HOME - Finding Lewis Walpole Library Collection Material - Yale University Library Research Guides at Yale University Ask Yale Library My Library Accounts Hours Find, Request, and Use Help and Research Support Visit and Study Explore Collections Finding Lewis Walpole Library Collection Material: HOME Providing guidance on using various discovery tools to find collection material at the Lewis Walpole Library QUICKSEARCH DIGITAL COLLECTIONS ARCHIVES AT YALE LUX CARD CATALOG AT THE LWL OTHER Which discovery tools to use to find different kinds of collection material There are various resources available to help you Identify, find, and request collection materials. See, for example, Guide to Using Special Collections at Yale University The purpose of this guide is to introduce you to the wealth of special collections available for research and teaching at Yale Library and Yale Center for British Art. The Find and Request page demonstrates how to find and request materials in all formats Primary Sources at Yale -This guide contains information about finding sources, visiting collections, requesting materials, reproductions, and copyright rules. Help with Special Collections in Quicksearch -- Searching for special collections materials within Yale’s libraries Yale Library Online -Video tutorials on how to find and access the online resources of Yale University Library ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The present Finding Lewis Walpole Library Collection Material guide focuses on finding Lewis Walpole Library collection material. On this home page, there is information on finding different kinds of collection material. Books Ephemera Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill Manuscripts Visual Materials--Caricatures and Satires Visual Materials--Portraits Visual Materials--Topographical Views Yale Subscription Database s and Electronic Resources The different tabs across the top of this guide provide further information on each discovery tool and how to limit or refine searches to the LWL collections, different formats, and how to request material for use in the LWL reading room, and links to help pages for the tools, where available. is an integrated search interface combining searches in Books+ (the Yale Library catalog), Archives at Yale (archival and manuscript materials), Articles+ (electronic serials and database articles), Databases, and Digital collections.  For the purposes of this guide, the Quicksearch tab focuses on searching Books+ . See DIGITAL COLLECTIONS Quicksearch Help ARCHIVES AT YALE provides access to collections (primarily manuscripts and archives, but also graphic materials and more). Archives at Yale Help DIGITAL COLLECTIONS is the interface for searching and viewing all available digital images from the LWL's collections. CARD CATALOG AT THE LWL still available in the Reading Room and upon request, the card catalog has in most cases been supplanted by the online tools; however it still enables access to certain resources not fully analyzed online. Other tools include the HORACE WALPOLE'S STRAWBERRY HILL COLLECTION database, the RECENT ANTIQUARIAN ACQUISITIONS BLOG , and RISM for the Thomas Gray Manuscript Music Collection. LUX is a digital platform that enables users to search across Yale’s museums, archives, and library collections, including those of the Lewis Walpole Library. Lux includes works of art, archives, scientific specimens, and other cultural heritage items held at the University. Books QUICKSEARCH--Books+ This link opens in a new window Set limits or Refine search: Format=Books Location=Lewis Walpole Library Manuscripts ARCHIVES AT YALE This link opens in a new window Select from drop-down Repository: Lewis Walpole Library Additional finding aids (e.g. Miscellaneous Manuscripts, etc.) available upon request at the LWL QUICKSEARCH This link opens in a new window Set limits or Refine search: Format -- Archives or Manuscripts Location--.Lewis Walpole Library CARD CATALOG This link opens in a new window in reading room at the LWL DIGITAL COLLECTIONS This link opens in a new window Digital images of manuscript materials or materials with manuscript annotations. Set limits after search: Repository--Lewis Walpole Library Ephemera QUICKSEARCH This link opens in a new window Set limits or Refine search: Location--.Lewis Walpole Library DIGITAL COLLECTIONS This link opens in a new window Set limits after search: Repository--Lewis Walpole Library Suggested Genre/Form terms Admission tickets Advertisements Advertising cards Bookplates Playbills Tickets Trade cards Can add country (and