Duke's Library Resources
Duke Libraries contain rich and diverse collections of Jewish Studies, representing different disciplines and a vast array of interests. Faculty and students will find here a wide variety of resources, from current publications, films and videos, to rare and unique manuscripts and archival collections.
Perkins Library holds a growing collection of modern Hebrew literature, both in the original Hebrew and in translation, as well as collections of modern Jewish history, Zionism, the Israel-Arab conflict, and the history and society of Israel. The microfilm collection includes Testaments to the Holocaust from the Wiener Library, and the Guenzburg Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Russian State Library, to name but a few. The Divinity School Library holds our collections of ancient and medieval Jewish history, as well as Biblical studies, ancient Near East archeology and cultures, and Rabbinical literature. In the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library and in the Lilly library there is a unique collection of art books by Jewish and Israeli artists, some dating back to the 19th century. An impressive collection of Pesah Haggadot is hosted in Special Collections.
The Southern Jewish History collection holds personal papers of prominent Jewish families and individuals in the region. A recent addition to RBMSCL is the personal archive of the distinguished Jewish rabbi and human rights activist Marshall T. Mayer.
Guide to the Duke University Libraries collection of Haggadot 1200-2003 can be found at: http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/rbmscl/haggadot/inv/.
For the library’s Jewish Studies Subject Guide, follow this link: http://www.lib.duke.edu/ias/Judaica/index.html.
For Special Collections: http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/collections/judaica.html#representative
For reference consultations please contact Rachel Ariel, Subject Librarian for Jewish Studies at rachel.ariel@duke.edu or by phone: (919)660-5842.