Hamon Collections

The Hamon Library's circulating and reference collections contain more than 180,000 items relating to the visual and performing arts.  In addition, the Library has some 300 subscriptions to arts periodicals and provides access to more than 40 online resources that are specific to the arts.  

Western art, music, and stage performances comprise the bulk of the Hamon's holdings, but jazz, popular, and world musics are also represented.  While the Hamon Library can boast more than 1,000 video items, the majority of SMU's film holdings are housed in the Norwick Center for Media and Instructional Technology (NCMIT), located in Fondren Library West. 

Hamon Library Holdings

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Special Collections
The opening of the Jake and Nancy Hamon Arts Library in the fall of 1990 included the establishment of the Jerry Bywaters Special Collections Wing constructed with funds from the McDermott Foundation of Dallas. The Bywaters Wing serves as a repository for works on paper and archival materials illuminating the cultural history of the Southwest; concentration is on the first half of the 20th century. The mission of the Bywaters Wing is to preserve, protect, acquire, and disseminate these holdings to the scholarly community and the general public through research, exhibitions, and publications.
 

G. William Jones Film & Video Collection
The G. William Jones Film and Video Collection is a research archive that supports education through the study, preservation, and sharing of moving images.  The Jones Collection comprises more than 9,000 film prints and negatives in all formats, and more than 3,000 videotapes.  Other holdings include an extensive collection of antique projectors, cameras, and hundreds of film scripts, press kits, and production stills.  Reference queries and requests are by telephone only.  Researchers wishing to visit the Collection must schedule an appointment with Amy Turner. For hours, limitations, and contact information, see the Jones Collection page.