Artists' Books Collections

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The Directory of Artists' Books Collections

This directory is being compiled to increase awareness of artists' books collections. It currently contains collections primarily in the United States and Canada. Special thanks to members of the Art Libraries Society (ARLIS) for their contributions. If you would like your institution to be added, or if you wish to make any corrections, please contact us.

Academic Libraries

Library Site

OPAC

Amherst College, Robert Frost Library

http://www.amherst.edu/library/index.html

http://fcaw.library.umass.edu:8991/

* Please note: multi-institutional coverage.

Art Institute of Chicago (School of), John M. Flaxman Library, Joan Flasch Artists' Books Collection

http://www.saic.edu/art_design/special_collections/joan_flasch/

http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/

https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/sai/

Atlanta College of Art at Savannah College of Art and Design

http://www.scad.edu/services/library/overview/index.cfm

http://library.scad.edu/

Brown University, John Hay Library

http://dl.lib.brown.edu/libweb/about/hay/
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/collatoz/cluster.php?cluster_id=5

http://josiah.brown.edu/search/

Carnegie Mellon University, Hunt Library, Fine Arts and Special Collections Library

http://www.library.cmu.edu/Research/Arts/Art/artistsbooks.html

https://cameo.library.cmu.edu/

Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona

http://www.creativephotography.org/library/

http://sabio.library.arizona.edu/search/X

Cleveland Institute of Art, Gund Library

http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/library.php?action=collections

http://library.case.edu/forms/ciabooks.aspx

Columbia College Chicago

http://www.lib.colum.edu/specialcollections/collections.php

http://www.lib.colum.edu/research/findBooks.php

Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/avery/

http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/

Dartmouth College, Sherman Art Library

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/sherman/artspecial.html

http://libcat.dartmouth.edu/

Duke University, Perkins Library, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections

http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/index.html

Artists' Books by Women: http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/artistsbooks/index.html

http://catalog.library.duke.edu/

Florida Atlantic University, Wimberly Library, The Arthur and Matta Jaffee Collection

http://www.library.fau.edu/depts/spc/JaffeCenter/jaffethecollection.htm

http://fau.catalog.fcla.edu/fa.jsp

Harvard University, Fine Arts Library

http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/#fal

http://lms01.harvard.edu/

Indiana University, Bloomington, Fine Arts Library

http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1894

Guest Access: http://www.iucat.iu.edu/

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Herron School of Art & Design, Herron Art Library

http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/herron/artistbook

Guest Access: http://www.iucat.iu.edu/

Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus

http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/library/services/specialcol/collections.htm

http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/library/services/specialcol/findaid/artbooks/ArtbooksCollection.htm

Louisiana State University, Hill Memorial Library

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/index.html

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/index.html

Maine College of Art, Joanne Waxman Library

http://library.meca.edu/screens/coll.html

http://library.meca.edu/search

Maryland Institute College of Art, Decker Library

http://danube.mica.edu/library/ABCat/site/index.cfm

http://mica.sirsi.net:2246/uhtbin/cgisirsi/sYeAU0kUaS/SIRSI/156290005/60/502/X

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Morton R. Godine Library

http://inside.massart.edu/x2405.xml

http://endeavor.flo.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First

*Please note: multi-institutional coverage.

Mills College, Special Collections, F. W. Olin Library

http://www.mills.edu/academics/library/special_collections/index.php

http://library.mills.edu/

Oberlin College, Clarence Ward Art Library

http://www.oberlin.edu/library/art/artistsbooks.html

http://obis.oberlin.edu/

Otis College of Art and Design, Millard Sheet Library

http://library.otis.edu/descrip.htm

http://opac.otis.edu/cgi-bin/gw/chameleon

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn Campus Library

http://library.pratt.edu/colls.html#art

http://library.pratt.edu/

Princeton University, Princeton University Library, Graphic Arts Collection

http://www.princeton.edu/~rbsc/department/graphicarts/

http://catalog.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First

Reed College, Special Collections and Archives

http://library.reed.edu/using/collections/specialbook.html#artists
Reed Digital Collections: http://cdm.reed.edu/cdm4/artbooks/

http://library-catalog.reed.edu/
Choose Special Collections from the menu
and do a Keyword search on: artists books collection

Rhode Island School of Design, Fleet Library

http://www.risd.edu/risd_library.cfm

RISD Special Collections blog
http://risdspecial.wordpress.com

http://librarycat.risd.edu

Ringling College of Art and Design, Kimbrough Library

http://www.ringling.edu/index.php?id=1225

http://www-opac.lib.ringling.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=Second
Search artists books specimens for a listing; some books are illustrated with permission from the artist

Rochester Institute of Technology, Wallace Memorial Library

http://library.rit.edu/depts/ref/speccoll/#artists

http://albert.rit.edu/

Rutgers University Library, Special Collections and University Archives

http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/rare_books/rare_books.shtml

http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/index.shtml

Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Rare Book Room

http://libraries.claremont.edu/den/collections_spcoll.html#rarebkrm

http://libraries.claremont.edu/

*Please note: multi-institutional coverage.

