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Blacker-Wood Collections

Heritage The Blacker Wood Natural History Collection is one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of natural history works in North America. The…

Rare Books and Special Collections

Heritage McGill began acquiring antiquarian books and other special collections materials as early as the 1860s. Gifts and purchases over the years have formed…

Blackader-Lauterman Collection

Heritage The Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art originated in the 1920s with an endowment from the family of Gordon Home Blackader, a graduate…

Islamic Studies Library Collection

Heritage The Islamic Studies Library was founded, along with the Institute of Islamic Studies, by Prof. Wilfred Cantwell Smith in 1952. The Islamic Studies…

Historical Collections

Heritage Advisory Committee The Heritage Advisory Committee was established in 2002 by former Principal Bernard Shapiro in response to the concerns of a number…

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