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The Special Collections Department advances the mission of Williams College by connecting rare books, manuscripts, and organizational records to teaching, research, and creative expression. The College Archives documents the widest possible range of experiences that inform the history of Williams.
- College Archives
The Williams College Archives is the custodian of records...
- Chapin Library
Guides to manuscript collections from the Chapin Library and...
- Digital Collections
The digital collection services of the Williams College...
- Special Collections Staff
Chapin Librarian. Williams College. Libraries. Sawyer...
- Timeline
The Shakespeare first folio is stolen from the Chapin...
- Records Management Program
We've all recognized by now that technology has not...
- College Archives
Thousands of volumes are held by the Chapin Library to help locate and interpret rare books and manuscripts. These include bibliographies, critical and historical works, and periodicals.
The Chapin Library, which is the rare book and manuscript collection of Williams College, is located in the magnificent new Sawyer Library. No other liberal arts college in the United States has a rare book collection that compares to this one.
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- Attraction
Guides to manuscript collections from the Chapin Library and the College Archives are available online through ArchivesSpace. Collection guides, or finding aids, provide information about the creation, historical context, arrangement, and content of archival and manuscript material.
Jul 11, 2019 · Chapin Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts: Love History - See 17 traveler reviews, 6 candid photos, and great deals for Williamstown, MA, at Tripadvisor.
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- Stetson Hall Main St, Williamstown, Berkshires
Nov 1, 2022 · Among the Chapin’s rich collections are such treasures as medieval manuscripts; more than 525 books from the 15th century, known as Incunabula, including the first printed editions of Euclid and Homer; a First Folio of Shakespeare’s Plays; the great 1611 first edition of the King James Bible; and papers of sculptor Daniel Chester French ...
Chapin Library of Rare Books is on the campus of Williams College in Stetson Hall-Sawyer Library, 55 Sawyer Library Dr. The library permanently displays original copies of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation.