city) and date e.g. Playbills--England--London--1798 Visual Materials--Caricatures and Satires DIGITAL COLLECTIONS This link opens in a new window Set limits after search: Location--Lewis Walpole Library QUICKSEARCH--Books+ This link opens in a new window Set limits or Refine search: Format -- Images Location -- Lewis Walpole Library CARD CATALOG This link opens in a new window in reading room at the LWL Suggested Genre/Form term Satires (Visual works) can add country and date e.g. Satires (Visual works)--England--1770 Visual Materials -- Portraits QUICKSEARCH This link opens in a new window Set limits or Refine search: Format -- Images Location -- Lewis Walpole Library DIGITAL COLLECTIONS This link opens in a new window Set limits: Digital Collection: Lewis Walpole Library FINDING AID This link opens in a new window CARD CATALOG This link opens in a new window by request at the LWL Suggested Genre/Form term Portraits can add country and date e.g. Portraits--England--1726 Visual Materials -- Topographical Views QUICKSEARCH This link opens in a new window Set limits or Refine search: Format -- Images Location -- Lewis Walpole Library DIGITAL COLLECTIONS This link opens in a new window Set limits after search: Repository--Lewis Walpole Library FINDING AID This link opens in a new window CARD CATALOG This link opens in a new window by request at LWL Suggested Call number (or Holdings Keyword) search TOPOS Suggested Genre/Form term search Views Suggested Subject term search [city or type of structure]-Pictorial Works--date for example: London (England)--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800. [type of structure]--[country]--[city] for example: Churches--England--London. Head of Public Services -- Lewis Walpole Library Susan Walker she/her/hers Email Me Contact: The Lewis Walpole Library 154 Main Street Farmington, CT 860-677-2140 Website Social: Facebook Page Pinterest Page Instagram Page Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill ARCHIVES AT YALE This link opens in a new window Select from drop-down Repository: Lewis Walpole Library Horace Walpole Collection LWL MSS 1 This link opens in a new window The collection includes approximately 3,000 letters to and from Horace Walpole as well as other manuscript materials by him, including copies of Aedes Walpolianae and The Mysterious Mother, his commonplace books, "Books of Materials," and various miscellanies. QUICKSEARCH This link opens in a new window Set limits or Refine search: Location -- Lewis Walpole Library DIGITAL COLLECTIONS This link opens in a new window Set limits after search: Location--Lewis Walpole Library HORACE WALPOLE'S STRAWBERRY HILL COLLECTION This link opens in a new window CARD CATALOG This link opens in a new window by request at the LWL Suggested subject searches Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797--Ms. notes. (local Yale subject) Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797--Ownership local Yale subject) Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England) Yale Subscription Databases and Electronic Resources Yale Library Online: Find Articles Using Quicksearch This link opens in a new window How to find scholarly articles in Yale Library online. Video tutorial by Kelly Blanchat, Undergraduate Teaching and Outreach Librarian at Bass Library. Yale Library Online: Find Databases by Title This link opens in a new window How to find databases licensed by Yale Library. Video tutorial by Rashelle Nagar, Librarian for Finance, Accounting, and Business Data at Marx Science and Social Science Library. BRITISH 18TH-CENTURY ELECTRONIC RESOURCES SUBJECT GUIDE This link opens in a new window Links to selected electronic resources for British eighteenth-century studies. QUICKSEARCH--Databases This link opens in a new window Browse by title:0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Databases Use the database list to find: Journal and e-book collections Primary sources such as archives and personal papers Government documents and statistics Image, sound and video collections Abstracts and Indexing services If you are looking for a specific journal, try the eJournal page or Books+ If you are looking for specific articles, try Articles+ DATABASE LIST BY TITLE This link opens in a new window A-Z list of all databases to which the Yale University Library subscribes RECENT ANTIQUARIAN ACQUISITIONS This link opens in a new window LWL blog announting recent acquisitions of antiquarian materials: includes photo, summary, call number and link to catalog record. 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