About Us
The mission of Archives & Distinctive Collections at the College of the Holy Cross is to collect, preserve, and provide access to a wide variety of materials represented in the College Archives, Rare Books Collections, Special Collections, and Digital Scholarship. The Archives & Distinctive Collections department works to engage with the entire Holy Cross community and affiliated researchers through the shared goal of preserving the College's history, fostering a scholarly research environment, and acquiring items reflective of our diverse academic community. We seek to make these materials as accessible as possible through an active instruction program, scholarly collaborations, robust online repositories, digitization and exhibitions.
Archives & Distinctive Collections seeks to be an engaged member in support of the academic mission of the College by playing a distinctive role in supporting a broad research community. We seek to build collections that are wholly representative of the Holy Cross community, in addition to unique collecting areas not well covered by other existing repositories. Our mission to acquire and preserve materials in a variety of formats is coupled with a commitment to outreach and access in order to engage and collaborate with faculty, students, and campus offices in new and innovative uses of our collections to highlight history, strengthen scholarship and build new digital projects.
About Us
The mission of Archives & Distinctive Collections at the College of the Holy Cross is to collect, preserve, and provide access to a wide variety of materials represented in the College Archives, Rare Books Collections, Special Collections, and Digital Scholarship. The Archives & Distinctive Collections department works to engage with the entire Holy Cross community and affiliated researchers through the shared goal of preserving the College's history, fostering a scholarly research environment, and acquiring items reflective of our diverse academic community. We seek to make these materials as accessible as possible through an active instruction program, scholarly collaborations, robust online repositories, digitization and exhibitions.
Archives & Distinctive Collections seeks to be an engaged member in support of the academic mission of the College by playing a distinctive role in supporting a broad research community. We seek to build collections that are wholly representative of the Holy Cross community, in addition to unique collecting areas not well covered by other existing repositories. Our mission to acquire and preserve materials in a variety of formats is coupled with a commitment to outreach and access in order to engage and collaborate with faculty, students, and campus offices in new and innovative uses of our collections to highlight history, strengthen scholarship and build new digital projects.
Potentially Offensive or Harmful Content Statement
The mission of Archives & Distinctive Collections at the College of the Holy Cross is to collect, preserve, and provide access to institutional records of permanent value as well as a wide variety of other resources represented in Distinctive Collections.
Objects in historical collections reflect the attitudes, ideas, and norms of the era and culture in which they were created or collected. As such, some material and the language used to describe them may be considered outdated, biased, or offensive today. Their presence in these collections on this site does not constitute any endorsement of the viewpoints or sentiments expressed within them by the College.
Questions or comments about any item or the policy above may be directed to archives@holycross.edu. All concerns will be reviewed and addressed by Library administration, or other departments as appropriate.
Take-down Policy Statement
The Archives and Distinctive Collections at College of the Holy Cross provides access to digitized materials that may be under copyright or other restrictions. These materials are available for limited noncommercial, educational and personal use, or for fair use as defined by United States copyright law with proper citation.
The Archives makes digital versions of collections accessible in the following situations:
- They are in the public domain
- The rights are owned by the College of the Holy Cross
- The College of the Holy Cross has permission to make them accessible
- There are no known restrictions on use
Copyright owners who are not properly identified, have questions, or are concerned that their copyright may have been violated are welcome to contact Archives & Distinctive Collections at archives@holycross.edu. Please include the following information:
- Your contact information (name, address, email address and phone number)
- Title of the work infringed upon
- Title and findable location of the infringing work (citation, URL, etc.)
- Statement detailing violation of copyright which includes the name of the copyright holder.
- Statement that you are the rights holder, or are authorized to act on behalf of the rights holder.
Upon receipt of a request, a member of the Holy Cross Archives & Distinctive Collections staff will:
- Promptly acknowledge the request via email or other means of communication if you do not have an email account;
- Assess the validity of the request;
- By request temporarily remove the material from public view while we assess the concern.
