GENERAL INFORMATION The Special Collections, located in the Margaret

Clapp Library, contains rare books,manuscripts, and limited editions. These may be

consulted in the Special Collections reading room, which was extensively renovated in

1999 as part of a gift from Lia Gelin Poorvu '56 and William Poorvu. The collections are

available for research, free of charge to students and faculty of the Wellesley College

community, as well as visiting scholars, regardless of academic affiliation. Readers are

required to register and present photo identification. Limited scanning, microfilming, and

photography are available in some instances, depending on the condition of the original.

The catalog is on-line and integrated into the entire Wellesley College Library catalog.

Special Collections' holdings are entered in the international online library network,

OCLC, and the catalog is accessible on the Internet at

: http://luna.wellesley.edu/search/     §  §  §  §  §

Hours & Staff Information

  THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

• The Durant Collection
• The Rare Books Collection
  see also Pre-1600 Manuscripts
  
• The Plimpton Collection
• The Elbert Collection
• The Alcove of North American Languages
• The Juvenile Collection
• The English Poetry Collection
• The Marks Collection
• The Guy Walker Jr. Collection
• The Ruskin Collection
• The Book Arts Collection

• Faculty class visits (Wellesley College campus only)
  
• Reproductions and Permissions Policy
  
• F.A.Q. about Special Collections
  

	Artists' Books Conference June 15-18, 2005
	Now Available for Purchase - the Exhibition Catalog for "Resonance and Response : Artists' Books from Special Collections"  For selections, see web exhibition

Web databases:

• Wellesley College Library catalog
• Pre-1600 Manuscripts Database

• Books of Hours

Special items:

An Old Assyrian Colony Period Cylinder Seal in the Wellesley College Library Special Collections by Suzanne Estelle-Holmer (PDF format)

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