About the Rossell Hope Robbins Library
This page is created & maintained by Dr. Marie Turner, Director of the Rossell Hope Robbins Library at the University of Rochester.
The Robbins is a medieval studies library featuring comprehensive holdings in all aspects of Middle English literature, as well as significant holdings in Old English, Anglo-Norman, and medieval French literature, medieval history, art and stained glass, philosophy, theology, manuscript studies, and Arthurian studies. It is a research (non-circulating) collection.
The core collection was donated by noted Middle English scholar Rossell Hope Robbins and his wife, Helen Ann Mins Robbins. Helen Ann, Rossell and his sister, Marjorie Hope Robbins, have endowed ongoing acquisition of material.
The Robbins is also home to a number of digital projects, including the groundbreaking TEAMS Middle English Texts Series (METS).
In addition to its world-class collections, the Robbins serves as a physical and intellectual home for Medieval Studies at the University of Rochester. You can find out more information about the Robbins Library by visiting the homepage.