Claremont Colleges, Denison Library, Special Collections id97
Mailing Address:
Denison Library, Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges
1090 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, CAPhone: 909-621-8973
Fax: 909-621-8323
Email: jharveysahak@rocky.claremont.edu
Contact: Judy Harvey Sahak, Librarian
Web site: http://libraries.claremont.edu/den/default.html
Institution Type: Archive, College/University, Library
Location of Institution: Pomona/Claremont
Archive and Collections
Description: Denison Library’s Special Collections are extensive and varied, ranging from classical literature to Californiana. They include the Scripps College Archives, which provide a significant record for the study of the college since its inception in 1926 and for the history of women’s education in general. In addition to official publications of the college and the student body, the archives contain publications by faculty and alumnae, student newspapers, senior theses, construction records, architectural drawings and blueprints, unpublished papers from faculty and trustees, records of the development of the college’s curriculum, photographs, scrapbooks, and other ephemera which document the history of Scripps College and its diverse students, faculty, staff, and trustees, many of whom were or are Los Angeles residents. The Scripps College Archives also preserve the personal and business papers of the college’s founder, the newspaper publisher and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps (1836–1932).
Type of Materials: Architectural Drawings, Cultural Artifacts, Materials & Objects, Diaries/Journals/Personal Papers, Institutional Publications, Manuscripts, Official Records, Photographs
Time Periods: 1921-1949, 1950-1963, 1964-1980, 1981-Present
Languages: English
Sectors of the Population Represented in the Collection: Education, Gender Specific, Highest Income, Lower to Middle Income, Middle to Upper Income
Access
Year Round Access: No
OnSite Technology: Yes
Workspaces: Yes
Open to the Public: Yes
Public Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:30 am–5 pm; hours vary during the summer and vacations
Reservations not requiredOpen for Research: Yes
Research Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:30 am–5 pm; hours vary during the
Reservations not requiredAccess Procedures: There is no approval process per se; however, researchers must make an appointment.
Management
Catalogue System: Cataloged records are on OCLC. Uncataloged records are arranged by in-house card files, collection file lists, and other finding aids.
Repository/Depository: Yes
Loan To Others: Yes
Exhibited: Yes
Exhibition Frequency: Four exhibitions a year usually
Makes Purchases: No
Formalized Purchases: No
Outreach: Brochures/Flyers/Pamphlets, Directories, Internet, Newsletter, OCLC/RLIN
