The Early American Exploration and Travel Collection
The Early American Exploration and Travel Collection include narratives and maps from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries.
Spencer Natural History Collection
The Spencer Natural History Collection is notable for the many hand-colored plates which accompany early printed descriptions of the world’s birds, plants, and insects. The bulk of the collection dates from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries.
The North American Indigenous Peoples Book Collection
The North American Indigenous Peoples Book Collection contains many of the important early books that describe and illustrate the native peoples of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Highlights include the first editions of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, George Catlin, and Edward S. Curtis.
The Heffelfinger Aesop’s Fables Collection
The Heffelfinger Aesop’s Fables Collection is comprised primarily of 152 editions of Aesop’s Fables in numerous languages that date from the sixteenth century to the present.
The History of Books and Printing Collection
The History of Books and Printing Collection includes books on bookmaking, typography, printing, and fine binding.
See our collection by visiting
Hennepin County Library’s
Special Collection department.
300 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Call us at 612-543-8200 when you arrive or ask at the fourth-floor information desk.
Hours
Monday 9 - 4:30
Tuesday 9 - 4:30
Wednesday 9 - 4:30
Thursday 9 - 4:30
Phone
612-543-8200