Mortimer Rare Book Room

The Mortimer Rare Book Room houses the college's rare books and literary manuscripts.  Broad in scope, it includes works from all time periods and in subject areas as diverse ancient history and zoology. Among the highlights of the collections are the papers of Sylvia Plath and Virginia Woolf.

Book Studies Concentration

The Concentration in Book Studies connects students with the exceptional resources of the Mortimer Rare Book Room and the wealth of book artists and craftspeople of the Pioneer Valley. Through classroom study, field projects and independent research, they learn about the history, art and technology of the "book," broadly defined to extend from oral memory to papyrus scrolls to manuscripts, printed books and digital media. Read more about the Book Studies Concentration...