navCollections by Theme
These guides provide an overview of specific themes the Society’s collections.
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African American Resources at the American Antiquarian SocietyAAS has rich materials pertaining to the African-American experience through Reconstruction as well as much relating to white attitudes towards slavery and black Americans in those periods. The strength of the collections is due to collecting efforts that began when the Society was founded in 1812, and today we continue to collect actively in this area. |
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Architectural Resources at the American Antiquarian SocietyArchitectural resources in the collection include design books, drawings, lithographs, engravings, periodicals, and photographs. |
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Indigenous Peoples Resources at the American Antiquarian SocietyAAS has built exceptionally strong collections of books and pamphlets relating to indigenous peoples in what is now the United States and Canada from the 16th through the 19th centuries. Resources include U.S. government documents and treaties (AAS has been a federal depository library since 1814). |
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Judaic Resources at the American Antiquarian SocietyAlmost all American Judaica published before 1801, more than three-quarters of what was published before 1820, and well over half of the imprints published through 1840 is held at AAS. For the later years, between 1841 and 1876, the Society’s holdings are more selective and represent about a quarter of the almost 1800 titles identified in Singerman’s bibliography for those 35 years. |
