Collections
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Archaeology and Anthropology Collections
The Archaeology and Anthropology Collections contain more than 30,000 archaeological and ethnographic objects from around the world. These objects are available to faculty for hands-on teaching in the classroom, and to students for collections-based research projects. As these collections represent thousands of years of human innovation, expression, and experience, they are relevant to a wide array of courses and majors.
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Art Collections
Wesleyan University Library holds a number of collections that support the artistic research and interests of our campus and community, most notably the Art Library and the Visual Resource Center.
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Davison Art Center
The Davison Art Center collection consists of more than 25,000 works of art on paper, including prints, photographs, drawings, paintings, as well as a small collection of three-dimensional objects. Information about these objects is searchable online by students, faculty, researchers, and the public.
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Digital Collections & WesScholar
The Digital Collections are developed, maintained, and published in support of the research and teaching needs of the campus. In addition to enriching the body of electronic scholarly resources available to researchers around the world, the Digital Lab at Olin aids in preserving original formats through the development of the library’s digital collections.
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Government Documents Collection
Wesleyan University Library is a designated depository library for U.S. government documents. The Government Document Collection includes books, maps, posters, pamphlets, and periodicals containing information on statistical data, government operations, foreign relations, education, science and technology, among other subjects.
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Music Library and World Music Archives
The Music Library, located on the third floor of Olin Library, holds musical scores and commercial sound recordings of both spoken word and music. The World Music Archives holds original field recordings, with significant collections of Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, and Native American music.
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Aaron Bittel, Director of the World Music Archives & Music Librarian
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Science Library
The Science Library is the divisional library for the natural and physical sciences. While serving the information needs of the entire Wesleyan community, the library’s collection is focused on materials that support the Departments of Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Science, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Mathematics and Computer Science, and Physics.
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Special Collections & Archives
Special Collections & Archives is the home of the University’s archives, local history, manuscript, and rare book collections. Collections include artists’ books and local history materials, as well as the papers of Lincoln Memorial architect Henry Bacon, avant garde musician John Cage, and biographer and popular historian William Manchester, among others.
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Student Thesis and Dissertation Collection
The Student Thesis and Dissertation Collection is comprised of undergraduate honors theses, M.A. theses, and Ph.D. dissertations. In addition to the digital copies available in our online repository, one archival copy of each honors thesis and dissertation is received by Special Collections & Archives.