Rare Books at The Milton S. Eisenhower Library

Mailing Address

MSEL-Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218

Contact: Earle Havens

Phone: 410-516-8662

E-mail: earle.havens@jhu.edu

Web: Milton S. Eisenhower Library

Hours of Service

Monday-Friday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 8:30 am - 8:00 pm
Materials to be used on Thursday evenings must be requested no later than 4:30pm that afternoon.

Overview

The rare book collection at the Eisenhower Library contains over 60,000 volumes, and is strongest in the humanities and social sciences. This includes medieval and Renaissance manuscript books as well as many facsimile editions of similar works, the Machen collection of incunabula (books printed before 1501), and fine printed books.

Special Services

Cameras (at curator discretion)
Digital cameras (at curator discretion)
Photo print service
Photocopies
Photoduplication services
Scanning

Type of Materials

Books and Monographs
Digital Collections
Digital Exhibits
Exhibitions
Government Documents
Maps
Primary Resources
Serials
Vertical File Material

Detailed Description of Collections

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Architectural Documents
Artifacts
Audiovisual Materials
Books and Monographs
Digital Collections
Digital Exhibits
Exhibitions
Government Documents
Institutional Records
Maps
Microforms
Musical Scores
Newspapers
Oral Histories
Personal Papers
Photographs
Primary Resources
Printed Ephemera
Prints and Drawings
Serials
Vertical File Material

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