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Below is the service directory for the W. E. B. Du Bois Library. You can also view a PDF of the floor directory as well as the Du Bois Library Mural Collection.
The W. E. B. Du Bois Library holds resources primarily in humanities and social and behavioral sciences. At 28 stories and 286 feet 41⁄8 inches (roughly 88 m) tall, it is the third-tallest library in the world after the National Library of Indonesia in Jakarta at 414 feet (126 m) and Shanghai Library in China at 348 feet (106 m).
Locations. W. E. B. Du Bois Library. 154 Hicks Way. Amherst, MA 01003-9275. (413) 545-2623. Science & Engineering Library. 740 N Pleasant St. Amherst, MA 01003-9306. (413) 545-1370.
The W.E.B. Du Bois Papers, 1803-1999, document virtually every stage in his long career and show his involvement in many areas of twentieth century racial, literary, and social reform movements. In particular, the correspondence files, including well over 100,000 items show Du Bois' interactions with others in these realms.
W.E.B. Du Bois Library. The largest library on campus, the W.E.B. Du Bois Library is home to a diverse array of resources, collections, and services, including the Special Collections and University Archives, home to the memoirs and papers of the distinguished African American scholar W.E.B. Du Bois, for whom the library is named.
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) was one of the leading thinkers of his age. As a public intellectual, activist, organizer, historian, poet, sociologist, and philosopher, he devoted his prodigious talent to the struggle for equality and social justice both in the US and internationally.
The entire ninth floor of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library is devoted to art, architecture, and photography. Special collections include the East Asian Collection and Near East Collection on the 21 st floor and the East Asian Reference Collection on the 22 nd floor.
