Multi-Cultural Reference Collection

The Multicultural Reference Collection recognizes and responds to the large and ongoing interest in Mount Vernon in multicultural studies and a multicultural approach to learning. The collection brings together materials from a wide range of subjects in which information is organized from an ethnic and/or racial perspective, particularly but not exclusively biographical, social, cultural, historical and geographical information on American ethnic groups in the United States and their lands of origin. Although the Multicultural Reference Collection cannot contain all potential sources, it does encompass the full range of ethnic and racial diversity, with special attention to the ethnic and racial interests of Mount Vernon library users, and the curriculum requirements of Mount Vernon schools.