Here are a few highlights of recent acquisitions for Special Collections. Contact us any time to request materials or a personalized tour.
Welcome to
Special Collections
Explore The Claremont Colleges Library’s most distinctive and unique resources—rare books, literary and historical manuscripts, maps, photographs, college archives, and more—for study and research.
Fall 2018 Hours
- Monday – Thursday: 1:00pm – 7:00pm
- Friday and Saturday: 1:00pm – 5:00pm
- Sunday: Closed
- Thanksgiving hours: Wed, 11/21, 1:00 to 3:00pm; closed Thurs/Fri/Sat, 11/22-24
New acquisitions
Nicaragua pamphlet
Wells/Hajjar Central American Solidarity Collection
Figure Study, Sarah Bryant
2015, Artists' book
Menu, 1967
Vivian Ridler Double Crown Club Collection
Miner’s Own Book, C.C. Nahl
1858, William Smith Mason Collection of Western Americana
Current Exhibition
Love’s Labour’s Lost: The hidden cost of bringing paradise to America’s kitchen table
Based primarily on materials from our new keystone collection, the David Boulé California Orange Collection, and other Special Collections materials, this exhibit explores the intriguing, often forgotten story of those who toiled to build California’s citrus empire.
Go to Exhibits & Events page
Blogs
What’s happening in Special Collections? Follow along with the staff and students’ projects.
Pictures & Conversations: Featuring new acquisitions and Special Collections news.
Out of the Box: CCEPS students share updates on their projects as they explore specific collections.
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Ella Strong Denison Library
Special Collections has a close relationship with the Ella Strong Denison Library at Scripps College, housed in the uniquely beautiful, historic Kaufmann Wing of the library building. Denison Library offers a wide variety of primary resources to The Claremont Colleges and wider community of scholars. Subject strengths include fine printing and artists’ books, women’s history, literature, and art. Denison holds the papers for the College’s founder, Ellen Browning Scripps, as well as the Scripps College archives.
Contact Us
Honnold/Mudd Library
800 Dartmouth Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
Phone: (909) 607-3977
spcoll@claremont.edu