The Weber Special Collections Reading Room is currently open to all researchers. While we welcome you to stop by without an appointment, advance notice will allow us to prepare material for your use. Please contact us with questions and information about your research plans.
The Special Collections Department advances the mission of Williams College by connecting rare books and manuscripts to teaching, research, and creative expression. The College Archives documents the widest possible range of experiences that inform the history of Williams. The Chapin Library collects books, manuscripts, and other primary sources from antiquity to the present, as a foundation of learning for the Williams liberal arts curriculum.
Researchers may use our material, consisting of almost 100,000 volumes, over 17,000 linear feet of archives and manuscripts, and material in other formats, in the Weber Special Collections Reading Room on the 4th floor of Sawyer Library. We welcome you to contact us to arrange a visit.
Exhibits
- Revelations: The Life and Legacy of Sterling A. Brown (Opens Oct 19)
- Founding Documents of the United States of America
- Audubon’s Birds of America
Megamenu Social