Swarthmore College

Hours vary according to collection. Consult the libraries' websites.

McCabe Library  

• Peggy Seiden, Library Director, 610-328-8489, pseiden1@swarthmore.edu
• Amy McColl, Assistant Head of Technical Services for Monographs, Special Collections, and Preservation, 610-328-8484, amccoll1@swarthmore.edu

Friends Historical Library

• Christopher Densmore, Curator, (PACSCL rep) 610-328-8496, cdensmo1@swarthmore.edu
• Susanna Morikawa, Archival Specialist, 610-328-8542, smorika@swarthmore.edu
• Patricia C. O'Donnell, Archivist, 610-328-8572, podonne1@swarthmore.edu

Peace Collection

• Wendy E. Chmielewski, Curator, 610-328-7325, wchmiel1@swarthmore.edu
• Barbara E. Addison, Technical Services Librarian, 610-328-8552, baddiso1@swarthmore.edu
• Mary Beth Sigado, Technical Services Specialist, 610-328-8527, msigado1@swarthmore.edu
• Anne M. Yoder, Archivist, 610-328-8030, ayoder1@swarthmore.edu

Friends Historical Library was established in 1871, with research collections on Quaker history and doctrine; Indian rights, women's rights, and abolition of slavery; Quaker activity in literature, science, business education, and government. Holdings include more than 39,000 books, 1,800 serial volumes, 2,500 microfilm reels, 4,000 volumes of Quaker meeting records, 275 manuscript collections, and numerous pictures and artifacts.

In addition there is the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, established in 1930, encompassing the history of the peace movement, conscientious objection, pacifism, arms control and disarmament, nonviolence, internationalism, and civil disobedience. The collection contains nearly 155 major document groups, approximately 2,000 smaller collective document groups, over 12,000 catalogued books and pamphlets, 400 periodicals currently received, and 1,500 microfilm reels.

McCabe Library holdings are: the Bathe Collection on the history of technology (1,000 volumes); and materials on James Thomson (400 volumes); William Wordsworth (200 volumes); W. H. Auden (500 volumes); British Americana, including accounts of British travelers in the United States (1,500 volumes); Private Presses, reflecting the output of the private press in Great Britain and the United States (5,000 volumes); Swarthmoreana (7,000 volumes); and other smaller groups of miscellaneous rare, illustrated, and decorated books (5,000 volumes).