About Special Collections
About:
For a brief overview of the materials found in Special Collections, see our page on the library website
Location:
Reading Room for Archives + Special Collections
Room 223, second floor
Hours:
Monday - Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
How to identify materials in Special Collections:
All materials are listed in the online catalog & are distinguished by RISD location prefixes "special", "special oversize", "flat folio", "large folio", "special periodical", and "artists' books"
Access:
- If you have identified a specific book or periodical in Special Collections that you wish to see, you may drop in any time we are open.
- If you are not sure what special materials might be of use from the collection, please contact the Special Collections Librarian, Laurie Whitehill Chong to schedule an appointment. We can discuss your research needs and find materials suited to them.
Duplication Options:
All duplication requests are subject to copyright fair use restrictions. Due to the often fragile condition of special materials, duplication requests are granted at the discretion of the librarian or staff member. Scanning and photocopying requests are processed by library staff. Readers may also take their own digital photographs, upon request.
Sketching and Note-taking:
Graphite and ordinary pencils are the only kind of writing implement allowed in Special Collections when using special materials. Sketchbooks, notebooks or other paper is allowed as well as laptops. Keep in mind, however, that there is no wireless web access in room 223.
Other Special Resources:
Highlights of our collections, selected bookmarks for useful websites, and information about library exhibitions can also be found on our Special Collections Blog
Artists' Sketchbook Facsimiles
Artists' Books |
| Artists' Books D26B Blue Cloud: The Chinese Diaries - 1993 Darroch-Lozowshi, Vivian |
| Artists' Books D817Po Postal Séance Drescher, Henrik |
| Artists' Books N466S Sketchbook Newkirk, William |
| Artists' Books OL17No Notes in Hand Oldenburg, Claes |
| Artists' Books P194Sa Satiroplastic: [Sketchbook Facsimile] Panter, Gary |
| Artists' Books R74K Kleinere Werke Roth, Dieter |
| Artists' Books R74T 246 Little Clouds Roth, Dieter |
| Artists' Books Oversize R74Ta Ein Tagebuch Roth, Dieter |
| Artists' Books Oversize R73H Halbe Bilder Rosz, Martin |
| Artists' Books Sa4L Lucas Samaras Samaras, Lucas |
| Special Collections Books |
| Flat Folio N 6853 .D8 S32 1969 Notes and Projects for the Large Glass Duchamp, Marcel |
| Special Oversize N 6853 .D8 A64 2009 Marcel Duchamp: Étant Donnés: Manual of Instructions Duchamp, Marcel |
| Special Oversize N 6853 .G34 A23 1947 Noa Noa: Voyage a Tahiti Gauguin, Paul |
| Special NC 248 .T63 A45 1952 A Sketchbook by Toulouse-Lautrec Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri D. |
| Special Oversize N 6853 .P5 A4 1986 Je Suis le Cahier Picasso, Pablo |
| Special Oversize N 6853 .P5 c66 1963 Les Déjeuners Picasso, Pablo |
| Special Oversize NC 248 .B68 A46 1955 The Intimate Sketchbooks of G. Braque Braque, George |
| Special NA 1123 .R616 A4 1983b Il Libro Azzurro Rossi. Aldo |
| Special NC 139 .D3946 A4 1986 Stuart Davis Sketchbooks Davis, Stuart |
| Special Oversize NC 139 .D45 H47 1972b Willem de Kooning Drawings de Kooning, Willem |
| Special NC 139 .L48 A4 1986 Roy Lichtenstein, Landscape Sketches Lichtenstein, Roy |
| Special NC 139 .T45 A4 1987 Wayne Thiebaud, Private Drawings Thiebaud, Wayne |
| Flat Folio NC 242 .M7 A4 1958 Heads Figures and Ideas Moore, Henry |
| Special NC 245 .S3 A4 1967 Sketchbook by Egon Schiele Schiele, Egon |
| Special ND 237 .P85 A4 1960 Water-Color Sketchbook, 1899 Prendergast, Maurice |
| Special Oversize ND 1839 .P74 A4 1987 Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook Prendergast, Maurice |
| Special TR 140 .E38 A3 1997 The Journey is the Destination Eldon, Dan |
