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 holds four newspapers produced by the African American students at MSU as part of the Ethnic Studies Collection: The Grapevine Journal, People's Choice, Speak, and The Legacy.
• The Nye Popular Culture Collection has a large and rich collection of confession, teen, tabloid, men's, crime, entertainment, music, and scandal magazines covering a period primarily between 1930-1990.
• Much of the Changing Men Collection was microfilmed in 2002 and is available from Primary Source Microfilm.