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Special Collections and Archives
Materials in archives and special collections are available for use by appointment only. Contact Marianne Bradley, Library Administrative Coordinator, for more information (404-471-6339).
For a brief history of the college, click on the photo.
COLLECTIONS
The manuscript collections include letters, diaries and other papers of individuals. Detailed information about the manuscript collections can be found by searching by author in the library catalog (SOPHIA). The manuscript collections consist of these collections:
- Bill Arp, 1826-1903
- Frank Henry Gaines, 1852-1923
- Catherine Marshall, 1914- Condensed Finding Aid
- Peter Marshall, 1902-1949 Condensed Finding Aid
- James Ross McCain, 1881-1965
- Agnes Scott College Board of Trustees
- Agnes Scott College Citizenship Club
- Agnes Scott College International Relations Club
- Agnes Scott College Mnemosynean Literary Society
- Agnes Scott College Propylean Literary Society
The Special Collections of the McCain library include the Robert Frost Collection, Wilburn Collection, Posey Collection and Agnes Scott faculty and alumnae publications.
Robert Frost Collection
The Robert Frost Collection is a collection of books by and about Frost, periodicals in which poems were published, photos of Frost on the Agnes Scott campus and clippings related to his life and works. For detailed information about the collection, see the book: Robert Frost at Agnes Scott College.
Wilburn Collection
The Wilburn Collection consists of a collection of architectural plan books published between 1914 and the mid-1950s by Agnes Scott alumna Leila Ross Wilburn, one of Georgia's first women architects. Scans of these books may be found online courtesy of the MAK Historic District, a neighborhood adjacent to Agnes Scott which includes a number of Wilburn homes.
Posey Collection
The Posey Collection consists of a collection of books relating to the history of religion on the American frontier. Dr. Walter Brownlow Posey, Professor of History at Agnes Scott College from 1943-1970, donated the collection to the college.
Faculty publications
The Agnes Scott faculty collection consists of works by current and previous Agnes Scott College faculty.
Alumnae publications
The Agnes Scott alumnae collection consists of works by Agnes Scott College alumnae. Browse alumnae publications in the catalog.
College Archives
Agnes Scott College archives include materials relating to the history
and administration of the college, its faculty, staff and alumnae. The
collection includes Scott family materials, faculty materials, artifacts,
alumnae materials and publications, student publications, photographs,
minutes, administrative reports and other materials.