Rare Books and Manuscripts

Bryn Mawr’s collections include approximately 60,000 rare books and a million manuscript pages, as well as historical maps, prints, and ephemera. The collections are wide-ranging, including medieval manuscripts and early modern European printed books; books and manuscripts on European and American travels to Asia and Africa; children’s books; books and manuscripts from the women’s rights movements; early printed books from China and Korea; and much more. 

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