Students in a writing class study books in Special Collections. Photo: Claire Chenyu Wang '20.
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Quaker & Special Collections

Notice
Due to COVID-19 concerns, Quaker & Special Collections is open by appointment only. Learn how to make a Virtual Appointment or request Reproductions.
Quaker & Special Collections contains Haverford College’s rare books, manuscripts, and the college archives. We seek to collect, preserve, and make available materials which serve the research and teaching needs of the Haverford community as well as the wider scholarly community.
Our world-renowned Quaker collections, which illuminate Quaker life, faith, and practice from the earliest days of the Society of Friends to the present is the highlight of the collection, while our varied collecting foci provide many opportunities for researchers. You can learn about the different locations where we record information about our collections, or choose a database to search from the drop-down menu on this page.
Campus Location
Lutnick Library, View Map
Contact
hc-special [at] haverford.edu
(610) 896-1161
Current Exhibits
Special Collections materials are often featured in library exhibits.
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Curated by students working in Quaker & Special Collections
Lutnick Level 2, Magill Wing
This exhibition showcases materials from both the College Archives and our world-renowned Quaker collection, selected by student colleagues working in QSC! Everything featured is either recently acquired through purchase or donation, or newly arranged and described by staff, and each item on display includes a label written by the student who selected it.
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Curated by Zhao Gu Gammage ‘25 and Ian McKnight ‘25
Lutnick Level 2, near grand stairwell
During the Holocaust and World War II, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Refugee Division, based in Philadelphia, processedover 20,000 refugee case files and helped refugees in myriad ways. The four stories highlighted in this exhibit show the breadth of Quaker aid as well as of the Bi-Co's role in that aid.
April 12 through August 2023