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Special collections

The protagonist of the 2004 novel, The Time Traveler's Wife, Henry De Tamble, is a Special Collections librarian for the Newberry Library in Chicago.



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Acres of Books

Included in the collection is a two volume facsimile of the Gutenberg Bible, all of which is housed as part of the Loraine and Earl Burns Miller Special Collections Room at the main branch of the Long Beach public library.

American Rhapsody

Copies of the work have been donated for the benefit of students at the Eastman School of Music's Sibley Music Library within the Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections Department.

Art Finley

On February 12, 2002, Finley donated tapes of 100 of his memorable radio interviews, to the University of British Columbia Library's Rare Books and Special Collections.

Belfast Central Library

The Library has a number of special collections, including a fine book collection, the library and manuscripts of Francis Joseph Bigger, the manuscripts of the eccentric Amanda McKittrick Ross and the manuscripts of the Ulster playwright Sam Thompson.

Botanischer Garten der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

The garden maintains a focus on indigenous plants of Schleswig-Holstein within a broader representation of plants from around the world, including special collections of South African succulents and plants from the Atlantic islands, as well as Adromischus, Aizoaceae, Aristolochia, Campanulaceae, Crassulaceae, Cuscuta, Passiflora, Plumbaginaceae, and Vitaceae.

Burton Turkus

The Burton Turkus Papers, which document his career, are housed in the Lloyd Sealy Library Special Collections at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Canadian Centre for Architecture

Within the general collections it has special collections such as those pertaining to architectural games for children, universal exhibitions and their architecture, and significant architects including Ernest Cormier, Peter Eisenman, Arthur Erickson, John Hejduk, Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi, James Stirling, and the artist Gordon Matta-Clark.

Clayton Van Lydegraf

Papers from Van Lydegraf dated 1944-91 are housed at the University of Washington Special Collections Library.

Cleveland Public Library

The Main Library's special collections include the Mears and Murdock baseball collections, the Cleveland Theater collection, the John G. White chess and checkers collection, a 130,000-volume children's collection, a 74,000-volume rare book collection, and collection of 1.3 million photographs.

David B. Zilberman

Zilberman's archive is saved in the Special Collections of the Mugar Memorial Library.

David I. Masson

Following his demobilisation he took on the role of curator of special collections at Liverpool and married his wife, Olive Newton, in 1950 before returning to Leeds in 1956 to become curator of the Brotherton collection, an assemblage of (mostly) English literature including many rare books and manuscripts bequeathed to the University by Lord Brotherton of Wakefield on his death in 1930.

Edward Stevenson

They are kept at the Special Collections department of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University.

Handy Writers' Colony

In addition, the Department of Special Collections at Cunningham Memorial Library at Indiana State University holds the Colony's library, including books by Handy's students and the books from which she had them copy.

Henry George Farmer

A collection of Farmer's papers is housed at the Special Collections Department of the Glasgow University Library at the University of Glasgow.

Herman Platt

The Benjamin Platt Papers (Collection 929) is located in the Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Hull History Centre

Special Collections: collections organised by subject of particular interest to the area, including William Wilberforce and Slavery, Andrew Marvell (1621–1678), Whales and Whaling, Winifred Holtby (1898–1935), Fosters & Andrews (organ builders), and Amy Johnson.

Indian Empire Society

Correspondence and papers of the Society from 1930 to 1948 are held in the Bodleian Library's Special Collections and Western Manuscripts section.

John C. Hodges Library

Its special collections department includes notable collections such as the writings of James Agee and Alex Haley, as well as film director Clarence Brown.

Marvin E. Frankel

Frankel's papers from 1963-2002 are housed in the Special Collections of Lloyd Sealy Library, John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Minuscule 712

At present the manuscript is housed at the "Department of Special Collections" (170/347. 240 fol) in the University of California in Los Angeles.

Munich Residenz

In addition to the rich accumulation of furniture, paintings and sculptures, today the museum contains bronze work, clocks, tapestries, porcelain and several special collections such as masterpieces of bronze art, European miniatures and liturgical vestments.

Neuer Botanischer Garten der Universität Göttingen

The garden contains special collections of Centaurea and related genera, native flora of Central Europe, holarctic forest vegetation, endangered wild plants, and rare weeds, as well as an alpine garden (5000 m²), wild rose collection, and pond (400 m²) with aquatic and swamp plants.

Oakley C. Johnson

Johnson's primary accumulation of papers are housed in the Special Collections Library at Stony Brook University in New York.

Poetry Ireland

Poetry Ireland has transferred a collection of books consisting of the library of Austin Clarke and books formerly owned by the poets John Jordan and Tanya Touwen to the Special Collections at the University College Dublin Library .

Richard Elsner

His papers are in the Special Collections of the Golda Meier Library of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

Textile Workers Union of America

Georgia State University Special Collections Department, Georgia State University Library Atlanta, GA 30303-3202.

The Fatherland

The Joseph McGarrity Collection of Villanova University’s Special Collections and Digital Library contains issues of The Fatherland from volume 1:1 (August 1914) to 6:2 (February 1917).

The Summit County Historical Society of Akron, Ohio

Its extensive archival collection is housed at the Special Collections Division at the Main Branch of the Akron-Summit County Public Library.

Toronto Public Library

Notable special collections include The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, The Merril Collection of Science Fiction, The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, and The Rita Cox Black and Caribbean Heritage Collection.

Victor Perlo

Victor Perlo's papers are housed in the special collections department of Lewis J. Ort Library at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Maryland.

Wilfrid Le Gros Clark

Papers relating to Le Gros Clark, his grandfather Dr. Frederick Le Gros Clark and his brother Cyril Le Gros Clark (former Chief Secretary of Sarawak, who was murdered by the Japanese in 1945 after a period of detention at Batu Lintang camp in Borneo) are held at the Bodleian Library (Special Collections and Western Manuscripts) at Oxford University.

Willard Motley

The bulk of Motley's archive is held in Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.