Collections & research

The Lewis Walpole Library seeks to be an active partner in the educational process at Yale and throughout the scholarly world. The Library acquires and makes available to researchers books and other printed texts, manuscripts, prints, drawings, paintings, and decorative arts in Farmington.  In addition, the Library facilitates discovery of and access to selected collection materials remotely through Yale's library catalog, online collections, databases, podcasts, and a blog. The Fellowship and Travel Grant awards support study at the Library each year. The Library is open to researchers by appointment.

COLLECTIONS

• Library Collections -- a summary description and highlights of the different types of collections at the Library; also links to related collections.
  • Books and other printed texts
  • Manuscript and archival materials
  • Prints, Drawings, and Paintings
  • Decorative Arts
  • Digital Collections
  • Related links, including those to
    • Other Digital Collections online -- links to selected other (non-LWL) digital collections of primary source textual materials
    • Other Digital Image Collections online -- links to selected other (non-LWL) digital image collections of primary source visual and associated textual materials
      • Master Class Handouts -- handouts from the "Caricature and the Comic Image" Master Class, includes info on abbreviations for creators, printers, and publishers as well as sections on printmaking methods, class readings, and a bibliography.
    • Reference and Other Secondary Sources online -- links to selected reference and other secondary sources online
• Horace Walpole's Correspondence -- all 48 volumes of W.S. Lewis's The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole’s Correspondence.
• Digital Images Collection--digitized images from the Library's caricatures, satires, other graphic and Walpole-related collection materials.
• Recent Antiquarian Acquisitions Blog -- the Library's recent additions of rare printed, graphic, and manuscript materials; available via rss feed, too.
• Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill Collection -- selected art and artifacts from Horace Walpole's collections, including images, descriptions, and last known whereabouts.
• YIPP (Yale Indian Papers Project) -- an online documentary editing project with transcriptions, annotations, and images of historic manuscripts.

RESEARCH

• Finding Collection Material -- brief guidelines on searching for and discovering Library collections.
  • Orbis, more Orbis help, Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Digital Images Collection, RISM, Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill Collection, related links
• Rights & Reproductions -- information about ordering digital and microfilm images; includes statement on permissions and credit line.
• Policies and ordering instructions, Price schedule, Contact information
• Reader Guidelines -- a document with things to know before using the Reading Room.
  • Reader Guidelines--Photography -- the Library's policy on photography.
• Fellowships & Travel Grants -- an overview of the Library's Fellowship and Travel Grant programs, application information, and lists of recipients.
  • Fellowship & Travel Grant applications, Awards announced, Introduction, Visiting Fellowships and Travel Grants information, Summer Fellowships for Yale Graduate Students, Charles A. Ryskamp Travel Grant, Mailing Address for application materials, and links to
    • Award Recipients
• Ask the Library -- Contact information for asking questions or providing feedback about the collections and resources, research tools, programs, and the Library itself, also includes faqs (frequently asked questions).