151 search results for “Vermont Description and travel” in the Library website
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Heleen SmitsAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Saskia DunnFaculty of Humanities
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Chengqi YuFaculty of Humanities
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Willem AdelaarFaculty of Humanities
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Sara PetrollinoFaculty of Humanities
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Judith BosnakFaculty of Humanities
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Exhibition photographic oeuvre of world traveller Alexine Tinne
In collaboration with the The Hague Historical Museum and photographer Dagmar van Weeghel, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) is the first to present a retrospective exhibition of the photographic oeuvre of Alexine Tinne (1835 – 1869). New research into her life and work is the reason for a reappraisal…
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Azeb AmhaAfrika-Studiecentrum
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NINO Library
The NINO Library is an academic research library, specialised in the Ancient Near East.
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Nick TombergeFaculty of Humanities
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M. Y. Priscilla LamFaculty of Humanities
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Maarten KossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Martine BruilFaculty of Humanities
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Yiya ChenFaculty of Humanities
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Elisabeth KerrFaculty of Humanities
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Jenneke van der WalFaculty of Humanities
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Katja LubinaFaculty of Humanities
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Jiang WuFaculty of Humanities
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Kate BellamyFaculty of Humanities
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Ingrid Tieken-Boon van OstadeFaculty of Humanities
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Claudio Di FeliceFaculty of Humanities
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English Language and Culture
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in English language and culture.
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Asian Special Collections
The Asian special collections comprise tens of thousands of rare books, thousands of manuscripts, maps, prints, drawings and photographs, and hundreds of archives.
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Felix AmekaFaculty of Humanities
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Marian KlamerFaculty of Humanities
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Acquisition of early African photographs by explorer and photography pioneer Alexine Tinne
Over 160 years ago, the Hague-based photography pioneer and traveler Alexine Tinne (1835-1869) captured current South Sudan and its inhabitants on film. These photographs represent some of the earliest images taken in the heart of the African continent.
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South and Southeast Asian photography
The photo collection of South and Southeast Asia contains material collected by the Kern Institute and the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV). In addition to photo prints in various techniques, the collection also includes (lantern) slides, picture postcards…
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French Language and Culture
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in French language and culture.
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Italian Language and Culture
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Italian Language and Culture
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Jesse Wichers SchreurFaculty of Humanities
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Victoria NystFaculty of Humanities
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Rik van GijnFaculty of Humanities
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Exhibition W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp en de Nieuwe Kunst rond 1900
The exhibition W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp en de Nieuwe Kunst rond 1900 will be on display in Leiden University Libraries in the period 21 January-17 May 2016.
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Manuscripts, Archives and Letters: further information
A collection consists of items and parts that have been collected by one or more individuals or institutions not responsible for their formation. An archive has been created by one or more individuals or institutions.
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Donation photo archive of Volkskrant Journalist and Photographer Hans Beynon
Can you still remember the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984, or the Dutch royal state visit to Indonesia in 1971? These are only a few of the dramatic events covered by Hans Beynon, whose archive of 7.000 photos was recently donated to the Leiden University Libraries (UBL) by his family.
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Post-medieval Manuscripts and Private Archives
The domain of the post-medieval manuscripts and private archives covers the period from about 1550 to the present. A clear distinction with the medieval manuscripts, however, is difficult to make. There are many undated manuscripts and it is often difficult to date them even within a decade or a quarter…
- Introduction to Digital Humanities
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Yemen Amsterdam Library now available
The Yemen Amsterdam Library, or Maktabat al-Yaman al-Amstirdāmīyah, of eminent Yemen specialist Dr C.G. Brouwer has now been fully integrated in the collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL). Books and other documents from the collection are now available for loan via the UBL Catalogue.
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Tom van der ReepScience
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Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections
Workshop
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Photographica
Uniquely within the Netherlands, Leiden University Library also collects objects to document the technical development of photography. Hundreds of historical cameras are part of the colletion, as well as darkroom and finishing equipment (light meters, developing trays, color filters, drying racks, etcetera),…
- Manuscripts, Archives and Letters outside Leiden
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Letters
According to a rough estimate the western manuscripts collections and (private) archives contain some 500,000 letters, of which over 300,000 are catalogued. The letters kept in the University archives are not catalogued; the same holds for most letters kept in the oriental collections. They can be found…
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Finding open access publications
Resources for searching Open Access articles, journals and books
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Early Printed and Rare Books
What we now call ‘early printed books’ used to be ‘modern’ works in former centuries.
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Loans for exhibitions
Museums, libraries and similar institutions can request materials for exhibitions from the Special Collections.
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Digitised manuscripts, old prints, photos and maps of Southeast Asia available in Digital Collections
Part of the Leiden University Libraries’ (UBL) collections on Southeast Asia is now available in digital form for research, educational purposes and the general public. The collections consist of manuscripts, old prints, photos and maps of Southeast Asia, which have been made available via Digital Collections.…
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Research suggestions
The research suggestions below may be suitable for a bachelor's or master's thesis or can be used as additional source material in ongoing research.
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Manuscripts, Archives and Letters
The Western manuscript, archival and letter collections consist of books and documents written in Latin, Greek and Cyrillic script.