Research Library
Schedule a library Visit
Are you working on a project where our research library might be of assistance? Our library is open to researchers by appointment.
To schedule, please use our contact form and let us know the nature of your project and a date and time that would work for you.
A roomful of history, open to researchers
For decades, SAAL+M's history lived in a downstairs closet. Board member Ilna Colemere changed that, turning a former upstairs kitchen into a research library that holds 140 years of the museum's story.
The collection spans press releases, board minutes, and yearbooks going back to 1912, alongside the original card catalog once used to research any topic in the museum's holdings. It also houses part of Edgar B. Davis's personal library — rare volumes from the 1880s through the 1920s, stamped with his name — along with small sculptures donated by artists, photographs charting the museum's various homes since its 1912 founding, and other artifacts tracing SAAL+M back to its first meeting at the Carnegie Library (now the Briscoe).
Researching a project? The library is open by appointment — just contact the museum to schedule a visit. In your contact form, please tell us the purpose of your research and a preferred date and time for your visit.