Exhibits
The University of Arizona institutional repository has extended traditional functions to include exhibits of digital collections. Through the coming months, we will create and convert dozens of exhibits, each of which will become permanent additions to the University's infrastructure and public offerings.
Photographs by Homer L. Shantz
from the Smithsonian African Expedition, 1919-1920
Images by a pioneer in vegetation and soil mapping. These photographs, from the first of three trips Shantz made to Africa, document natural vegetation and soil profiles, agriculture and horticulture, markets and other activities, during a journey from South Africa to Egypt. Shantz’s role was to survey plant resources for future development, and to create a vegetation map of the surveyed areas.
Páginas de la historia de México
Excerpts from the Morales de Escárcega Collection
A University of Arizona Libraries Special Collections exhibit of select materials, including manuscripts and broadsides from the Morales de Escárcega Collection. This major assemblage of documents uniquely chronicles the history of Mexico.
Remembering an Empire
The Empire Ranch Exhibit presents digital surrogates of various documents, photographs, and maps located in Special Collections at the University of Arizona Libraries which chronicle the early years of one of Southern Arizona’s largest cattle ranches. The pioneering effort to build the Empire Ranch and Cattle Company got underway in 1876 when Walter Vail arrived in Tucson. The Empire Ranch located about 50 miles southeast of Tucson is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. This web exhibit presents information about the ranch’s early years.
For more information about the collections used in this exhibit please contact Askspecialcollections@u.library.arizona.edu or Special Collections, 1510 E. University, P.O. Box 210055, Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 ph 520.621. 6423 fax 520.621.2709
Excerpts from the Raul H. Castro Collection
A University of Arizona Libraries Special Collections exhibit of select materials, including photographs and documents from the Raul H. Castro Collection that exemplifies his life and career in public service
