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Special Collections

The Special Collections Department houses close to 80,000 volumes and several hundred linear feet of manuscripts ranging in age from 2,000 BCE to the present. The general rare book collection is strongest in English and American literature while the special subject collections reflect the interests and research needs of the Boulder community and the state. The manuscript collections focus primarily on Colorado authors. Please note that many materials housed in Special Collections do not have online records in Chinook, the Libraries' online catalog. Access to materials not found in Chinook is provided here on the Department webpages and in the card catalog and finding guides kept in the Department's reading room.

What's New

Recent Acquisitions and Donations

Exhibits

Current Exhibit:

 

Wanderlust: The British Travel Narrative

in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

 

 

Past Exhibits

Internet Resources

Rocky Mountain Online Archive (RMOA)

Your Old Books

Rare Books Websites

Photographically Illustrated Books in the British Library

Subject Bibliographies

African-American Materials
Art and Architecture, 1450-1756
Artists' Books

British Studies Collections
David H. Tippit Photobook Collection: Anthologies
David H. Tippit Photobook Collection: Monographs
David H. Tippit Photobook Collection: Serials

European Facsimiles

French Revolution Pamphlet Collection

German Children's Books
German Language and Literature

History of Science

Incunabula
Italian Renaissance Books and Manuscripts
Maps, Atlases, Travel Guides, and Selected Geographical Works
Martin Luther and the Reformation

Mesoamerican Codex Facsimiles

Religious Studies

 

for other bibliographies, see also: Class Materials

Gifts and Donations

Many of the important works in the collection are gifts, or their acquisition was made possible by donation. The Faculty Director of Special Collections would be pleased to consult with anyone interested in making a contribution. Call Special Collections at 303-492-6144.