Monographs and periodical parts covering a range of subject areas, mostly relating to Central and South America, and specialising in anthropology and languages. Much of the collection is in English, with significant amounts in Spanish and Portuguese and some works in Amerindian languages. Many of the items were donated by the late Rev. Douglas Gifford and others by Professor Joanna Overing

Books from the Library of the late Sr Steven Lee Rubenstein on anthropology, Latin American studies and the social sciences more generally. Dr Rubenstein's research was based on ethnographic fieldwork among Shuar people, an indigenous group of Amazonian Ecuador.