Libraries and Archives

Tomes and treasure

Libraries on both campuses and an archives room at the upper school are vibrant spaces that provide opportunities for reflection, study and learning. The Braman Family Media Center at the middle school and the Dan Leslie Bowden Library at the upper school offer a joint collection of 35,000 print books, nearly 100 periodicals, and a wide variety of films, audiobooks and subscription databases with access to thousands of scholarly journals. Librarians on both campuses help students access information and materials while deepening their understanding of concepts and new ideas. Information literacy, proper citation and research skills are taught beginning in the sixth grade.

The archives room on the second floor of the Visual Arts Building is home to artifacts that document the school’s history dating back to the late 19th century. The extensive collection includes papers, photographs, books, media and other items that occupy approximately 500 linear feet of space, with materials arranged into record groups. The archives are managed by Director of Libraries and Archivist Katrina Patchett.

Rita Dove, American Poet and Essayist, Poet Laureate Consultant to the Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995

"The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world."

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  • Middle School Library

    The Braman Family Media Center at the middle school is reserved for individual study with space available, on request, for collaborative work. Each library has classroom space for instruction.

  • Upper School Library

    At the Dan Leslie Bowden Library at the upper school, group study and collaborative learning are done at tables on the first floor. Carrels for quiet independent study are available on the second floor.

  • Archives

    The RE Archives captures, preserves, and shares the history of Ransom Everglades School from the time of Paul Ransom's arrival in Coconut Grove in 1893 to the present. For more information on RE’s archives email Director of Libraries and Archivist Katrina Patchett.

Middle School

2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Phone: 305 250 6850

Upper School

3575 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Phone: 305 460 8800
Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.