148 search results for “Vermont Description and travel” in the Library website
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Azeb Amha
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Heleen Smits
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Saskia Dunn
Faculty of Humanities
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Chengqi Yu
Faculty 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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Willem Adelaar
Faculty of Humanities
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Sara Petrollino
Faculty of Humanities
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NINO Library
The NINO Library is an academic research library, specialised in the Ancient Near East.
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Yiya Chen
Faculty of Humanities
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M. Y. Priscilla Lam
Faculty of Humanities
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Maarten Kossmann
Faculty of Humanities
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Jiang Wu
Faculty of Humanities
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Kate Bellamy
Faculty of Humanities
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Katja Lubina
Faculty of Humanities
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Jenneke van der Wal
Faculty of Humanities
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Claudio Di Felice
Faculty of Humanities
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Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
Faculty of Humanities
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Elisabeth Kerr
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Judith Bosnak
Faculty of Humanities
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Johannes Müller
Faculty of Humanities
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Marian Klamer
Faculty of Humanities
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Felix Ameka
Faculty of Humanities
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Rik van Gijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Victoria Nyst
Faculty of Humanities
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Jesse Wichers Schreur
Faculty of Humanities
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Nick Tomberge
Faculty 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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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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Tom van der Reep
Science
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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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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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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…
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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),…
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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.
- Introduction to Digital Humanities
- Manuscripts, Archives and Letters outside Leiden
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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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Finding open access publications
Resources for searching Open Access articles, journals and books
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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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Early Middle Eastern Photography - In contact with collections
Workshop | In contact met collecties
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Photography
The number of historical and contemporary photographs of Leiden University approaches a half million.
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Maps and Atlases
The collection of maps and atlases consists of approximately 100,000 map sheets (including c. 3,000 manuscript maps), 3,500 atlases and 25,000 topographical prints and drawings.
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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.