Burke Library Hamilton College

10/15/2026

Christian Goodwillie, LITS Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives, presents an illustrated lecture exploring Utica's hidden history as home to Occultists, Spiritualists, Alchemists, Communitarians, Hollow-Earth Theorists, and more… Come take a strange trip through Utica's esoteric past!
Another wonderful event in the Carl A. Rubino Hamilton College at The Other Side series.
Wednesday, October 21 @ 7pm
2011 Genesee St, Utica. Free Admission!

10/12/2026

We're so excited by the Nye Center sprouting up in our backyard, our new geothermal heating & cooling, and all the other changes happening on campus!

10/08/2026

Love seeing Hamilton students working with the other amazing libraries, archives, and museums in our community!

10/06/2026

Explore the College Cemetery like never before! https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ca685ab66ed5493dbe9d9b1a26b5ba49

Special Collections and Archives is excited to announce an ArcGIS StoryMap of the Hamilton College Cemetery. The StoryMap contains a brief history of the cemetery, campus maps featuring the cemetery throughout the centuries, 10 notable figures buried in the cemetery, a searchable and filterable map with biographical information on all the residents, and a statistical analysis of the causes of death.

Clinton, NY

09/11/2026

A beautiful shot of Hamilton College campus captured by LITS Instructional Designer Mike Revenaugh from our Antigravity A1 360 drone with 8K video!

09/10/2026

Established in 1995, The Milton and Nelma Fillius Jazz Archive at Hamilton College holds a collection of videotaped interviews, numbering over 450 entries, with jazz musicians, arrangers, writers and critics. New material is added quarterly. Check it out here https://litsdigital.hamilton.edu/collections/fillius-jazz-archive

09/03/2026

The Oneida Community (1848-1880) was founded in 1848 by the itinerant preacher, John Humphrey Noyes, this religiously-based Perfectionist community challenged contemporary social views on property ownership, gender roles, child-rearing practices, monogamous marriage, and work. The Oneida Community’s insistence on life-long learning and determination to make all work enjoyable as they built their utopia, fostered a work ethic and well of industriousness that sustained the group for over thirty years, making them one of the most successful and longest lasting communal experiments of the 19th century. Many architectural drawings, sketches, and photographs have recently been added to the collection. Check it out here https://litsdigital.hamilton.edu/collections/oneida-community

08/27/2026

The Communist was a newspaper "devoted to common property, co-operative labor, unitary homes and integral education." Published by Reunion Community also known as the True Family. Check it out at https://litsdigital.hamilton.edu/collections/communist

08/20/2026

When the local newspaper The Clinton Signal suspended publication, Hamilton College students stepped in and created Radiator. The publication's content was diverse, featuring short stories, poetry, historical sketches, and news items reprinted from foreign and American newspapers. The paper was succeeded by the Clinton Courier. Check it out at https://litsdigital.hamilton.edu/collections/radiator

06/02/2026

Congratulations to all of the Class of 2026 Phi Beta Kappa inductees, but especially our LITS student workers!
Emma Folmer, Circulation Assistant
Jack Kertscher, Creative & Academic Technologies Intern
Kathleen Rotmil-Eser, AV Student Technician
Mina Stevens, Creative & Academic Technologies Intern
Prim Udomphan, AV Student Technician

In its final meeting of the 2025-26 academic year, the Hamilton Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa elected 33 additional members of the Class of 2026.