Students studying in Mossey Library's Heritage Room.

Library & Archives

The Michael Alex Mossey Library seeks to support the College’s diversified curriculum by developing a collection of resources well-balanced in subject matter, viewpoint, and media form and by offering the collateral services of library instruction, reference, reserve readings, interlibrary loan, and circulation. In addition to these course-related objectives, the library supports faculty research and professional development and attempts to provide suitable materials for leisure reading of both faculty and students.

The Library also supports the College’s mission of preparing leaders by fostering an appreciation for our heritage. The Library does this by collecting books, documents, artifacts, and memorabilia of our College, city, county, state, and nation.

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Archives & Special Collections

Sir Winston S. Churchill

Winston Churchill

The Churchill Project

Hillsdale College has launched the Churchill Project to propagate a right understanding of Churchill’s record. As part of this project, Hillsdale College will complete the remaining volumes of The Churchill Documents.

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Sir Martin Gilbert

Sir Martin Gilbert

Sir Martin Gilbert Document Archive

Hillsdale College is currently digitizing selected papers, research documents, notes, and personal correspondence by Sir Martin Gilbert.

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Harry V. Jaffa

Harry Jaffa

Harry V. Jaffa Document Library

Hillsdale College is currently digitizing selected papers, research documents, notes, and personal correspondence by Harry V. Jaffa.

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William F. Buckley, Jr.

William Buckley

William F. Buckley, Jr. Online Archive

This online archive contains the complete writings of William F. Buckley, Jr.

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Ludwig Von Mises

Von Mises

Ludwig Von Mises Room

The personal library of Ludwig von Mises, an important collection of business and economics materials, was bequeathed to Hillsdale College in his will and is housed in the Mossey Library where it is available to Hillsdale faculty and students.

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Collections

Student in heritage room

Other Collections

In addition to the archives listed above, the Mossey Library contains a number of rare and special holdings, including the Russell Kirk, Richardson Heritage, and Richard Weaver collections.

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About the Library

Mossey Library

In addition to a collection of nearly two million volumes, the Mossey Library contains a number of rare and special collections, including the personal libraries of Ludwig von Mises and Richard Weaver, a collection of rare Bibles and prayer books, a collection of Free Baptist historical material, the College’s historical archives, and numerous other rare volumes.

Five professional librarians, five support staff, and thirty-five student assistants staff the library.

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