Brandeis University: Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections
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[edit] Address and Contact Info
Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections
Brandeis University
Mailstop 045
Goldfarb Library/Upper Campus
415 South Street
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453-2728
Website: http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/archives-speccoll
Principal contacts for the collection:
Department email address: ascdepartment@brandeis.edu
Karen Adler Abramson, Associate Director for University Archives & Special Collections: kabramso@brandeis.edu
Maggie McNeely, Assistant Archivist: mmcneely@brandeis.edu
James Rosenbloom, Judaica Librarian: rosenblo@brandeis.edu
Sarah Shoemaker, Special Collections Librarian: sshoemak@brandeis.edu
[edit] Hours and Usage Restrictions
9:00 to 5:00, Monday through Friday, by appointment
[edit] Online Catalogs and Finding Aids
Collections information: http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/archives-speccoll/collections/index.html
Digital Finding Aids: http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/archives-speccoll/findingguides/index.html
[edit] Collection Summary
The Robert D. Farber University Archives was established in 1997 to acquire, preserve, and make available historical records in all formats that document the origins, growth, and achievements of the University and its faculty, staff, students, and alumni. The Archives maintains a wide variety of collections, including office and departmental records, university and student publications, theses and dissertations, photographs, sound and moving image collections, and memorabilia. It also houses selected faculty papers, alumni publications and papers, artwork, posters, and architectural plans.
The Special Collections department includes incunabula; books published in the 16th - 18th centuries on such subjects as history, English and American literature, philosophy, and Judaica; first and limited editions; and fine press publications. Book collections of note include the Baldwin Shakespeare collection and the McKew-Parr Collection on Magellan and the Age of Discovery. Special Collections also holds literary manuscripts of European and American authors such as John Cheever and Joseph Heller, as well as music collections and photographic collections. In addition, it includes collections of materials on the Spanish Civil War, left- and right-wing movements in the United States in the latter half of the twentieth century, anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, twentieth-century anti-alien and anti-radical movements in the United States, and Zionism. The department also includes the papers of prominent political figures such as Louis D. Brandeis, Benjamin Disraeli, and Daniel Webster.
[edit] Major Topic Areas
Brandeis University, Louis D. Brandeis, Judaica, rare books, Holocaust, Zionism, anti-Semitism, social justice, Shakespeare, English and American literature, Spanish Civil War
