For the first time in over fifty years, one of CWRU’s oldest collections is back on display. The Kelvin Smith Library Special Collections Coin Collection holds over three hundred coins spanning 600 years of ancient history, and a small group of historic coins from the modern era. Ancient Antioch to Contemporary Cleveland reintroduces the collection through the coins of the ancient city of Antioch and their journeys to Cleveland in the 19th century. On view now in the Henry R. Hatch Reading Room, located on the second floor.
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Celebrating CWRU's 200th Birthday!
In 2026, we celebrate CWRU's 200th birthday. For the 150th birthday, or sesquicentennial celebration of the founding of Western Reserve College in 1826, CWRU created heraldic banners representing CWRU's schools from its past. Nine of these have been replicated and are on display in the central staircase of Kelvin Smith Library.
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September 14, 2026The libraries of Case Western Reserve University are now available on the OhioLINK Libraries app, which provides access to library information, services and resources. With the new app, users can:View your library account: See checkouts, holds and loan limits for borrowed materials;Search our… -
September 10, 2026Celebrate two decades of discovery at Case Western Reserve University's Kelvin Smith Library with digital scholarship workshops and an afternoon of programming. -
September 10, 2026Case Western Reserve University is home to faculty and staff who play critical roles in helping students grow and prepare for careers of their own.But before they arrived at CWRU, those faculty and staff had years of education of early learning that shaped who they are and how they landed in their…