The collection of the American
Oriental Society contains printed material and manuscripts in Arabic,
Persian, Turkish, Assyrian, Babylonian, Sumerian, Pali, Prakrit, Chinese,
Japanese, and Armenian. The printed materials and the accompanying card
catalog are located in Room 329 of Sterling Memorial Library at Yale
University. The entries in the card catalog are all transliterated.
The manuscripts are located in the Beinecke Library. They are described
in the Catalogue of the Library of the American Oriental Society
edited by Elizabeth Strout (New Haven: Yale University Library, 1930).
The catalogue is arranged by subject -- bibliographer, biography, periodicals,
and transactions of learned societies, history of civilization and culture,
and language and literatures -- within each broad subject by language
or country.
The Oriental languages and literatures, the largest portion
of the collection, are further subdivided by language and a more specific
grouping by subject. More information on the collection is available
in the Beinecke Library Manuscript Catalogue (Call Number: Z7050 A43
(LC) ).
The collection is open weekdays from 2:30-4:30. Materials
from the American Oriental Society may be requested at the Sterling
Circulation Desk. These materials do not circulate outside of the Library.
(203) 432-1842
Catalogue
of the Library of the American Oriental Society
