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Special Collections
The Washington University Libraries
The Washington University Libraries hold more than 3.6 million volumes and subscribe to 19,000 serial publications. Approximately 45,000 volumes are in the field of Germanic languages and literatures. The libraries' collections cover all areas of German literature from the Middle Ages to the present. For general information about the university's main library (Olin Library), or for more resources, see Olin Library Resources.
Special Collections
Praetorius Memorial Collection
The nucleus of the Germanic holdings, it is especially strong in 19th- and early 20th-century imprints.
Contemporary German Literature Collection
Part of the Max Kade Center, which produces an annual annotated bilbliography made available to all German departments at North American universities.
Suhrkamp/Insel Collection
Siegfried Unseld, head of Suhrkamp Verlag in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, started this collection at Washington University in 1984. Every year the two publishing companies donate their new books to the Center. The Suhrkamp donation includes the books published by Jüdischer Verlag im Suhrkamp Verlag. This collection is also part of the Max Kade Center.
Whitney R. Harris Collection
This collection contains more than 2,500 titles on the history of the Third Reich.
Gert von Gontard Collection
This collection comprises a substantial collection of books by and about Goethe, literature of the 1920s and '30s, and works on the performing arts.
Paracelsus Collection
An extensive collection of works on the history of medicine from 16th- and 17th-century Europe. It includes the Robert E. Schlueter Collection, one of the world's most complete holdings of writings by and about the early modern physician and philosopher Paracelsus (1493-1541). This collection is part of the Rare Book Collection at the Bernard Becker Medical Library.
