The Chris & Kathleen Koch
AACA Library & Research Center
Library Staff
Library Director: Jen Wolfe
Librarian/Volunteer Coordinator: Matt Hocker
Librarian/Outreach Coordinator: Amoi Goldman
Library History
We are the Library & Research Center for the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA). Recognized as a world-renowned resource for the collectible vehicle community, we strive to continue setting the standard in celebrating, collecting, preserving and sharing automotive legacy. The AACA was formed in 1935 and is the oldest and largest car club in America, promoting the preservation and enjoyment of automotive history of all types, and is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. The library was formed in 1977 and merged with the AACA in 2008.
Our library is one of the largest and most honored of its type in the world, and is free and open to the public. Our collection contains books, sales literature, brochures, company documents, owner’s booklets, periodicals, service manuals, and many more items all relating to the automotive industry and hobby. At the AACA Library & Research Center, we share your passion for the preservation of automotive history. Currently we house about 3 million individual items to help restorers and historians alike. We also maintain the collections of nine car clubs and organizations in our state-of-the-art facility.
Headquarters Building
We welcome you to visit our new facility in Hershey! The main level features a rotating collection of vehicles (both club-owned and borrowed from others in our community), art displays, National trophy collection and awards kiosk, and the oral history collection, as well as headquarters staff offices.
On the second floor you’ll find the library, staff offices, and primary collection. Some of our popular collections include: Periodicals & Magazines, the Ralph Dunwoodie Archives, Shop Manuals & Parts Catalogs, the Buick Heritage Alliance collection, reference books, sales literature, and the Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild models. Most of our collection is housed in space-saving movable stacks, secured in a climate-controlled environment to ensure its preservation. Enjoy your time with us in our comfortable reading room, or utilize our classroom or boardroom areas.
The materials in our collection are very rare and valuable, and many items are irreplaceable. To avoid accidental losses, we ask that handbags, tote bags, briefcases, shopping bags, etc. are not brought into the main library area. Please leave them in your car, or use our lockers to store your personal items while you visit. Thank you for protecting our collection!
Reading Room Guidelines
Researchers may bring approved loose paper research notes, pencils, hand-held wallets, and laptops/phones, but those items are subject to inspection when entering and leaving the research area. Paper and pencils are provided to researchers if you don’t have your own. Researchers may not bring briefcases, backpacks, purses, boxes, or other large containers into the research area.
Allowed:
- Cameras, camcorders and tripods
- Photographic copy stands (with approval)
- Video tapes, audio tapes, and film
- Scanners (only flatbed without auto feed, and MUST receive staff approval)
- Personal computers
- CDs/DVDs
- Small Eye Glass Cases
Not Allowed:
- Food, drink (including water) candy, gum, cigarettes, E-Cigarettes, or any other tobacco products
- Hand sanitizer, lotion
- Envelopes, 3-ring notebooks, binders, folders, pens, markers or “Post-it” notes
- Purses, fanny packs, briefcases, suitcases, handbags, backpacks, boxes, bags, equipment bags, or containers of any kind
Library Committee Members
Keith Flickinger Chairman/VP National Headquarters & Library
Jen Wolfe Director: AACA Library & Research Center
Steve Moskowitz Ex Officio – Chief Executive Officer AACA
Don Barlup
Bill Hallman
Steve Heald
Kim Gardner
Tom Gibson
Chuck Gibson
David Landow
Steve McNish