The Department of the History of Art 's electronic database consists of approximately 257,000 text records that catalog the analog and digital holdings of the Eleanor S. Collins Visual Resources Collections (VRC). The VRC is a repository whose combined image collections contain approximately 577,000 items. The collection, located in rooms 40/45 Tappan Hall, is used primarily to support the teaching mission of the Department of the History of Art. Borrowing privileges are extended to other members of the university community when such loans do not interfere with internal needs. The facility is open to borrowers from 9:00 - 5:00, Monday through Friday.

The core of these collections includes 310,000 35-mm. slides and 50,000 lantern slides. In addition there are more than 186,000 archival research photographs, and negative collections of approximately 31,000 original items. In addition to augmenting and maintaining these vast resources, the department is involved in digital imaging projects that have facilitated both classroom teaching and web course sites. To date (2/2004), the collection has approximately 15,000 digital images. The VRC grows by approximately 6,000 analog and 3,000 digital images annually.



When using these images, it's your responsibility to observe the rights of the copyright holders. For copyright information see the source information with each image description. What are your rights?

• You may download or copy an image for a class paper.
• You may download or copy an image for a class/seminar/conference presentation.
• You may link to an image from your webpage or course page, but remember that non-UMich users will not be able to access the image.
• You may NOT download or copy an image to put on your (or any other) website.
• You may NOT download or copy an image for any other type of publishing, without gaining permission from the copyright holder. In most cases we have contact information should you need to contact the copyright holder. Please contact us for further information or with any questions you might have.