Adrian College - Shipman Library

In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we will be closed to the public on January 19. Adrian College students, faculty and staff will be able to access the building via ID card.

Semester break schedule:

12/15-12/19: 8am-4pm
12/20-12/21: closed
12/22-12/23: 8am-4pm
12/24-1/1: closed
1/2: 8am-4pm
1/3-1/4: closed
1/5-1/9: 8am-4pm
1/10-1/11: closed

Our website is always open at: https://shipmanlibrary.stacksdiscovery.com/

Students, faculty and staff can access the library via ID card throughout Thanksgiving Break, but we will be closed to the general public Wednesday, 11/26 through Sunday, 11/30.

We're open noon-5pm Saturday and Sunday 8/23 and 8/24 for Welcome Weekend! 24/7 building access via AC ID card resumes Friday, 8/22.

Join us next Wednesday (Feb. 12) as we welcome Dr. Christopher Momany back to campus to talk about the role of archival materials in his research and writing. Chris has written extensively about AC founder Asa Mahan and his circle of 19th century abolitionists.

Having my first ☕️ from our new vending machine. $1 for an Americano! It’s good! We also have a new food / drink machine as well.

We will be closed to the non-AC community Aug. 31 - Sept. 2 for the Labor Day holiday. AC community members will continue to have 24/7 access via AC ID card, although the library will be unstaffed during this time.

Welcome new students! Our Welcome Week staffed hours will be:

Sun. 8/18: noon-5pm
Mon. 8/19-Thur. 8/22: 8am-8pm
Fri. 8/23: 8am-5pm
Sat. 8/24-Sun. 8/25: noon-5pm

Also, 24/7 card access begins Mon. 8/19.

We finally received our copy of AC Associate Professor Dr. Christy Mesaros-Winckles’ book! It’s available for checkout now: BX 8417 .M47 2023

Students, good luck as you finish out the semester! Please remember to return all library materials before you leave campus. If you're registered for the fall semester and would like to borrow books over the summer, please see a librarian and we'll be happy to assist!

We recently acquired a copy of Awakening To Justice: Faithful Voices From The Abolitionist Past. Christopher Momany, who was the AC Chaplain, is one of the authors and the book has a very interesting connection to AC.

In 2015, a box of documents was found in a campus office and sent to Shipman Library, where librarian Noelle Keller discovered an unpublished manuscript dating back to 1839. It appeared to be the work of an American abolitionist and with further research by Chaplain Momany it was identified as the work of David S. Ingraham, one of the "Lane Rebels" who advocated abolition at the Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, OH and later transferred to Oberlin College, continuing their struggle against slavery.

Ingraham later traveled to Jamaica where he wrote much of the journal found in that campus office in 2015. It documented conditions of slavery there, including details and drawings of slave ships and much other valuable primary source documentation.

The journal immediately became an important resource for scholars around the globe working in this area, informing and enlightening their work. This book is an example of the scholarship that has and will continue to be developed from the Ingraham journal.

We are proud to house this important historical document in our Archive, and thank Keller and Momany for their efforts to sleuth out the details and promote the find.

If you're interested in reading the book, our copy is on the New Books shelves near the IT Helpdesk. The call number is E449.A98 2024.

Here's a link to a Daily Telegram article on the journal from 2022:
https://www.lenconnect.com/story/news/education/2022/11/12/abolitionist-journal-adrian-college-book/69619364007/

And here is a link to a digitized version of the journal:https://shipmanlibrary.stacksdiscovery.com/sites/default/files/ingram_diary_small.pdf

Adrian College students, faculty and staff will be able to access the building 24/7 throughout spring break!

Our staffed public hours:
3/2 - 3/3: closed
3/4 - 3/8: 8am-4pm
3/9 - 3/10: closed

Have a great break!