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 We divide our collections into 4 areas. To learn about each area in more detail, click the links below.
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Regional History Collections
 
Special Collections and Archives houses a variety of source materials documenting local and regional history, including manuscript collections, maps, photographs, historical site surveys, publications, clippings, postcards, oral histories, newspapers, business and organizational records, directories, and architectural records.
   
University Archives Special Collections and Archives houses the Southeast Missouri State University archives, which includes publications, scrapbooks, some administrative records, photographs, minutes, ephemera, and other materials relating to the history of the University from the founding of the Third District Normal School in 1873 to the present.
   
Special Collections The Rare Book Room of Kent Library houses two collections of rare books and manuscripts -- the Brodsky Faulkner Collection and the Charles L. Harrison Collection.  Use of the collections housed  in the Rare Book Room is by advance appointment only and is reserved for scholarly activity related to the collections.  For an appointment, please contact the Special Collections Librarian at 573.986.7446.
   
Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives houses approximately 85,000 photographic images. Of these, the Lueders Studio Collection and the Southeast Missouri State University photographs form the two largest components. Subjects represented in these two collections include University buildings, people and events, and community and regional residents and commercial establishments. Small photograph collections and photographs that are part of manuscript collections comprise approximately 15,000 additional images.
   
USE OF COLLECTIONS - Important information on access, reproduction, publishing, citations, media reproduction requests, and media price list.
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