Lafayette College Library

Collection of over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Focus is on radio, television, transportation, beauty and hygiene, and World War II. See Emergence of Advertising in America for advertisements from 1850-1920.

Collection of online exhibitions about New York City. Additional image collections are accessible from the museum's Prints and Photographs Collection page.

Collection of primary sources on the racial segregation in Charlottesville, Virginia, from the late 1880s to the mid-20th century. Includes images, newspaper articles, census records, city directories, political broadsides, and maps.

Full text of eleven decisions reflecting the Supreme Court's changing attitude toward race, from Scott v. Sanford to Brown v. Board of Education.

Compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American Indian tribes from 1778 to 1971.

Collection of primary source materials documenting the diplomatic and military activities of some of the war's major combatants.

Collection of over 20,000 items documenting the New Deal period. Includes photographs, news articles, speeches, letters, political cartoons, books, advertisements, and government documents.