Online Resources

Recently, the curators of Special Collections launched an expanded series of online resources for the use of students, scholars and other individuals interested in our collections. All of the title below are linked to the resource in question, or additional information.

The purpose of these projects is to organize, preserve, make accessible, and interpret materials in a variety of fields, particularly theology and religious studies. These resources should facilitate and encourage study and research in Bridwell Library’s Special Collection of fine bindings, rare books, Bibles, papyri, manuscript codices and fragments, and Welseyana. These resources support research in the fields of  theology, religious studies, Methodist studies, classics, archeology, history, paleography, foreign languages, art history, music history, and manuscript studies.

Online materials fall into three categories: online exhibitions, online publications,  and digital facsimiles.  Many online exhibitions represent highlights of a recent exhibition staged in the Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Galleries.  Others were created specifically for the online community. Online publications include web versions of exhibition catalogs, as well as digital versions of other Bridwell publications. Digital facsimiles are the product of an ongoing collaboration between Bridwell Library and the Octavo Corporation committed to publishing and preserving books, manuscripts, and antiquarian printed materials with state-of-the-art digital tools and formats. Virtually all of the materials included in the online resources are held in Bridwell Library's Special Collections and are available for researchers to explore in the  Decherd Turner Reading Room.