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The College's holdings in Special Collections include a wide variety of materials, including college archives; personal papers; handwritten manuscripts; art and cultural artifacts; rare and illustrated books; rocks and minerals; children's books; and digital and digitized collections. If you know what type of material you're looking for, please select the appropriate button below to continue your search. If not, please contact us at SpecColl@brynmawr.edu and we'll be happy to help you find materials!

Special Collections Catalogs & Databases

Search rare book, manuscript, children's book, and archival collections in Tripod by selecting "Bryn Mawr: Special Collections" using refine options on the left side of your search results page, or by selecting "TriCo Special Collections" in the dropdown menu.

Search finding aids for archival and manuscript collections.

Search art, cultural artifact, rock and mineral collections.

Search digital collections, largely originating from the college's archive and manuscript collections, as well as born-digital materials.

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