Guidelines for Special Collections and Archives
Table of Contents
Books
Manuscripts
University Archives
Special Collections and Archives of VCU Libraries supports learning, teaching, research, health care, and public service at Virginia Commonwealth University:
- selecting, acquiring, organizing, and preserving information and recorded knowledge in a wide variety of formats;
- facilitating access to materials available at Virginia Commonwealth University;
- instructing and assisting users to identity, locate, and use its resources.
Specialized areas of collecting are:
BOOKS
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| POPULAR CULTURE: | Health sciences history |
| Illustration/comic/cartoon/graphic arts | Civil War Medicine |
| Animation | Otolaryngology |
| Book Art | Medical instruments |
| Science Fiction/Fantasy | Nursing |
| LITERATURE: | 19th century American Medical imprints |
| Virginia authors | Dentistry |
| Richmond imprints | Pharmacy |
| Johnson-Boswell | Physiatry |
| HISTORY: | |
| Richmond | |
| Women's suffrage and related issues |
MANUSCRIPTS
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| Virginia Literary Collections | Health Sciences Archives |
| Women Activists of Virginia | |
| Richmond Area Development Archives | |
| Virginia Black History Archives | |
| Comic Arts |
UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
The University Archives consists of all documentation of the University and its employees created in the course of daily operations of enduring value to the history of the institution and its role within the City of Richmond and Commonwealth of Virginia. Materials are housed on the campus on which the creating office is located.
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