Arkansas
Materials in Special Collections Representative items
from the manuscripts, photos and other images, rare books, and maps
that comprise Special Collections. |
The Arkansas
State Seal
 An
important function of Special Collections is to support research and
writing in Arkansas studies. In addition to manuscript collections,
there is a comprehensive Arkansas Collection of print materials, cataloged
in InfoLinks with the location code ARK COLL. The Arkansas Collection
is funded from the Libraries' budget, but it has benefited significantly
from donations of print materials ranging from a single pamphlet to
comprehensive personal libraries. It
ranges across the spectrum of knowledge from history and religion to
arts and sciences and beyond. It includes not only books but also periodicals
published by Arkansas corporations, historical societies, churches,
schools, and other organizations; sound recordings; a very large map
collection; photographs and other images; and the record copies of graduate
theses and dissertations produced at the University of Arkansas, along
with many other publications of the University. The time period covered
by the Arkansas Collection extends from colonial times through the present.
A large vertical
file contains uncataloged ephemeral items.
Special Collections maintains the Libraries'
Rare Books Collection, special libraries, and materials pertaining to
the history of the University. It also houses the archives of several
agencies of international education and of other organizations.
Last modified:
January 16, 2009
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