Special Collections | Archives and Special Collections Catalog

Special Collections holds more than 5,000 titles in numerous subject areas, dating from medieval times to the present. Special Collections materials add value and interest to classroom discussions. For example, artists' books visually communicate their subject matter in ways beyond that of standard print/online texts, while history comes alive when students handle a vellum manuscript leaf from the 14th century.

Some collections are very specific and are described below, such as the Artists' Books Collection and the Otto F. Ege Collection. However, there are also many items in Special Collections that are unique on their own and do not fit within a larger collection group. If you'd like to search the entirety of the Special Collections, you can do so from the library's catalog, Consort.

Collections within Special Collections:

SC 001 The Artist's Books Collection

SC 002 The Baptist Collection

SC 003 The Burma Collection

SC 004 The Wallace Hugh Cathcart Collection

SC 005 The Civil War Collection

SC 006 The William Howard Doane Collection

SC 007ege The Otto F. Ege Collection

SC 008 The Gilbert Collection

SC 009 The Edgar J. Goodspeed Collection

SC 010 The Works of George Handel

SC 011 The Percy Wiltsee Collection

SC Den The Denisoniana Collection