| Large Folio NC 139 .P6 A45 1997 The Jackson Pollock Sketchbooks Pollock, Jackson |
| Special NK 1535 .S58 A4 2005 Sottsass 700 Drawings Sottsass, Ettore |
| Special Oversize NC 242 .H6 A4 1985 Martha's Vineyard: My Third Sketchbook from the Summer of 1982 Hockney, David |
| Special Oversize NA 1053 .J4 A4 1997 Album La Roche Jeanneret, Le Corbusier |
| Circulating Books in Main Collection |
| Main BF 697.5 .S43 H37 2000 Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself Harrison, Sabrina Ward |
| Main N 6537 .J465 J47 1999 Evidence: The Art of Candy Jernigan Jernigan, Candy |
| Main N 6537 .L54 A2 2000 Boundaries Lin, Maya |
| Main N 6888 .K55 N66 Notebooks Klee, Paul |
| Main N 6923 .L33 L33 1970 Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci da Vinci, Leonardo |
| Oversize NC 251 .D8 G613 Diary of His Journey to the Netherlands, 1520-1521 Durer, Albrecht |
| NC 263 .R4 A4 2006 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn: Erotic Sketches Rembrandt |
| Main N 7113 .C335 A4 1988 Pedro Cano: Jornadas Cano, Pedro |
| Main N 7433.3 .H37 2003 Altered Books, Collaborative Journals. |
| Oversize NA 737 .K32 A44 1973 Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn Kahn, Louis I. |
| Main NA 1120 .M38 1988 An Architect in |
| Main NA 2707 .E44 A4 1930 Pages from an Architect’s Sketch Book Emerson, William |
| Main NA 2707 .K33 A4 1996 Drawn From the Source: The Travel Sketches of Louis I. Kahn Johnson, Eugene |
| Main NA 9085 .S6 A2 Sketchbooks of Paolo Soleri Soleri, Paolo |
| Main NC 139 .B27 A4 1993 Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Notebooks Basquiat, Jean-Michel |
| Main NC 139 .C725 A4 1998 Think - Thought – Think Craigie, Rob |
| Main NC 139 .L473 A4 1992 Sol Lewitt. Drawings 1958-1992 Lewitt, Sol |
| Main NC 139 .N419 A4 1994 Manuel Neri: A Sculptor’s Drawings Neri, Manuel |
| Main NC 139 .W485 A4 2003 Christopher Wilmarth : drawing into sculpture Saywell, Edward |
| Main NC 242 .M7 M5 1972 Henry |
| Main NC 242 .W54 S8 1968 An Italian Sketchbook Wilson, Richard |
| Main NC 248 .C37 A4 1985 A Cézanne Sketchbook Cézanne, Paul |
| Oversize NC 248 .D38 R43 Notebooks of Edgar Degas Degas, Edgar |
| Main NC 350 .C535 A4 2000 Sketches From |
| Main NC 1429 .C78 S33 R. Crumb Sketchbook Crumb, R. |
| Main ND 237 .B264 A4 2003 Will Barnet: Painting Without Illusion Barnet, Will |
| Oversize ND 237 .H74 A2 1997 Edward Hopper: A Journal of His Works Hopper, Edward |
| Main ND 259 .K33 A2 1995 Diary of Frida Kahlo Kahlo, Frida |
| Oversize ND 553 .M3 A4 1986 The Hidden Face of Manet Bareau, Juliet Wilson |
| Main ND 1942 .M5 A4 1990 Sara Midda’s South of France Midda, Sara |
| Main ND 1954 .K43 A4 1988 A Book by Anselm Kiefer Kiefer, Anselm |
| Oversize NK 5198 .C43 A4 2003 Chilhuly Drawing Chihuly, Dale |
| Main PR 4142 .A5 1977 Notebook of William Blake Blake, William |
| Oversize PQ 1286 .P5713 1999 Illustrated Letters: Artists and Writers Correspond Ayala, Roselyne de (ed.) |
| Main SB 455 .M54 1981 In and Out of the Garden Midda, Sara |
| Main NA 737 .H27 A2 1972 Notebooks 1959-1971 Halprin, Lawrence |
| Main N 6797 .P3 A4 2005 Samuel Palmer: The Sketchbook of 1824 Palmer, Samuel |
| Main NC 293 .G53 A4 2006 GRR30: Urban Recordings Giezendanner, Ingo |
| Main NC 139 .M28 L36 1973 The Sketchbooks of Reginald Marsh Marsh, Reginald |
| Main NA 1053 .V6 B34 2009 The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt Villard de Honnecourt |
| Main N7433.5 .M36 2007 Street Sketchbook: Inside the Journals of International Street and Graffiti Artists Manko, Tristan |
| Main E 164 .F77 1997 Watson's Travels in America: the Sketchbooks and Diary of Joshua Rowley Watson, 1772-1818 Watson, Joshua Rowley |
| Main NC 251 .B38 A4 2010 Willi Baumeister: Catalogue Raisonné of the Sketchbooks Baumeister, Willi |
Special Collections Librarian |
 Laurie Whitehill Chong |
Digital Sketchbooks
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