Archives - Ouest des Etats-Unis

Dans l’ouest des États-Unis, les collections médiévales sont dominées par celles de l’Université de Californie et de nombre de grandes bibliothèques privées. Cependant, on en trouve également dans les bibliothèques d’autres grandes institutions de recherche.

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 University of California, Berkeley
Bancroft Library
(510) 642-3781
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Catalogue online

Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library
Phone : (510) 642-2623
Fax : (510) 642-8237

Robbins Collection
School of Law
Boalt Hall
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Phone : (510) 642-5095
Fax : (510) 643-8770

Subjects covered : Classics, Early Print, English Literature, Egypt, French Vernacular Romances, Legal documents, Music, Theology
Volumes : 35,000 papyrus fragments, ca. 300 B.C.-300 A.D. ; 385 codices, over 850 leaves and 100 other documents, and over 400 incunabula
Description of collections
Access to documents : Open to the public with registration

 University of California, Los Angeles
Charles E. Young Research Library
Department of Special Collections
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Phone : 310.825.4988
Fax : 310.206.1864

Subjects covered : Islam, Italy, Medicine, Old Norse
Volumes : 213 codices, 244 leaves, 185 documents, and 484 incunabula. The Belt Library of Vinciana and the Biomedical Library hold an additional 103 incunabula

A complete finding aid to the collection is available online. The Minasian Collection of Arabic and Persian manuscripts is one of the most extensive post-classical Islamic manuscript collections in the United States. The collections include approximately 15,000 manuscripts in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, primarily in the fields of medicine, literature, philology, theology, law, and history, and ranging from the 11th through the 19th centuries, though with an emphasis on the studies of theologians and scholars at centers of learning in Iran during the 17th and 18th centuries. The collection is especially notable for works of Shiite theology, Arabic and Persian language and literature, and Islamic science and philosophy.

The Orsini Family Papers constitute a significant portion of the private archive of one the oldest and most prominent families in Italian history. The archive consists of 540 boxes of documents dating from 1300 to 1950 and includes several hundred maps and plans of the family’s feudal holdings, palaces, and castles.

The Richard and Mary Rouse Manuscript Collection can be seen online.

Access to documents : Many of the department’s holdings are stored off-site at the Southern Regional Library Facility. Readers are advised to request materials in advance in order to avoid delays when coming to campus. To submit advance paging requests, call the department’s reference desk at 310.825.4988 or send an email at least five working days prior to the date of the expected visit ; include a phone number with all requests.

 California State Library
Sutro Branch
480 Winston D^r.
San Francisco, California 94132
Phone : (415) 731-4477
Fax : (415) 557-9325
Contact

Subjects covered : Age of exploration, Italy, Legal documents, Philosophy
Volumes : 170 manuscripts and 55 incunabula.
Access to documents : Open to the public with registration.

 The Claremont Colleges
Honnold/Mudd Library
Special Collections
800 Dartmouth Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
Phone : (909) 607-3977
Fax : (909) 621-8629
Contact

Ella Strong Denison Library
1090 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
Phone : (909) 607-3941
Fax : (909) 607-1548
Contact

Subjects covered : Italian Renaissance, Oxford University, History of the book
Volumes : 64 codices, 57 leaves, and over 250 incunabula

In the Honnold Library, the Bodman Italian Renaissance Collection contains 170 incunabula and a number of late medieval manuscripts. The Oxford Collection is comprised of books on philosophy, religion, and science at Oxford from the 13th century to present times including 16th century imprints of the Oxford University Press. The John I. Perkins Collection at Denison library contains important resources for the study of the history of the book : cuneiform tablets, papyrus and palm leaf books, thirteenth to sixteenth century illuminated manuscripts, and incunabula.

Access to documents : Open to the public with registration.

 J. Paul Getty Museum of Art
Manuscripts Department
1200 Getty Center D^r.
Suite 1000
Los Angeles, California
90049-1687
Phone : (310) 440-7034
Fax : (310) 440-7744

The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California
90049-1688
Phone : (310) 440-7335
Fax : (310) 440-7776

Subjects covered : Architecture, Art, Devotional texts, History, Philosophy, Theology
Volumes : As of 20 November 2005, this collection reported holdings of 198 manuscripts, 31 codices, 88 documents, four leaves, one roll, a collection of documents, and 27 incunabula

Some of the museum’s manuscript collection is available, with descriptions, online. The research institute collection also contains photographs and drawings of archaeological sites throughout Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

Access to documents : Access is available to University faculty, graduate students, curators, and other scholarly researchers with registration as Stack Readers. Privileges are granted after submission of application, and those qualifying for Extended Reader status may be eligible for use of the library during extended hours. More information is available here.

