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USMA Library Archives and Special Collections

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Three female cadets in camouflage uniforms gather around a document

Visit ASC

Contact us to see how materials in our Archives and Special Collections can enhance your class. We have documents and primary sources that can augment curriculum in departments across West Point. 

Librarian in a grey sweater shows three cadets - two male, one female, all in camouflage - an item from our collections

Visit ASC

Contact us to see how materials in our Archives and Special Collections can enhance your class. We have documents and primary sources that can augment curriculum in departments across West Point. 

Three cadets gather around and discuss an old map

Visit ASC

Contact us to see how materials in our Archives and Special Collections can enhance your class. We have documents and primary sources that can augment curriculum in departments across West Point. 

A librarian in a grey shirt reveals an oversized document to four female cadets in camouflage

Visit ASC

Contact us to see how materials in our Archives and Special Collections can enhance your class. We have documents and primary sources that can augment curriculum in departments across West Point. 

Class Visits

 

USMA Library Archives and Special Collections supports the West Point curriculum with a variety of unique materials and primary source documents. If you're a current USMA instructor and wish to collaborate with our Archives and Special Collections on class visits, please contact us at instruction@usmalibrary.org or complete the Information Literacy Instruction form

Research Visits

 

Not sure where to start? Review our West Point Resources research guide and our general Military Resources research guide for helpful information and tools to get you going. 

See the calendar below for Archives and Special Collections hours.

 

USMA Affiliated Researchers

 

USMA Library Archives and Special Collections are open to Cadets, Faculty, and Staff for walk-ins or by appointment. We are happy to support your research needs for coursework, theses, or personal interest. To make an appointment or contact our librarians, send us an email at asc@usmalibrary.org.

 

External Researchers 

 

USMA Library Archives and Special Collections are open to external researchers by appointment only. We require at least two weeks notice when scheduling appointments. To make an appointment or contact our staff with research and resource questions, please fill out the Archives and Special Collections Research Request form.

 

To Request Materials

 

For all researchers, once you have found materials in our collections that you would like to consult, follow these steps to request access to them in our reading room.

First, register for a researcher account in Aeon. Once you have created an account, follow these steps to request materials:

  1. Search the USMA library catalog via Scout.
  2. Click on the “Special Handling Required” link. You will be redirected to your Aeon account.
  3. Once logged in, your request will be pre-populated in a “New Request Form.”  Fill in any additional relevant information and click submit.

If you cannot find the resource you need in the online catalog, you can make a manual request by accessing your Aeon account, selecting “New Request,” and inputting all relevant information.

Materials will be kept on hold for 7 days. If you are unable to visit the reading room within that time, please contact us.

For assistance finding and requesting any materials that do not appear in our catalog, or if you have any additional questions regarding our holdings, appointments, or reading room procedures, please contact us at asc@usmalibrary.org.

Reading Room Rules

 

Before visiting, please review our Reading Room rules and familiarize yourself with all reading room policies. The items in our collection are often very old, fragile, and unique. It is our mission to preserve them for future generations, just as they have been preserved until now.

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