In 2001 The Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) was awarded a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the 2001 National Leadership Grants for Libraries program. WRLC's Digital Collections Production Center (DCPC) is a collaborative facility to provide digital conversion services in a production environment for WRLC member universities. The DCPC provides staff and systems to manage digitizing projects, scan materials, and enter descriptive information developed in conjunction with library staff.

Each member University Archives was asked to provide materials from their collections for consideration as possible materials for digitization. ACUA has nearly a dozen collections digitized so far.

ACUA Photograph Collection
Selected Images and Prints of The Catholic University of America

This collection includes photographic collections from the American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. These collections contain images and prints of the Catholic University of America buildings and grounds, faculty, students, and University community from different periods of it's history. So far, this collection contains images from the 1890's and 1917 - 1921; additional images will be continually added to this collection.

The Brooks-Queen Family Collection

The Brooks - Queen Family Collection (1773-1979) documents the activities of members of two Washington families of the nineteenth century.

Catholic Educational Exhibit, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago

Consists of 50 photographs documenting the building, hall, and alcoves where Catholic educational institutions displayed objects and printed material from 1892-1893 during the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.

Fenian Brotherhood Collection

A collection consisting of mostly letters which touch upon major conflicts and points of debate within the Fenians in the 1860s.

First Vatican Council Photograph Album

This collection consists of a leather-bound album containing 30 pages of carte de visite albumen prints. This album features prints of Pope Pius IX, and 730 cardinals, patriarchs, primates, archbishops, bishops, and abbots who attended the Vatican Council I from 1869-1870.

The John Mitchell Photographic Collection

The photographs, 1898-1924, entail many portraits of important people, such as Clarence Darrow and Theodore Roosevelt, as well as significant events like the 1902 Anthracite Coal Strike. There are also photographs illustrating mining techniques of the time, featuring the Beech Flats Coal Company and the Kehota Mining Company.

O'Connell Digital Collection

The Robert Lincoln O'Connell papers, which include letters, postcards, photographs, and publications, document the service of an Irish-American soldier who served as a combat engineer in the First Division of the American Expeditionary Force (A.E.F.) in the First World War.

Terence Vincent Powderly Photographic Prints

Labor leader Powderly was also an avid and talented amateur photographer.

The Tower Newspaper Archive Online

    Catholic University's student newspaper, from 1922 to 2012.

Treasure Chest of Fun & Fact

A Catholic comic book fondly remembered by generations of parochial school students.

The Ursuline Convent, Charlestown, Mass., Collection

This collection documents the ministry of the Ursulines of Quebec in Boston area during the years 1833-1903.

USCCB Lantern Slide Collection

A collection of slides detailing USCCB's work with veterans of the First and Second World Wars in the United States.

There are currently other collections under production, and several others are under consideration for future projects.