Special Collections Rare Books and Manuscripts
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You can access all of our finding aids for both Special Collections and the College Archives through our ArchivesSpace platform: https://archivesspace.colby.edu/.
The nature of Special Collections & Archives’ materials is such that some items may represent positions, norms, and values that are no longer (or never were) consistent with the positions, norms, and values of the Colby Libraries or of the College as a whole. Similarly, content within the larger, circulating collecting may be deemed offensive by some of our visitors; however, to remove or redact this information from the current historical record would be counter to library and archival best practices. Therefore, potentially offensive materials will remain in the Libraries’ collections, at the Libraries’ discretion, as historical documentation and as reminders that we must be vigilant in our efforts to be both inclusive and transparent.
- Collection finding aid
- Collection overview & biographical note
- Wesley McNair: Letters Between Poets – Lovers of the Lost – My Life as A Poet
- Wesley McNair’s website – McNair’s personal website, including online audio and visual materials of interviews and readings, biographical information, publications, news & events, and McNair’s thoughts on the craft of poetry.
- Collection finding aid
- Collection Overview & Biographical Note
- Connolly Letters on Athletics & the Olympics, Autograph Requests, and Catholicism
- Connolly Letters from Friends & Family and on the Subject of Ireland
- Connolly Letters from Various Correspondents 1898 – 1938
- Connolly Letters from Various Correspondents 1939 – 1957 and undated
Link to library catalog listing of the Special Collections artists’ books collection
Link to library catalog listing of the Special Collections zine collection, including Colby student zines.
Link to library catalog listing of collection titles.
Link to library catalog listing of collection titles.
Link to library catalog listing of collection titles.
Link to digital surrogates of collection materials, along with additional resources.