Repositories

The holdings of the Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library range from ancient papyri to records of modern advertising. They number more than 300,000 printed volumes and more than 20 million items in manuscript and archival collections.

The Duke University Archives is the official repository for records of Duke University and the gateway to its past. The role of the University Archives is to identify, acquire, manage, and preserve university records of enduring value and make them available for use in accordance with policies approved by Duke University's Board of Trustees, administration, and faculty.

Founded by Herbert Hoover in 1919, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives are dedicated to documenting war, revolution, and peace in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. With nearly one million volumes and more than six thousand archival collections from 171 countries, Hoover supports a vibrant community of scholars and a broad public interested in the meaning and role of history.

NLM’s History of Medicine Division collects, preserves, makes available, and interprets for diverse audiences one of the world’s richest collections of historical material related to human health and disease.

The Archive of Recorded Sound’s collection contains over 400,000 items that span sound recording history--from its beginnings to the present day. Nearly all formats ever developed to record sound are represented: piano rolls; wax cylinders; shellac, acetate, aluminum, and vinyl discs; magnetic wire and tape recordings; compact discs. Collections are particularly strong in the areas of jazz and opera.

Cubberley Education Library supports the research and teaching needs of those interested in education at all levels with a collection of over 170,000 volumes and some 1100 journals. Part of this collection is stored off campus in SAL3 for preservation and must be paged to campus. We have a current curriculum collection (including children’s books), plus historical collections of textbooks and college catalogs.

The Special Collections and University Archives Department of Stanford University Libraries is committed to acquiring, preserving, and providing access to primary source materials that support the research needs of the Stanford community and beyond. There are three distinct divisions in our department: Manuscripts, Rare Books and University Archives. We welcome all students, scholars and members of the general public to the Field Reading Room. Learn more about using and accessing our collections.

The Bentley Historical Library collects the materials for and promotes the study of the histories of two great, intertwined institutions, the State of Michigan and the University of Michigan. The Library is open without fee to the public, and we welcome researchers regardless of academic or professional affiliation.

In keeping with the University Library’s mission to collect, describe, preserve, and make available the record of human knowledge, the Special Collections Research Center acquires, cares for, interprets, and promotes the use of important collections of unique, rare, primary source, and other material in all formats and in a variety of subject areas.

The William L. Clements Library is a rare book and manuscript repository located on the University of Michigan’s central campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Clarke Historical Library was founded in 1954, when Dr. Norman C. Clarke, Sr. donated his collection of historical books and other materials to his alma mater, Central Michigan University. The Clarke Historical Library mainly collects and makes available to researchers both primary and secondary source collections documenting the history of Michigan, children’s literature, and Central Michigan University.