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Two women viewing four open large-size books with historical etchings
November 12, 2025
“ Caricatures, Campagna, and Connoisseurs: Thomas Patch and the British Grand Tour in Eighteenth-Century Italy ” is on view in the exhibition gallery at the Lewis Walpole Library, Wednesdays from 2 to 4:30 pm.
Two men--one on left older, one on right with classes--wearing academic robes in conversation
November 10, 2025
Five new collections were processed in the third quarter of 2025, including the papers of former Yale President Benno Schmidt Jr.
black and white photo affixed to yellowing scrapbook page shows older woman seated in a white chair outdoors with a younger woman perched next to her and a teenaged boy standing behind them .Photo  has scalloped white border and is affixed with black adhesive corners. Penciled in cursive next to the image is:  "Sept. 1949 just before Warren left for Exeter."
November 7, 2025
The archive offers previously inaccessible resources and new insights into the life and work of a beloved American poet. The materials will be available for use at Beinecke Library in early December.
collage of four jazz musicians, woman at far left with feathers, and man at center on sax, man at right on piano, and standing figure below
November 4, 2025
“Willie Ruff: In Jazz and in the World,” is on view in the Gilmore Music Library corridor through March 15.
Two men in distance lean over long glass vitrine displaying open books
October 21, 2025
“Unfolding Events: Exploring the Past and Present in Artists‘ Books” is on view at Beinecke Library through March 1.
Beinecke Library
October 7, 2025
The system for requesting and delivering materials for use in Yale Library Special Collections reading rooms will be interrupted on Oct. 15 for an Aeon system upgrade. Affected Special Collections reading rooms include the Arts Library Special Collections, the Beinecke Library, the Divinity Library, the Lewis Walpole Library, the Manuscripts and Archives Reading Room, the Medical Historical Library, and the Yale Center for British Art. Researchers should request materials stored offsite on Oct. 13 or by 1 pm on Oct. 14 for use later that week. Materials stored onsite will not be affected.
Two women pose for photo in front of black background that reads Textured Stories: The Chirimen Books of Modern Japan
October 3, 2025
The two new exhibitions that have just opened at Beinecke Library—“Textured Stories: The Chrimen Books of Modern Japan” and “Unfolding Events: Exploring Past and Present in Artists’ Books”—have already received coverage in more than 20 magazines and newspapers.