Smith College, Neilson Library, Mortimer Rare Book Room

http://www.smith.edu/library/libs/rarebook/

http://fcaw.library.umass.edu:8991/

*Please note: multi-institutional coverage.

Stanford University, Green Library, Gunst Collection

http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/rbc/book_history/gunst.html

http://jenson.stanford.edu/

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library

http://www.clarkart.edu/library/special_collections.cfm

http://www.clarkart.edu/library/search_all.cfm

Swarthmore College, McCabe Library, Rare Book Room

http://www.swarthmore.edu/x5792.xml

http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/search~S8/

University of Arizona, The, Special Collections

http://www.library.arizona.edu/speccoll/collections/book.html

http://sabio.library.arizona.edu/search/X

University of California, Irvine, Langson Library, Special Collections and Archives

http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/special/coll/artists_books/

http://antpac.lib.uci.edu/

University of California, Los Angeles

Art Library
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/arts/9648.cfm

Charles E. Young Library, Special Collections http://www2.library.ucla.edu/specialcollections/researchlibrary/index.cfm

http://catalog.library.ucla.edu/

University of California, Riverside, Tomás Rivera Library, Special Collections Department

http://library.ucr.edu/?view=collections/spcol/index.html

http://scotty.ucr.edu/

University of California, San Diego, Art and Architecture Library (and Mandeville Special Collections Library)

http://www.ucsd.edu/portal/site/Libraries

http://roger.ucsd.edu/

University of California, Santa Barbara, Arts Library (and Special Collections)

http://www.library.ucsb.edu/arts/artcollections.html

http://pegasus-16.library.ucsb.edu/

University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl/

http://libcat.uchicago.edu/

University of Colorado at Boulder, Norlin Library, Special Collections

http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/art/index.htm

http://libraries.colorado.edu

University of Delaware, Morris Library, Special Collections

http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/guides/artistbk.htm
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/artistsbook/index.htm

http://www.lib.udel.edu/

University of Georgia, Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library

http://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/speccoll.html

https://gil.uga.edu/webvoy.htm

University of Iowa, Main Library, Special Collections

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/

http://infohawk.uiowa.edu/

University of Louisville, Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library

http://library.louisville.edu/art/ArtistsBooks.htm

http://minerva.louisville.edu/

University of Michigan, Art, Architecture & Engineering Library, Special Collections

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/artistsbooks/home

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/artistsbooks/browse_artists__books

University of New Mexico,
Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections

Library site
http://elibrary.unm.edu

Subject guide
http://libguides.unm.edu/aecontent.php?pid=13889&sid=173676

http://libros.unm.edu

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sloane Art Library

http://www.lib.unc.edu/art/artistsbooksguide/artistbooks.html

Subject guide
http://www.lib.unc.edu/subjectguides/artistsbooks/index.html

http://search.lib.unc.edu/

University of Oregon, A&AA Library

http://libweb.uoregon.edu/aaa/index.html

http://libweb.uoregon.edu/

University of Pittsburgh, Frick Fine Art Library

http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/frick/fine_arts.html

http://pittcat.pitt.edu/

University of the Arts
Greenfield Library

http://www.uarts.edu/stuserv/libraries/about/bookarts.html

http://library.uarts.edu/search

University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
Library

http://library.uvm.edu/sc/

http://voyager.uvm.edu

University of Washington, Seattle, Book Arts Collection

http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/collections/bookarts.html

http://catalog.lib.washington.edu/search~/
Choose Search Option: Genre/Form; then type artists books

