Robert & Sonia Turnquist Library at America’s Packard Museum
Borrowing from the Turnquist Library at America’s Packard Museum
Two books may be borrowed by Museum staff, volunteers, and members. The Library uses self-checkout.
Type in your search terms above and click search.
View the titles you want. Click on any title for more details about the book. Use the call number to find the book on the shelves.
Click the green Check Out button
Your Patron ID is your first initial and last name (i.e., jsmithson) and click the blue Sign In button
Click the blue Check Out button to confirm. You will get an email confirming check out and return due date.
Return books to the wooden box on the Library desk and staff will update your records.
Special Borrowing for Members of the Society of Automotive Historians
Please register with SAH leadership, who in turn will provide the Museum with your name, email, and mailing address. You must be an active SAH member.
The SAH member can borrow one item at a time.
Follow the same search and checkout procedures as found on this page.
The Museum will invoice the SAH member online for the mailer and USPS book rate for shipping. US destinations only. The borrower can reuse the mailer but is responsible for mailing the item back to the Museum.
The loan is for 30 days, plus one week each way for shipping, plus one renewal. Only books in at least good condition and easily found on Amazon for less than $250 are eligible for shipping. The Museum will invoice the borrower for any item not returned.
About the Robert and Sonia Turnquist Library
The collection focus is on published automotive books. Due to lack of space, the Museum does not collect manuals, sales literature, parts lists, or similar items. All items are checked at the time of cataloging for full-text access and links are provided when available in the Internet Archive, HathiTrust, Google Books, or elsewhere. The Turnquist Library is named in honor of two Packard historians and friends of the Museum. The Turnquist Library consists of over 3,500 books and more are added on a regular basis. The staff of Automobile Quarterly (AQ) magazine, published from 1962-2012, compiled most of the books in the Library, and in 2019 they were donated to America’s Packard Museum. Made possible by a generous gift from The Robert and Sonia Turnquist Marital Trust. To schedule an appointment or request information from our librarian, please contact us or call (937) 226-1710.