Over 200,000 Images Documenting History of Early America and U.S. Westward Expansion Now Online

"For decades, the Newberry has been a physical destination for the study of early America and the westward expansion of the United States. And it's increasingly becoming a digital destination as well. Now anyone with an Internet connection can access over 200,000 high-resolution images from a range of primary sources—maps, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, photographs, and artwork—documenting Europeans' evolving conception of the Americas, early contact between colonial forces and Indigenous peoples, the expanding boundaries of the United States, and the imaginary construction of "the West." These images come from the Edward E. Ayer Collection, one of the strongest collections regarding American Indian history and culture in the world; and the Everett D. Graff Collection, a substantial aggregation of Western Americana that ranks among the most extensive in the country...."