Our Digital Collections site offers free
worldwide access to the unique primary historical and cultural resources
held by the Temple University Libraries and to selected scholarly works
and other publications produced at Temple. We are actively digitizing
additional materials; to suggest materials you believe should be
digitized, please contact us at: libweb@temple.edu
City Parks Association Photographs
The City Parks Association was chartered on May 24, 1888 for "the establishment and maintenance of public parks and open spaces throughout the City of Philadelphia." This collections features photographs from 1890-1930 and includes mostly Philadelphia and surrounding-area views related to parks and general living conditions.
Housing Association of the Delaware Valley Photographs
Images produced for the Housing Association of the Delaware Valley (previously the Philadelphia Housing Association) and the Octavia Hill Association, ca. 1897-1972. Includes housing interiors and exteriors, streets, courts, alleys, public housing projects, privy vaults, and sanitation conditions. Most images are exteriors and the emphasis of the collections is on poor living conditions.
Impulse Dance Annuals
Impulse established the first link between discourses in dance and the humanities while publishing a panorama of articles on dance, culture, life and art between 1951 and 1970. A seminal collection and synthesis of scholarship, journalism and documentation for dance in twentieth century American culture, edited by renowned choreographer and educator Marian Van Tuyl (1907-1980).
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs
Search here for Philadelphia Evening Bulletin photographs cataloged after 2008. Check the headings page for a list of cataloged boxes and folders. To access the 31,000 Philadelphia Evening Bulletin photographs cataloged before 2008 use Digital Diamond. To access images not yet cataloged or make suggestions for future digitization subjects, contact Urban Archives.
Temple Sheet Music Collections
Music published from the early 19th to early 20th centuries, containing lithographed and engraved cover art. These covers show remarkable designs and document developing printing techniques throughout more than 100 years. The collections include popular dances and songs, music commemorating great exhibitions, honoring heroes and stars, and comic tunes that reveal the ironies and anxieties of the time.
Temple University Electronic Dissertations
This collection features full-text searchable Temple University doctoral dissertations submitted May 2008 and later.
Temple University Yearbooks
Our newest collection includes numerous volumes of the Templar, Temple University’s general yearbook, as well as a number of yearbooks issued by our professional schools, all featuring searchable full-text.