The Archives and Special Collections main rare book collections include: American history, illustrated editions of Dante Alighieri's Divina commedia, 19th century text books which are known to have been used in the courses of study at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, rare children's books, published works related to the Collège de 'pataphysique, Renaissance Science books, and fine press books. Because our collections cover more than these main areas, gifts of books that fall outside of these areas will be considered on an individual basis. Both small, single volume, or larger, multi-volume, donations will be considered.