Finding Collection Material

Image of colored etching of "The Easter hunt at Epping Forest. Plate second" by Henry William Bunbury,showing a caricature of a group of men on horseback galloping toward the right of the frame. One man's wig flies off as his horse rears.Click here to view the Finding Lewis Walpole Library Collection Material Research Guide. 

See also Guide to Using Special Collections at Yale University: Find and Request 

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Primary Sources at Yale

The main search and discovery tools are the following: 

Quicksearch: Yale’s online library search interface. he most up-to-date and authoritative records for the collection can be found there, and Quicksearch affords the most targeted searching using Advanced Search. It is possible to limit searches in Advanced Search by library (for example, just what is held at the Lewis Walpole Library) and format (for example, Archives or Manuscripts, or Images), and more. Records in the  Quicksearch Catalog for materials that have been digitized include links to the digital versions in the Digital Images Collection.

  • books and printed texts
  • prints, drawings, and paintings
  • bound manuscripts and manuscript collections

Requests can be placed directly through links in the Quicksearch catalog records. 

Archives at Yale - Interface for finding aids from 10 libraries and repositories at Yale University. Finding aids describe the creation, content, context, and arrangement of archival materials, allowing users to identify and request materials relevant to their research. Use Archives at Yale to browse, explore, and discover Yale’s extraordinary collections of primary sources. Finding aids for Lewis Walpole Library archival and manuscript collections can be found here as can collections of Prints After William Hogarth smaller format Portrait Prints, Theatrical and Literary prints, Topographical Prints, and 20th & 21st-Century Sales and Auction Catalogs. 

Paging requests can be placed directly through the  links in the finding aids.

Digital Collections - Search for digitized images, archival documents, and other materials in the Yale University Library’s primary Digital Collections repository. Use this search interface to view all available images of items from the Lewis Walpole Library’s collections. Links in catalog records also point to images in this repository.  

Additional search and discovery tools for Lewis Walpole Library collections

Card Catalogs and local Finding Aids (available only at the library)

  • Miscellaneous manuscripts
  • Photostats of material from other collections
  • Walpole’s manuscript notes in books

Recent Antiquarian Acquisitions Blog - The library’s recent additions of rare printed, graphic, and manuscript materials are announced here with an image, brief description, and link to the catalog record and, where applicable, the image in the Digital collection.

Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill Collection - selected art and artifacts from Horace Walpole’s collections, including images, descriptions, and last known whereabouts. Includes LWL collection items as well as items in other collections. Please note that this resource has not been able to be updated for a number of years; corrections or additions have not been possible.