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You make primary sources come alive. Without researchers and users, primary sources are papers and mementos on a shelf. They are the raw materials necessary to understand our shared past, but they don’t tell those stories on their own. They need your help to examine, question, interpret, and share. We invite you to use our collections in our Special Collections and Archives reading room in Chicago. The curated resources linked to this page are offered as an introduction, as a gateway to the rich collections that are available onsite, and as examples of how digital reproductions of physical materials can be shared, compared, annotated, and contextualized to enhance access and exploration.
The Slavery Acknowledgement Project features sources documenting a Catholic religious organization’s participation in the injustice of slavery. The 19th-century handwritten documents from St. Vincent's College at Cape Girardeau, Missouri;...
The Sister Helen Prejean and Dead Man Walking Teaching Kit, including primary sources available for viewing or download and curricular materials for teachers, is meant to complement, enhance, deepen, and challenge the experience for those...
The Arnold and Jane Grisham Collection was donated to DePaul in 2015 by Arnold Grisham, alumnus and trustee. The collection contains numerous signed and first editions by authors already familiar to many of...
In 2016, the Congregation of the Mission, the religious community founded by St. Vincent de Paul in 1625, marked its 200th anniversary in America. In honor of this milestone, DePaul University Library and the Office of Mission and Values are...
This digital exhibit recreates Glimpses of the Great War:Faith, Family and Community during World War I, a physical exhibit at DePaul University’s John T. Richardson Library. Glimpses of the Great War opened in April 2017 as a commemoration of...
