Collections

Special Collections contains over 450,000 printed works, numerous manuscript and archival collections, and an extensive collection of ephemera. Listed below are some of the highlights of our materials.

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Did you Know...

• Special Collections displays and highlights materials from its collections in exhibit cases that surround the reading room. These displays are changed several times a year.
• Much of the Changing Men Collection was microfilmed in 2002 and is available from Primary Source Microfilm.
• Special Collections holds over 350 books concerning diet among its extensive Cookery Materials. The earliest is Thomas Moffett's Health Improvement..., published in London in 1655.