Guidelines for Special Collections and Archives

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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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