Special Collections serves to advance scholarship and to further teaching, research and service by acquiring, arranging, describing, preserving, interpreting, promoting, and providing access to the College's unique and rare materials. The principal collections include the world-renowned Quaker Collection, college archives, rare books and manuscripts, and fine art (Mission adopted October 19, 2007).
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Special Collections
Magill Library
Haverford College
370 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA 19041-1392
USA
E-mail: hc-special@haverford.edu
Phone: 610-896-1161
Fax: 610-896-1102
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Staff
John Anderies
Head of Special Collections
Phone: 610-896-2948
E-mail: janderie@haverford.edu
Bruce Bumbarger
Library Conservator
Phone: 610-896-1165
E-mail: bbumbarg@haverford.edu
Diana Franzusoff Peterson
Manuscripts Librarian &
College Archivist
Phone: 610-896-1284
E-mail: dfpeters@haverford.edu
Emma Lapsansky-Werner
Curator of the Quaker Collection
Emeritus Professor of History
Phone: 610-896-1274
E-mail: elapsans@haverford.edu
Ann Upton
Quaker Bibliographer &
Special Collections
Librarian
Phone: 610-896-1158
E-mail: aupton@haverford.edu
Visiting
The collections are open to all. Researchers—especially those visiting from a distance—are encouraged to contact Special Collections before coming to use the collections. Upon arrival you will be asked to sign in, provide identification showing name and address, give an indication of the type of research you will be performing, and agree to abide by our Reading Room Policies. Belongings are stored in a secure area and we ask that only paper, pencil, and a laptop computer, if desired, be brought into the reading room. Our reading room is enabled with a wireless internet connection.
Location
Quaker and Special Collections is located in Haverford College's Magill Library in Haverford, Pennsylvania, less than ten miles from the center of Philadelphia, accessible by car and by public transportation.
Directions
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