital collections include both resources that are freely available as well as subscription-only resources. Subscription digital collections can be freely accessed by readers who are on-site in the library.
  • Online exhibitions are freely available and include descriptive and historical content about a collection as well as images and related resources.
  • Specialized catalogs provide information not included in the general library catalog.
  • In addition to the content accessible below, digitized items in the general library catalog will have a “Scanned image available here” link. The instructional video finding digital surrogates provides guidance.
  • Digital finding aids and inventories support the use of collections not yet included in the general library catalog.

 

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Title Description Access
19th Century American Children’s Book Trade Directory From American Antiquarian Society

This directory contains 2,600 entries documenting the activity of individuals and firms involved in the manufacture and distribution of children's books in the United States chiefly between 1821 and 1876. 

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Catalogue of American Engravings From American Antiquarian Society

A union catalogue describing engravings issued as separate publications or as illustrations in books and periodicals from the early eighteenth century through the year 1820. 

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Clarence: Newspapers and Periodicals of the American Antiquarian Society From American Antiquarian Society

Clarence is an item-level catalog which provides detailed information on the newspaper and periodicals holdings of the American Antiquarian Society. 

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GIGI: The AAS Digital Image Archive From American Antiquarian Society

GIGI, the American Antiquarian Society's digital asset database, is a storage and retrieval system for the Society's digitally-created collections and surrogates.

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Morgan Bibliography of Ohio Imprints, 1796-1850 From American Antiquarian Society

The Morgan Bibliography of Ohio Imprints, 1796-1850 describes books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed in Ohio, from the earliest in 1796 through 1850. The bibliography is compiled and maintained by Richard P. Morgan.

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Ohio Name Index From American Antiquarian Society

This index includes 286,645 names of Ohio people, businesses and institutions whose names appear in the books, pamphlets and broadsides printed in Ohio from 1796 through 1850, and are listed in the Morgan Bibliography of Ohio Imprints, 1796-1850.

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Student, Teacher, and Trustee Database Project, 1800-1900 From American Antiquarian Society

This database contains over 1 million entries of students, teachers, and trustees whose names appear in the catalogues from 1800-1900 of the American Antiquarian Society's School and College Collection. 

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