Fiske Icelandic Collection

Welcome to the home page of the

Fiske Icelandic Collection

of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections

New for Spring 2002:

Icelandic and Faeroese Photographs of Frederick W. W. Howell

(including several photographs by Henry A. Perkins and Magnús Ólafsson)

Also:

SagaNet

an Internet-accessible library

of digital images from

Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn

Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi

Fiske Icelandic Collection

The Fiske Icelandic Collection, located in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, is the largest repository of works on Iceland and on Nordic medieval studies in North America. The collection, which Cornell University Library received in 1905, contains over 32,000 titles in a variety of European languages and in diverse media, from vellum and paper manuscripts to CD-ROMs. The Fiske Icelandic Collection is particularly rich in printed works of contemporary Icelandic belles lettres, medieval sagas and literary criticism of the latter.

General Information about the Fiske Icelandic Collection

History and Mission of the Fiske Icelandic Collection
Islandica Series
Location, Hours, and Use of the Collection
A Word of Appreciation.