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Home » Academics » University Libraries » Collections and Departments » Archives and Special Collections » Archival Collections » Rare Books and Manuscripts » Special Collections

Special Collections

Want to see a first edition of Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, an American almanac from the 19th century, or a pamphlet from the French Revolution? Archives and Special Collections is the place to find these and other literary and historical treasures. Here are some of the special collections available for research.

  • Aldous Huxley Collection
  • American Almanac Collection
  • Conservative Collection
  • Dr. Otis Bowen Papers
  • Elisabeth Ball Collection
  • Frederic Goudy Collection
  • French Revolution Pamphlets
  • Illuminated Manuscripts
  • John Steinbeck Collections
  • John Bower and the Healthy House Records and Photographs
  • Ku Klux Klan Collection
  • Lois A. Book Collection
  • Modern American Poetry Collection
  • Nazi Collection
  • Nickerson Newspaper Collection
  • Radical Pamphlets Collection
  • Richard Roller Collection
  • Sir Norman Angell Papers
  • Susan Smith Prink Memorial Collection
  • Tex Terry Collection
  • Trade Catalogs Collection
  • World War II Newreel Collection

 

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  • Special Collections
    • Aldous Huxley Collection
    • American Almanac Collection
    • Conservative Collection
    • Dr. Otis R. Bowen Papers
    • Elisabeth Ball Collection
    • Frederic W. Goudy Collection
    • French Revolution Pamphlets
    • Illuminated Manuscripts
    • John Bower and the Healthy House
    • John Steinbeck Collections
    • Ku Klux Klan Collection
    • Lois A. Book Collection
    • Modern American Poetry collection
    • Nazi Collection
    • Nickerson Newspaper Collection
    • Radical Pamphlets Collection
    • Richard Roller Papers
    • Sir Norman Angell Papers
    • Susan Smith Prink Memorial Collection
    • Tex Terry Collection
    • Trade Catalogs Collection
Archives and Special Collections
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