Special Collections

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Special Collections
University Libraries
1155 Union Circle #305190
Denton, TX 76203-5017

About Us

The Special Collections department collects and preserves rare and unique materials including rare books, oral histories, university archives, historical manuscripts, maps, microfilm, photographs, art and artifacts. Special Collections are publicly accessible to students, faculty, staff and the general public.

Preservation

The Special Collections Preservation Lab supports the department by preparing collection materials for use, exhibition, and long-term storage. Click here for more info on the Preservation Lab

Donations

Special Collections is always looking for new donations. For more information please see the About Special Collections page.

Exhibits

Black and white photograph of a person laying down reading a book. The background is beige with a large yellow circle on the left with text in orange reading Willis Library 50th Anniversary 1971-2021.

Light yellow background with a collage of photographic images of buildings, people wearing 1950s clothing, an old car, camera and machine. A darker yellow circle is behind buildings and a trumpeter. All images are various sizes, with the camera and people standing the same height as skyscrapers. To the right is text that reads, Mod City The John Rogers and Georgette de Bruchard Collection.

A pink banner, a light pink in the center and framed by a darker pink. In the middle is a white block, with the figure of 5 women over a pink circle, inside of which is the exhibit title, Women in the Archives.

Special Collections Blogs

125 Anniversary Retrospective – All about UNT History, this blog is updated regularly.
Yesterday’s News – Highlights and new discoveries from the NBC5/KXAS Television News Archive, this blog is updated regularly
Discovering the Southwest Metroplex – Created as part of a 2014 CLIR grant project, this blog is retired but contains great information on Metroplex history.

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