The library database ARTstor has just added two exciting new collections.  Now available – Architecture of Britian, images from Brian Davis – offers 1,600 images from the archive of Brian Davis. The ARTstor press release states that “The collection documents architectural and garden sites in Europe, primarily architecture in Britain from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. Images include strong coverage of English architecture from the 17th through 19th centuries, with examples of buildings designed by architects such as Inigo Jones, Christopher Wren, Robert Adam, John Soane, John Nash, Joseph Paxton, and Augustus W. N. Pugin. There is also a group of images documenting gardens and landscape architecture in England, Russia, and Italy.”

Check out the collection! Note: off campus users will be prompted for ASC username and password.

Also, ARTstor will be partnering with the Georgia O’Keefe museum to share 1,200 images of works by the artist – the entire collection of the museum.  The ARTstor press release states that “The collection in ARTstor will present the entire range of O’Keeffe’s oeuvre, from her early experiments with abstraction to mature works produced in New York and New Mexico.” The collection has not yet been digitized, but keep checking back with ARTstor!

Recently, the library acquired a new database – Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries

Agnes Scott Library's own Carl Beck (Night Building Monitor) has recorded an oral history of his experience in World War II, accessible via the library's new database!

Online. This database contains primary source materials from the 1550s to the early 2000s. Examples include such items as letters from Mary, Queen of Scots; letters from Abigail Adams during the American Revolution; and interviews with coast guardsmen about the coast guard’s response to September 11, 2001.

You can browse the database by date, place, historical event, personal event, and more.

In some cases, the database provides images of original documents, audio recordings of interviews, or even video recordings of interviews!

The database includes the following collections:

• American Civil War: Letters & Diaries
• British and Irish Women’s Letters & Diaries
• North American Women’s Letters & Diaries
• North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries & Oral Histories
• Oral History Online

Ask a librarian if you need help searching this database or if you need ideas for searching for other kinds of primary sources! Happy searching!