Mission
SUPPORTS AND MAINTAINS A RESEARCH LIBRARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE. THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY CULTIVATES A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE AMERICAN PAST, GROUNDED IN ITS EVER-GROWING COLLECTION OF PRINTED AND MANUSCRIPT SOURCES. AS A NATIONAL RESEARCH LIBRARY, AAS COLLECTS, PRESERVES, AND MAKES AVAILABLE FOR STUDY THE RECORD OF WHAT IS NOW THE UNITED STATES FROM EARLY EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT THROUGH 1900. AS A LEARNED SOCIETY, AAS FOSTERS A BROAD COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY THROUGH INCLUSIVE PROGRAMS AND GENEROUS SUPPORT FOR SCHOLARSHIP. OUR AUDIENCES INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARS, PRE-COLLEGIATE, UNDERGRADUATE, AND GRADUATE STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS, PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS AND WRITERS, GENEALOGISTS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.