The Benjamin Franklin Collection was founded with the purpose of fulfilling the essential mission of Instituto Franklin-UAH; that is, to serve as a platform for the communication and cooperation between Spain and North America, with the aim of promoting mutual understanding.

The studies promoted and carried out by Instituto Franklin-UAH  deal with aspects related to North America, in areas such as history, thought, politics, economics, sociology, the arts, literature, linguistics, science and technology. The Institute is interested in knowing, analyzing and interpreting the North American reality in all its dimensions, as well as comparing it with other realities, paying special attention to questions of identity and transatlantic relations, especially with Spain. These studies fall into three categories:

• North American Studies. Studies on North American society.
• Transatlantic Relations. Studies of international relations and, in particular, Spain-United States relations.

• Comparative/Interdisciplinary Studies. 

  The books in the collection are classified according to their area of study in the following categories: history, literature, economics, ecology, politics and sociology.