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The Revs Digital Library
Over 700,000 images with more added each month.
Clothing and Race Gear: coats, glove, helmets and more worn for racing.
Color and Trim Collection: automobile color and trim samples dating from 1896 to 1989, including color swatches for coach builders. Of particular note are the booklets of suggested colors for Rolls Royce and Bentley cars.
Archival Collections
Archival Collections: Over 120 collections, most with a detailed finding aid. Many of the image collections are digitized and available in the Revs Digital Library.
Auction Catalogs
Auction Catalogs: Listing of auction sale catalogs, dating back to 1945, published in the US and abroad.
Auto Show Programs
Auto Show Programs: listing of auto show programs and guides from a variety of auto show events held in the United States as well as abroad, and organized by the name of the auto show event.
Books
Books on all topics. The staff is in the process of scanning pre-1930 books. They are all available through the online library catalog and keyword searchable using PDF or browser search functions. Books on Alfa Romeo, Austin, Ballot, Bentley, BMW, Bugatti, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Citroën, Duesenberg, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, Hispano-Suiza, Jaguar, Lancia, Maserati, McLaren, Mercedes, MG, Packard, Peugeot, Pierce-Arrow, Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Stutz, Sunbeam, Trabant, Vauxhall, and Volkswagen. Books on coachbuilding, concept cars, drivers, electric cars, Enzo Ferrari, Ettore Bugatti, Ferdinand Porsche, Henry Ford, Formula 1, Indy 500, Le Mans, mascots, safety, social aspects, women
Car Clubs
Car Clubs: over 240 magazines and newsletters from car clubs, mostly in the US and UK.
Clothing and Race Gear
Color and Trim Collection
Magazines
Magazines: over 1,600 titles in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and more. Many other titles found only in small numbers of issues are found in the Miscellaneous Periodicals Collection. Magazines on Alfa Romeo, Austin, Bentley, BMW, Bugatti, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Citroën, Duesenberg, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, Hispano-Suiza, Jaguar, Lancia, Maserati, McLaren, Mercedes, MG, Packard, Peugeot, Pierce-Arrow, Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Stutz, Vauxhall, and Volkswagen
Manuals
Manuals for all marques and models. The staff is in the process of scanning pre-1930 manuals. They are all available through the online library catalog and keyword searchable using PDF or browser search functions.Manuals on Alfa Romeo, Austin, Ballot, Bentley, BMW, Bugatti, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Citroën, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, Hispano-Suiza, Jaguar, Lancia, Maserati, Mercedes, MG, Packard, Peugeot, Pierce-Arrow, Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Stutz, Sunbeam, Vauxhall, and Volkswagen
Mascots
Mascots: 246 automotive mascots, each with a photograph and description.
Parts Catalogs
Parts Catalogs: listing of 3,444 parts catalogs and price lists dating back to 1900, published worldwide.
Posters
Posters: 1,000 posters, most available online.
Race Programs
Race Programs: a single, combined listing of all race programs from four major collections, totaling over 10,000 races worldwide. The collections include the Race Programs Collection, the Joel E. Finn Papers, the Geoffrey Hewitt photographs, Barré Lyndon papers, and the Helmut Schroer Race Program Collection. Includes the name of the event, collection, and cabinet, box, binder, and folder number of the program. The names of the events were recorded as used by the collector. The programs cover a variety of race events held in the United States as well as abroad, especially Europe, and organized by name of the race. The contents of each file vary, but often include include newspaper clippings, practice and race time sheets, car changes, the published programs, and post-race reports.
Racing Rule Books
Racing Rule Books: official rule books, yearbooks, and programs for a number of automobile racing groups, dating from 1926-1991.
Sales Literature
Sales Literature: brochures and booklets from manufacturers around the word. The staff is in the process of scanning pre-1930 sales literature. They are all available through the online library catalog and keyword searchable using PDF or browser search functions. The Sales literature collection contains 639 boxes (including those items scanned) of brochures, pamphlets, press kits, press releases, price lists, and other promotional items from a wide variety of U.S. and international automobile, coach builders, and service companies.
Video
Film and DVDs on automotive history, many with 30-second clips.
