Special Collections
Special Collections Mission Statment and VisionSpecial Collections is the combined service point for Photographic Archives, Rare Books, Manuscripts and other special materials. To use these collections, please go to the reference desk in the Ekstrom Library lower level room LL17. The staff can provide information about the collections, guide the user in searching and using the collections and provide information about related collections at other institutions. Classes and group tours are welcome. Please call to make arrangements. Special Collections can provide photographic and digital reproductions of most our materials. For more information see services and fees.
Photographic Archives
The Photographic Archives houses almost 2 million photographs and associated records and manuscripts. Hundreds of discrete collections include national documentary projects, local history photographs and an excellent museum collection of fine prints.
Rare Books
Rare Books includes books that are especially important because of their historical or literary significance, age, scarcity, or value. The collections also include literary manuscripts, rare posters and maps, and collections of books by or about particular authors or subjects in the sciences, literature, history, popular culture, and the history of books and printing.
Digital Collections
The University of Louisville Digital Collections is a growing resource including thousands of rare and unique images and documents from our photographic archives, rare books, and other campus units.
Hours:
Monday - Friday, 9:00am til 5:00pm
Additional hours by request -- please allow a three-day notice
two staff members are required to open outside regular department hours
Exceptions:
CLOSED:
Monday, January 21, 2008 for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Thursday, March 13, 2008 for Stacks Maintenance
Monday, May 26, 2008 for Memorial Day