About us

Special Collections and Archives acquires, organizes, describes, preserves, interprets, and provides access to primary research materials in their original formats to support discovery, education, and research at all levels and across disciplines.

Special Collections and Archives is auditing, updating, and contextualizing its digital collections and collection descriptions to carry out its responsibility to be anti-racist and anti-oppressive. Please see the department’s statement about this work for more information. 

We are located on the 4th floor of the library, in room 409. See our hours for the quarter and our contact information here.