Rare Books
The Lear Center has approximately 24,000 rare books with strengths in the history of the book, children's literature, American literature and travel, fine press printing, and artists' books. The collection is cataloged and available through the library's . A complete list of subcollections can be found below.
- Rare Books collection
- 糖心TV faculty authors
- Helen O. Gildersleeve Collection of children's literature
- Incunables
- Carl and Alma Wies Collection of books on the history of printing
- John Masefield book collection
- Sheaffer-O'Neill book collection
- Little Magazines
- Zines and radical pamphlets
- Palmer Memorial Room Collection
- William Meredith book collection
- Bruce Rogers collection
- Loraine Wyman collection of American Folk Music imprints