We divide our collections into 3 areas. To
learn about each area in more detail, click the links below.
To search our website use the search box above.
Or use our NEW SUBJECT GUIDES to browse our collections in 14 subject areas.
To search our website use the search box above.
Or use our NEW SUBJECT GUIDES to browse our collections in 14 subject areas.
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Regional History Collections
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Special Collections and Archives the official repository for regional
history research materials on the campus of Southeast Missouri State
University. Special Collections actively collects and receives,
through donations, material documenting the history of a 14-county
region in Missouri, including the Bootheel and the hill counties to the
north and the west of the lowlands. The subject strengths of our
collection reflect the most significant historical happenings of the
region- European settlement, foreign and domestic wars, river travel and
the coming of the railroad's "iron horse," the draining of the Southeast
Missouri swamps in the early 20th century, and the subsequent rise of
agriculture on these cleared lands. Special Collections and Archives houses more than 400 Regional history Collections, consisting of over 1200 linear feet of materials, including maps, historical site surveys, clippings, postcards, oral histories, newspapers, business and organizational records, architectural records, over 60,000 photographic images. |
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| University Archives | Special Collections and Archives houses the archives of Southeast Missouri State University, from its founding as the Southeast Missouri State Normal School in 1873 to the present. Records from key university administrative entities and offices, organizations, faculty and faculty governing bodies are house here. University publications, like the Capaha Arrow newspaper and the Sagamore yearbook, are located in Special Collections; as well as over 2,000 diverse photographic images of people, buildings, and campus life. | |
| Special Collections | Special Collections and Archives also administers access to the Rare Book Room collections. These include the Charles Harrison Collection, which container over 800 rare of unusual books reflecting the history of scribal and print culture from the 13th to the early 20th century; and the Louis Daniel Brodsky Collection of William Faulkner Materials, one of the world's four most significant collections of material on Faulkner. Access to the Rare Book Room is by appointment only. Appointments can be procured by calling the Special Collections Librarian at (573) 986-7446. | |
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Use Of Collections
Important information on access, reproduction, publishing, citations, media reproduction requests, and image requests |
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