 Graduate Theological Union
Special Collections
2400 Ridge Road
Berkeley, CA 94709
Phone : 510.649.2501
Contact

Subjects covered : Reformation, Theology
Volumes : 10,000 books and pamphlets, 1300 linear feet of archival and manuscript material. The collection spans the medieval period and the modern era, with an emphasis on the Reformation.

Access to documents : Open to the public with registration

 The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Phone : 626.405.2100
Fax : 626-449-5703
Contact
Catalogue online

Subjects covered : Middle English literature, Early Modern England, English aristocracy, Incunabula
Volumes : Over 400 codices, approximately 5000 deeds, accounts, legal documents and other pre-1600 English estate records, and over 5000 incunabula, the largest collection in the US outside of the Library of Congress.

Access to Documents : Registered readers only. Information can be found here

 Stanford University
Cecil H Green Library
Rare Books and Special Collections
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, California 94305-6063

Subjects : Early Print, History of the Book, Early Modern Maps
Volumes : 41 codices, 287 leaves, and approximately 200 incunabula

Access to documents : Open to the public with registration.
Materials are located in remote facilities, patrons must request materials two full business days before planned date of use. In some cases, paging may take up to a week.

 University of Colorado, Boulder
Library Special Collections
1720 Pleasant Street
Boulder, CO 80309-0184
Phone : 303-492-6144
Fax : 303-492-1881
Contact

Subjects covered : Devotional texts, Legal documents, Music
Volumes : 7 codices, approximately 200 manuscript leaves, and 15 incunabula.
Access to documents : Public, with registration.

 University of Oregon
Special Collections and University Archives
1299 University of Oregon Libraries
Eugene, Oregon 97403-1299
Phone : (541) 346-3068
Fax : (541) 346-1882
Contact

Subjects covered : Classics, Devotional texts, Islam, Theology
Volumes : Approximately 60 manuscripts and 52 incunabula.
Access to documents : Open to the public with registration

 Mount Angel Abbey
One Abbey Drive
St. Benedict, Oregon 97373
Phone : (503) 845-3317
Fax : (503) 845-3500
Contact

Subjects covered : Classics, Philosophy, Theology
Volumes : 25 codices, 63 leaves, and 4 incunabula

The Patristics and Latin Christian Literature Collection is a research collection containing the primary editions and scholarly tools needed to do advanced research in Patristics and Medieval philosophy and theology.

Access to documents : Application and registration required. See here

 Brigham Young University
L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library
1130 Harold B. Lee Library
Provo, Utah 84602
Phone : (801) 422-3514
Fax : (801) 422-0461
Contact

Subjects covered : Diplomacy, Reformation, Science, Theology
Volumes : 61 codices (nine of which are Arabic), 57 leaves, a box of miscellaneous Hebrew and Arabic fragments, several collections of archival documents, and approximately 450 incunabula.

For the Renaissance period, this collection emphasizes European diplomacy, political treatises, French political pamphlets from 1550 to 1650 (2,500 in total), and major editions of classical Greek and Latin authors. For the Reformation period, the library collects works written by the major religious figures of the time, including Martin Luther (95 separate pamphlets), Philip Melanchton, John Calvin, John Wesley, Savonarola, Erasmus, and Thomas More.

Access to documents : Researchers are required to complete an Advanced Reader form and request an on-site interview with a Special Collection curator.

 University of Washington
Allen Library
Special Collections Division
Box 352900
Seattle, Washington 98195-2900
Phone : (206) 543-1929
Fax : (206) 543-1931

Subjects covered : Book arts, Devotional texts, History, Music, Theology
Volumes : 20 codices, 222 leaves, and 21 incunabula.

Some of the library’s manuscript collection can be viewed online as part of its Book Arts database.

Access conditions
See http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/hours/special.html for more details.
Access to documents : Open to the public with registration. Advance notice is recommended to ensure availability of materials.

 Washington State University
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, Washington 99164-5610
Phone : (509) 335-6691
Fax : (509) 335-6721

Subjects covered : Classics, Devotional texts, Law, Music, Theology
Volumes : One codex, 132 leaves, and 54 incunabula.

Some of the library’s early print collection can be viewed online

Access to documents : Open to the public with registration