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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut. 23,748 likes · 104 talking about this · 11,337 were here. Yale University Library’s principal repository of literary archives, early...
Eight writers awarded Yale’s Windham-Campbell Prizes. The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library is one of the world's largest libraries devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts and is Yale's principal repository for literary archives, early manuscripts, and rare books.
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beinecke.library@yale.edu 203-432-2972 The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is one of the world's largest buildings devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts and is Yale's principal repository for literary archives, early manuscripts, and rare books.
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library; Location: New Haven, Connecticut: Established: 1963 () Architect(s) Gordon Bunshaft: Collection; Items collected: Rare books and manuscripts: Other information; Parent organization: Yale University: Website: www.library.yale.edu /beinecke /
- 1963
- Gordon Bunshaft
- Rare books and manuscripts
- New Haven, Connecticut
Today, the collections span thousands of linear feet of manuscript and archival material, ranging from ancient papyri and medieval manuscripts to the archived personal papers of modern writers, artists’ books, photographs, avant-garde, audio-visual and born-digital material.
The first, presented in conjunction with the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, was a selection of Solomon Sir Jones Films from 1924 to 1928 that are currently a part of the library’s holdings. The second was a showing of Within Our Gates, a 1920 film written, produced, and directed by Oscar Micheaux; it’s the oldest known surviving ...
