Scope and Content
Over the years, the Library has undertaken numerous efforts to digitize research information, for the purpose of preservation and to enhance access. This web site chronicles these projects and provides a way to search the Library's Digital Collections. The scope of what you can search within these collections will expand over time.
Recent Projects
Chilam Balam de Chumayel
The Book of the Chilam Balam of Chumayel is a late 18th-century manuscript copy of a Yucatec Maya chronicle, written and illustrated
in Chumayel, Yucatán.
Digital maps and geographic data
The Digital Maps and Geographic Data initiative at the Princeton University Libraries offers over 300,000 maps for detailed
analysis.
Gillray collection
The James Gillray collection features caricatures that chronicled and ridiculed British politicians and the ruling class between
1770 and 1820.
Block Prints of the Chinese Revolution
Block Prints of the Chinese Revolution
A collection of 30 poster-like block prints of the 1911 Chinese Revolution given to Princeton University East Asian Library by Donald Roberts, class of 1909. The collection is useful for investigations into the visual portrayal of the struggle of Han Chinese versus the Manchus during the 1911 overthrow of the Qing Empire, with issues of "modernity" and "nation" easily visible.
