Welcome to Special Collections

at the Claremont Colleges Library

The frontispiece of Georg Andreas Böckler’s Theatrum Machinarum Novum, part of the Hoover Collection.

The Frontispiece from Georg Andreas Böckler’s Theatrum Machinarum Novum, which is part of the Hoover Collection

There are special collections in The Claremont Colleges libraries, Denison and Honnold/Mudd, which hold unique and rare collections that are available to the students, faculty, and staff of the various Claremont institutions, and to scholars, researchers, and members of the community.

Hours

Special Collections materials are available by appointment, or if the materials are located in Honnold/Mudd, they are available during Reading Room Hours. Some of our collections require either advance notice or a waiting period, and visitors coming from a distance should give a week’s notice of their arrival. Please note that our hours vary during semester breaks.

Reading Room Hours at Honnold/Mudd

Finals Week: May 7-11

Monday-Friday: 1-5 PM

Summer 2012: May 14-August 31

Monday-Friday: 12-5 PM

and by appointment

Special Collections is closed on:

Monday, May 28, Memorial Day

Wednesday, July 4, Independence Day

Hours at Denison Library

For a Denison Special Collections appointment, call (909) 607-3941