George Peabody Library
Mailing Address
17 East Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore, MD 21201
Contact: Earle Havens, Curator of Rare Books
Paul Espinosa, Peabody Library Assistant
Phone: 410-659-8179
E-mail: earle.havens@jhu.edu
pespino3@jhu.edu
Web: Peabody Library
Finding Aids: Find Rare Books
JHU Catalog
Catalog of the Library of the Peabody Institute
Hours of Service
Open for Readers
Tuesday-Friday 9 am-5 pm
Overview
The George Peabody Library is a remarkable research library housed in a remarkable building. The goal of the Peabody Library's first librarian was to build a library that contained the best and latest literature in all branches of knowledge except law and medicine.
Special Services
- Cameras (at curator discretion)
- Digital cameras (at curator discretion)
- Photocopies
- Photoduplication services
- Scanning
Type of Materials
- Books and Monographs
- Exhibitions
- Maps
- Primary Resources
- Printed Ephemera
- Prints and Drawings
- Serials
Detailed Description of Collections
- Architectural Documents
- Artifacts
- Audiovisual Materials
- Books and Monographs
- Architectural History
- Bound Manuscripts
- Natural History
- Voyages, Travels and Explorations
- Exhibitions
- Maps
- Primary Resources
- Printed Ephemera
- Prints and Drawings
- Serials