The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) is an independent research
library
founded in 1812 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The library's collections
document the life of America's people from the colonial era through the
Civil War and Reconstruction. Collections include books, pamphlets,
newspapers, periodicals, broadsides, manuscripts, music, graphic arts, and
local histories.
Recent Acquisition
Amateur Newspaper Collection
Our holdings of pre-1901 amateur newspapers have been growing by leaps and bounds thanks to generous donors. more ...
Online Inventory
Portraits at the American Antiquarian Society
A fully illustrated inventory of the painted portraits, miniatures and sculpted portrait busts at the American Antiquarian Society is now available online
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Free public tours of Antiquarian
Hall, the Society's library building,
are given every Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The tour lasts about
one
hour.
AAS has a Facebook page. To become a Facebook "fan" of AAS,
visit the
AAS page and click the "become a fan" link in the upper right-hand
corner.
November 25: The library will close at 5 p.m. on Wednesday.
November 26 and 27: The library will be closed both Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday.
For a complete listing of upcoming events at AAS, please view our
online
calendar of events.
reading room hours |
calendar of holidays
Academic Seminar
November 23 : Lloyd Pratt will present
The Anatomy of a Stranger: Slavery and the Bible in African American Literature
more information
November 16, 2009
America's Historical Newspapers has recently expanded
the number of newspapers available online
more information
October 26, 2009
An employment opportunity for a book scanning
operator is now available.
October 22, 2009
An overview of Native American history resources at AAS is now available.
October 15, 2009
AAS has launched Past is Present,
an online forum for early American discovery, discussion, and diversion
October 15, 2009
The latest issue of Common-place is now available online.
October 6, 2009
A new list of recent scholarship:
publications and other works based on research at AAS is now available.
September 23, 2009
Volume 5 of A History of the Book in America has recently been published.
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