New Brandeis Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids Available
April 29, 2024
Interested in exploring the holdings of Brandeis Archives and Special Collections? Check out our Finding Aids Database! A finding aid is a discovery tool for archival collections; it is the archival equivalent of a library catalog record. For more information about finding aids, please see our Finding Aids 101 research guide!
Processing Archivist Caroline Littlewood recently completed finding aids for a number of collections, including:
- The Henry Sussman collection of Jacques Derrida materials, which includes correspondence, edited manuscript copies, and signed first editions
- The Douglas C. McMurtrie imprint collection, which includes over 110 publications by Douglas C. McMurtrie on the history of printing and typography
- The Rockwell Kent collection, which includes press and biographical clippings, exhibition invitations and collector's catalogs, published materials with art by Kent, and several Kent woodcuts and lithographs. The archives also holds a number of books by or about Rockwell Kent.
- The Halina Nelken collection, which includes personal materials from the Krakow ghetto during World War II, as well as a camp uniform and other physical material from Auschwitz
- The Joseph Reimer papers, Associate Professor Emeritus of Jewish Education, which includes professional material as well as unpublished writing
- Addenda to The Janet Z. Giele papers, Professor Emerita and acting Dean of the Heller School, which includes personal papers and correspondence.
Please contact Chloe Gerson, Reference and Instruction Archivist, to learn more about these and other collections. The Archives & Special Collections Reading Room is located on Level 2 of the library and is open Monday-Friday from 10am- 4pm, with the exception of staff holidays.
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