Perkins Library – Rare Book, Manuscript & Special Collections

Ranks seventh-largest among American private university libraries, with several thousand rare and unique books, maps, photographs, films, broadsides and Confederate prints, ancient clay tablets, manuscripts and books printed prior to 1501 A.D.

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Address
Duke University West Campus Durham, NC 27708
Phone
(919)684-3009
Website
scriptorium.lib.duke.edu
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