History Library Liaison & Adviser
Sarah Calhoun
Reference and Instructional librarian
Office: Library 471
Phone: 507-222-5305
Sarah is available and eager to help History majors and minors with all Library needs. She invites you to contact her to schedule a meeting, ask her questions about research issues, available library materials and on-line sources, primary source guidance, and so much more! Please visit Sarah’s website and her History research guide.
For History majors, the Gould Library is a vital laboratory where we explore, experiment, and discover. The History department encourages all majors to get to know the library deeply and to collaborate actively with History Library Liaison, Sarah Calhoun. Sarah is available to help you to take full advantage of the Library’s exceptional digital and physical resources for all History courses, especially courses in which research plays an important role (e.g., History 298, 300-level seminars, 398 and 400 (Comps).
Sarah can assist History students in identifying and obtaining the best resources for the project at hand, whether a short primary source analysis, a literature review, or a comps research essay. Please consider Sarah an integral member of your “team” of support that includes the professor of the course, other relevant faculty, and your peers.
Reference and Instruction
Claudia Peterson
Head of Reference and Instruction
Office: Library 469
Schedule an appointment with Claudia to discuss your History of Latin America research needs. Claudia can help you navigate the research literature that is both in Spanish and English. Also, feel free to check out the History of Latin America page of the History Research guide. Claudia looks forward to meeting you at the library!
Special Collections and Archives
Carleton’s Special Collections houses materials that are rare, fragile, or of significant value that touch on all periods of history and areas of life and culture. These include manuscript facsimiles, which reproduce full manuscripts in exact or near replicas), early printed books, original editions of important works like Diderot’s Encyclopedia, and many other original printed witnesses to past times.
History majors are encouraged to make use of these materials, which can offer unique insights and evidence for any project or exhibition. Remember: curiosity is the only prerequisite to use Carleton’s Special Collections!
Carleton College Archivists
Tom Lamb
Head of Special Collections and Archives
The primary purpose of the Carleton College Archives is to gather, preserve, and make available for institutional reference and public research use documentation and information pertaining to the work, history, and development of Carleton College, or about programs, policies, activities, events, persons, or groups associated with the College.