Americana
The Beinecke Library’s major strengths in general Americana span the colonial period to the middle of the nineteenth century...
Curatorial Areas
Early Books and Manuscripts
The Beinecke Library is one of the most significant sources for history in North America and contains a rich collection of...
Early Modern British, European, and Osborn Collections
The early modern European collections support the study of readers and reading, literature, history, the history of science...
East Asian Books and Manuscripts
The nucleus of the East Asian holdings in the Beinecke Library is the singular gift made by the Yale Association of Japan in...
James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection
The James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection (JWJ) documents and celebrates the cultural and artistic achievements and the...
Maps
Holding more than 20,000 maps in over 24,000 sheets, accompanied by more than 4,000 atlases and a few dozen early globes,...
Modern Books and Manuscripts
The collection of Modern Books and Manuscripts covers a wide range of subjects with strengthsin literature written in...
Modern European Books and Manuscripts
The collection of Modern European Books and Manuscripts consists of printed and archival material, photographs, artwork,...
Near and Middle Eastern Books and Manuscripts
Yale University began to systematically collect Islamic and Near Eastern manuscripts in the nineteenth century, establishing...
Yale Collection of American Literature
The Yale Collection of American Literature documents the creative lives, the artistic communities, and the literary...
Yale Collection of Western Americana
Comprising printed works, manuscripts, photographs, prints, watercolors, and paintings, the Yale Collection of Western...