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Special Collections, MiddPoints

Starr Library
Starr Library, circa 1900, from Middlebury College Special Collections

Next time you search  (go/jstor) for your favorite academic journal or ebook, you might stumble on one of our 13,802 historic archives, including photographs, postcards, newspapers, alumni magazines, and manuscripts. 

Middlebury recently joined hundreds of other universities, libraries, and museums to host our archival collections alongside secondary literature already discoverable at JSTOR. 

JSTOR is a part of , a not-for-profit organization helping to advance research and teaching and to preserve the scholarly record. JSTOR is used by more than 81 million scholars and students across 170 countries each year, so what better place to preserve Middlebury College history and the rare and unique materials held in Special Collections?

Historic postcard photograph of Main St. Middlebury, Vermont
Main Street, Middlebury, Vermont, date unknown. From the Vermont Historic Postcards Collections, Middlebury College Special Collections

Here are the top ten archival collections currently trending on JSTOR. (Middlebury is #6!)

  1.  from National Library of Scotland
  2.  from National Library of Scotland
  3.  from University of Southampton
  4.  from Bowling Green State University
  5.  from Middlebury College
  6.  from Dowd Modern Graphic History Library
  7.  from Queens College
  8.  from Yale University
  9.  from Queens College

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Questions? Email specialcollections@middlebury.edu.