The Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections (RMC) is Cornell Library’s primary repository of rare books, manuscripts and archival materials in history, literature, music, the arts, science, natural history, and technology. RMC includes 450,000 printed volumes, more than 80 million manuscripts, and another million photographs, paintings, prints, and other visual media.

Please join us for an overview of our facilities and programs, a viewing of recent acquisitions, and a look at our newly opened exhibition “Dawn’s Early Light: The First 50 Years of American Photography.”