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Jessie Ball duPont Library

William R. Laurie University Archives and Special Collections

Search Our Archival Materials

Tips for Searching

This database contains collection descriptions (finding aids) and inventories for university archives and special collections housed at the University Archives and Special Collections.

Search Tips

  • The search engine looks for the term exactly as it is entered. Therefore, the search term photograph will find instances of that word only and will not include any hits for photographs. Use an asterisk (*) to perform wildcard or truncated searches. For example, use photograph* to include photograph, photographs and photography.
  • To search by phrase, use double quotes around your search query.

 

Important Information

If you do not find what you need please contact us ! Only about 13% (or approximately 1/8) of our processed collections have collection descriptions in our database at this time.  We continue to add collection descriptions to create a more thorough catalog.

Questions, concerns, or requests? Please email us at archives@sewanee.edu or phone (931) 598-3212.

Archives Images on JSTOR

JSTOR

Your access to our digital images is now easier through JSTOR (formerly Artstor). Our University Archives and Special Collections images are available in the Public Collections section of JSTOR. This means you do not need a University or JSTOR login to access the images.

Search Tips

  • Search for images across all of our digital image collections by using the search field at the top of the page (in the orange box).
  • Or, search within a specific collection by clicking on the collection, then searching.

Digitized Institutional Publications

DSpace

Full text search and view digitized institutional publications on DSpace. Some of the most useful publications for archival research are the newspapers, catalogs/announcements, yearbooks, and alumni magazines.

Search Tips

  • Search across the entire site, or limit to only specific publications.
  • Once you have results, click the gear icon to see sorting options, including the ability to sort results by date.

Proceedings of the Board of Trustees

Internet Archive

The Internet Archive contains the Proceedings for the Board of Trustees, 1857-1925. Copies of most University publications found on DSpace can be viewed here too. All of the materials are full text searchable.

Search Tips

  • Filters on the left side of the screen allow you limit by year and topics/titles.
  • Below the search bar (also on the left side of the screen) choose "Text contents" instead of the default "Metadata" to do a full text search.