University of Wisconsin--Madison, Kohler Art Library

http://art.library.wisc.edu/about/artists-books.html

Browsable and searchable listing (with images):

http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/ArtistsBks/

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Golda Meir Library

http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/special/collections/book_arts/home.htm

https://millib.wisconsin.edu/

Virginia Commonwealth University, James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives

http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/bookart.html

http://catalog.library.vcu.edu.proxy.library.vcu.edu/

Wellesley College, Margaret Clapp Library, Special Collections

http://www.wellesley.edu/Library/SpecColl/SCstart.html

http://www.wellesley.edu/Library/

Wesleyan University, Olin Memorial Library, Special Collections and Archives

http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/schome/speccol/artistbooks.html

http://ctwweb.wesleyan.edu:7003/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First

Yale University, Robert B. Haas Family Library,

http://www.library.yale.edu/arts/specialcollections/

http://orbis.library.yale.edu/

Public Libraries

Library Site

OPAC

Beverly Hills Public Library, Art Research Library

http://www.beverlyhills.org/services/library/

http://12.164.240.5/

Boston Public Library

http://www.bpl.org/index.htm

http://catalog.mbln.org/

Broward County Library, Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Dianne and Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library

http://www.broward.org/library/bienes_about.htm

http://www.browardlibrary.org/

Cerritos Library, Cerritos, CA

http://www.ci.cerritos.ca.us/library/library.html
http://www.ci.cerritos.ca.us/comnews/PressReleases/2008/artists_books_july.html

http://clio.ci.cerritos.ca.us/

Library of Congress, Rare Book/Special Collections Reading Room

http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/

http://catalog.loc.gov/

Multnomah County Library, Central Library, John Wilson Special Collections

http://www.multcolib.org/about/mcl-wilson.html

http://catalog.multcolib.org/

New York Public Library, Humanities and Social Science Library, Prints and Photographs Study Room

http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/print/print.html

http://catnyp.nypl.org/

Newberry Library, The, Special Collections

http://www.newberry.org/

https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/nby/

Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library

http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/collections.jsp?lwbid=6026

http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/

Museum Libraries and Archives
	Library Site	OPAC
Albright-Knox Art Gallery Library, G. Robert Strauss, Jr. Memorial Library	www.albrightknox.org/library.html	http://akat.albrightknox.org/
Art Gallery of Toronto, E.P. Taylor Research Library	http://www.ago.net/research-library-archives-overview	http://library.ago.net/
Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY	http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/	http://library.brooklynmuseum.org/
Baltimore Museum of Art, E. Kirkbride Miller Art Research Library	http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/library.php?action=collections	http://catalog.case.edu/
Franklin Furnace Archive	http://www.franklinfurnace.org/ The Franklin Furnace artists' books collection is housed in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. An incomplete set of the collection is housed at FFA headquarters in the BAM Cultural District of Brooklyn.	MOMA Dadabase http://arcade.nyarc.org/search~S8
Getty Research Institute Library	http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/special_collections/categories.html	http://library.getty.edu/cgibin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library	http://libmma.org/portal/collections/	http://library.metmuseum.org/screens/opacmenu.html
Modern Museum of Art/Franklin Furnace Archive	http://www.moma.org/learn/resources/library/faq_library#ff	MOMA Dadabase http://arcade.nyarc.org/search~S8
National Museum of Women in the Arts	http://www.nmwa.org/library/artistbook.asp	http://www.nmwa.org/search/search_library_frames.asp
Sackner Archive of Visual and Concrete Poetry	http://www.rediscov.com/sacknerarchives/	http://www.rediscov.com/sacknerarchives/search.aspx
Smithsonian Institution, American Art Portrait Gallery (and Hirshhorn)	http://www.sil.si.edu/Libraries/aapg/aapg_about.cfm	http://www.siris.si.edu/
Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN	http://calendar.walkerart.org/canopy.wac?id=4665	http://collections.walkerart.org/
Whitney Museum, Frances Mulhall Achilles Library	http://www.whitney.org/www/research/index.jsp	http://library.whitney.org/

Other Libraries

Library Site

OPAC

Athenaeum Music and Arts Library

http://www.ljathenaeum.org/bookcollection.html

http://www.ljathenaeum.org/booklist.html

University of the West of England, Centre for Fine Print Research, UK

http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/index.htm
http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/cfprbooks.htm

List of artists books in the collection
http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/cfprcolln/Artistsbooks.pdf

List of small books and multiples in the collection
http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/cfprcolln/Multiples.pdf

Visual Studies Workshop

http://www.vsw.org/research/researchcenter.html

Compiled and designed by Erin Wilkins as a project of Arts and Special Collections of the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, 2008.

For any additions or corrections, please contact:
Mo Dawley
Art and Drama Librarian
Arts and Special Collections
Carnegie Mellon University

Last updated June 10, 2009.