Featuring news and highlights of the large scale digitization initiatives at the Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As a member of the Open Content Alliance, UIUC Library is digitizing and contributing to the Internet Archive books and serials from its collections that focus on Illinois history, literature, and natural resources; rural life and agriculture; railroad history and engineering; and works in translation.
Two recent books: Cranky Ann, the street-walker : a story of Chicago in chunks (1878) and Wicked Nell: a gay girl of the town (1878), both by Shang Andrews.
Via Plep.
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