- After completion of the assessment, take appropriate action and communicate that action to you.
Reproductions Policy
Reproductions for private study, scholarship, or research purposes may be made available upon request. The Archives reserves the right to limit the number of reproductions made and refuse reproducing any item if such action will damage the material. Copies of entire books, manuscript collections or archival record groups will not be made. Reproduction of photographs, videos or audio-visual material will be performed by the College. Please consult with the Archives staff for further information.
Materials believed to be under copyright or other restrictions are available for limited noncommercial, educational and personal use only, or for fair use as defined by United States copyright law and with proper citation. Please note that the College of the Holy Cross does not hold the rights to all items in its collections.
Users assume responsibility for identifying all copyright holders and for determining whether permission is needed to make any use of the content.
For permission to publish, reprint or reproduce materials in the collection rights with held by the College, a patron must request permission from Archives & Distinctive Collections. Please contact the Archives via archives@holycross.edu.
Archives & Distinctive Collections reserves the right to refuse a reproduction order.
Potentially Offensive or Harmful Content Statement
The mission of Archives & Distinctive Collections at the College of the Holy Cross is to collect, preserve, and provide access to institutional records of permanent value as well as a wide variety of other resources represented in Distinctive Collections.
Objects in historical collections reflect the attitudes, ideas, and norms of the era and culture in which they were created or collected. As such, some material and the language used to describe them may be considered outdated, biased, or offensive today. Their presence in these collections on this site does not constitute any endorsement of the viewpoints or sentiments expressed within them by the College.
Questions or comments about any item or the policy above may be directed to archives@holycross.edu. All concerns will be reviewed and addressed by Library administration, or other departments as appropriate.
Take-down Policy Statement
The Archives and Distinctive Collections at College of the Holy Cross provides access to digitized materials that may be under copyright or other restrictions. These materials are available for limited noncommercial, educational and personal use, or for fair use as defined by United States copyright law with proper citation.
The Archives makes digital versions of collections accessible in the following situations:
- They are in the public domain
- The rights are owned by the College of the Holy Cross
- The College of the Holy Cross has permission to make them accessible
- There are no known restrictions on use
Copyright owners who are not properly identified, have questions, or are concerned that their copyright may have been violated are welcome to contact Archives & Distinctive Collections at archives@holycross.edu. Please include the following information:
- Your contact information (name, address, email address and phone number)
- Title of the work infringed upon
- Title and findable location of the infringing work (citation, URL, etc.)
- Statement detailing violation of copyright which includes the name of the copyright holder.
- Statement that you are the rights holder, or are authorized to act on behalf of the rights holder.
Upon receipt of a request, a member of the Holy Cross Archives & Distinctive Collections staff will:
- Promptly acknowledge the request via email or other means of communication if you do not have an email account;
- Assess the validity of the request;
- By request temporarily remove the material from public view while we assess the concern.
- After completion of the assessment, take appropriate action and communicate that action to you.
Reproductions Policy
Reproductions for private study, scholarship, or research purposes may be made available upon request. The Archives reserves the right to limit the number of reproductions made and refuse reproducing any item if such action will damage the material. Copies of entire books, manuscript collections or archival record groups will not be made. Reproduction of photographs, videos or audio-visual material will be performed by the College. Please consult with the Archives staff for further information.
Materials believed to be under copyright or other restrictions are available for limited noncommercial, educational and personal use only, or for fair use as defined by United States copyright law and with proper citation. Please note that the College of the Holy Cross does not hold the rights to all items in its collections.
Users assume responsibility for identifying all copyright holders and for determining whether permission is needed to make any use of the content.
For permission to publish, reprint or reproduce materials in the collection rights with held by the College, a patron must request permission from Archives & Distinctive Collections. Please contact the Archives via archives@holycross.edu.
Archives & Distinctive Collections reserves the right to refuse a reproduction order.