Good Lit. Departments?

JWT86
Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:13:31 +0000

Actually, it’s very easy to compare them. First off, we’re not talking absolute size of the entire academic collection (in which Harvard and Yale are #1 and 2, and UT-Austin is #5), but cultural significance of the collections and # of rare volumes, etc. The fact is UT’s Ransom is larger than Harvard’s Houghton and Yale’s Beneicke. This is just one of many sources that have said the same thing:

“The Ransom Center easily outmaneuvers rivals such as Yale, Harvard, and the British Library.”

Final Destination | The New Yorker;

And when it comes to lesser libraries like Princeton and Columbia, there is absolutely no contest.