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Hours

The Library is open by 9-5, Monday-Friday.

The Library is closed on the following holidays in 2011:

  • Columbus Day, October 10
  • Thanksgiving, November 24 and November 25
  • Christmas, December 23 and December 26.

Access

The Library primarily serves the research needs of the Regent and Vice-Regents of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and staff, interns, and fellows.  Outside researchers are welcome by appointment, although access to the Library’s special collections may be restricted. The use of special collections is monitored and limited to a designated space in the Library.  Whenever possible, library users will be provided with surrogates instead of original manuscripts and rare books.  Access to the rarest items in the Library’s special collections by advanced scholars will be determined by Library staff, who will assess the physical condition of the item, as well as the nature of the research request.

The Library staff also responds to inquiries by telephone, phone, mail, and email.

To make an on-site appointment, contact the Head Librarian or Special Collections Librarian. Click here to jump to Staff list at the bottom of this page.

To submit a reference request, go to Ask Mount Vernon.

Directions

The Library is located on the lower level of the the Ann Pamela Cunningham Building. Click for directions to Mount Vernon Estate, Museum & Gardens.

The mailing address is:
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George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens
PO Box 110
Mount Vernon, VA 22121

Collections

The Library’s modern collections include:

  • 18,000 books, serials, and multimedia publications on George Washington and his contemporaries, 18th-century American life and culture, fine and decorative  arts, historic preservation and genealogy, and the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.
  • 150 linear ft. of information files.
  • Electronic resources, including full-text digital libraries of more than 250,000 books and serial publications.

 The Library's special collections include rare books, manuscripts, maps, historic photographs, and the Association's archive; highlights of the special collections include:

  • 6,000 historical manuscripts, including approximately 500 original George Washington letters, ledgers, account books, and maps
  • 2,500 rare books, including approximately 80 books owned by George Washington or Washington family members and approximately 400 duplicate editions of books in George Washington’s library
  • 7,500 early records of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association

Our rare books and historical manuscripts are catalogued and searchable in our online catalog.  Our extensive special collections, including the archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association; photographs, postcards; and lantern slides; and ephemera are not yet in our online catalog.  Some items are available in our Digital Collections and others are featured in our collections database, E-Museum.

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