There are numerous
special collections repositories at Yale. See the list of Yale
repositories for information about their holdings, access policies, hours
of operation, and locations.
To get an overview of available collections, see the Yale University Library
Finding Aid Database, which
provides full text finding aids for collections in some Yale repositories,
or search for manuscripts and archival material in Orbis,
the Yale online catalog, by using an "Item type" limiter in the
"More Limits" function.
Libraries shown
on the Special Collections at Yale web site, clockwise from upper left:
- Beinecke
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Divinity
School Library
- Medical Historical
Library
- Manuscripts
and Archives, Sterling Memorial Library
- Lewis Walpole
Library
- Irving S.
Gilmore Music Library
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