Beinecke Lesser Antilles
- Alternative Title
- Lesser Antilles (Beinecke)
- Collection Designation
- Special Collections
- Language
- English
- French
- Description
- The Beinecke Collection is the pièce de résistance of the Hamilton College Library collections. It is the preeminent collection of materials on the Lesser Antilles, largely from the 16th-19th centuries. This online collection includes more than 18,000 pages of rare original plantation reports, correspondence, oil paintings and watercolors. This collection was originally developed by Walter Beinecke, Jr., and donated to the Hamilton College Library.
- Note
There is a printed catalog of the Beinecke Collection (Hough, Samuel J. The Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection at Hamilton College: A Catalogue of Books, Manuscripts, Prints, Maps, and Drawings, 1521-1860. Gainesville, University Press of Florida, 1994), 0813012929 (Hamilton call number, F2001 .H68 1994). A list of manuscripts added to the collection subsequent to Hough and Hough's book is available by contacting Willa Jacob, wjacob@hamilton.edu.
View the finding aid.
- Institutional Owner
- Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
- Restrictions on Access
- There are no restrictions on access to this resource.
Manifest
- Christian Goodwillie
- Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives
- E-mail: cgoodwil@hamilton.edu
- Telephone: (315) 859-4447
- Special Collections
- Burke Library
- 198 College Hill Road
- Clinton, NY 13323
