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
Catalog: Find Rare Books
JHU Catalog
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
- Primary Resources
- Serials
- Vertical File Material
Detailed Description of Collections
- Books and Monographs
- The anti-slavery collection of William Birney
- American Literature
- Economics and Political Thought
- English Literature
- French Literature
- German Literature
- Incunabula and Early Printing
- Digital Collections
- Digital Exhibits
- Primary Resources
- Printed Ephemera
- Prints and Drawings
- Serials
- Vertical File Material