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Beinecke Lesser Antilles
The preeminent collection of materials on the Lesser Antilles during the colonial period features hundreds of documents, correspondence, plantation reports, images, and maps.
Communal Societies
An expansive collection of published and manuscript materials relating to American communal societies from the 18th through the late-20th century.
Ezra Pound
A comprehensive collection of works by and about Ezra Pound, Hamilton class of 1905, including first editions of all but one of Pound’s works.
Hamilton College Archives
The College Archives documents the history of our college community from the founding of the Hamilton-Oneida Academy in 1793 to the present.
Jazz Archive
A collection of more than 300 videotaped interviews with mainstream and swing era jazz musicians, arrangers, writers and critics.
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Couper Press
The Richard W. Couper Press publishes scholarship on communal studies and other topics that highlight the rich holdings of the Hamilton College Library's Special Collections and Archives.
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Christian Goodwillie
Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives