Mission Statement
The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) is both a learned society and
national research library of pre-twentieth century American history and
culture. Our mission is to collect, preserve, and make available for study
the printed record of what is now the United States of America from first
European settlement through the year 1876. As a learned society, we offer
a wide variety of programs for diverse audiences including: professional
scholars, pre-collegiate, undergraduate and graduate level students and
educators, professional artists and writers, genealogists, and the general
public.
The library collections encompass three million books, pamphlets,
newspapers, periodicals, graphic arts materials and manuscripts housed on
twenty-five miles of shelving. All fifty U.S. states and a good portion of
Canada and the British West Indies are included in this preeminent
repository, which was founded in 1812 as the third oldest historical
society and the first to be national in scope.
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