Explore Special CollectionsWe invite you to explore the holdings in Special Collections which encompass a number of collecting areas, formats and time periods. Information on placing digitization requests, including for Senior Theses, and guidelines for copyright and citations can be found here.Learn more about access and our collecting areas Visit Special CollectionsAll are welcome to conduct research in Special Collections. The materials housed in Special Collections Firestone and Special Collections Mudd do not circulate, however researchers can access the physical collections in one of our reading rooms. Learn more on how to visit Teach with Special CollectionsTeaching with Special Collections is a collaboration between faculty and library staff. We look forward to sharing our spaces, the collections, and our skills and knowledge with your students.Learn more on how to plan a session Ask Special CollectionsWe welcome you to reach out to us with any questions you may have. To ensure we can respond as effectively as possible, please provide clear and detailed information in your inquiry. Kindly note that it may take 7-10 business days for us to respond. Thank you for your understanding and patience.Contact us using our online form Special Collection Spaces Special Collections Firestone Library Special Collections Mudd Library Cotsen Children's Library Search the Collections Library Catalog Use the Library Catalog to search library holdings for resources, in a variety of formats, on your topic of interest. Finding Aids Find archival collections of unique primary sources such as records, personal papers, or manuscripts. Digital Library (DPUL) View digital collections and exhibitions from the Library's collections and archives. Exhibitions Explore all Exhibitions Credit Line, Please: Photographs by Elizabeth Menzies Jun 12 2024 – Apr 30 2025 The University Archives owe a great deal of our visual evidence of Princeton University in the mid-twentieth century to local photographer, Elizabeth Menzies (1915-2003). Menzies contributed countless photographs of the Princeton campus to Princeton Alumni Weekly magazine starting in 1936, through World War II, and late into the 1960s. Monsters and Machines: Caricature, Visual Satire, and the Twentieth-Century Bestiary Sep 12 2024 – Dec 9 2024 “Monsters and Machines: Caricature, Visual Satire, and the Twentieth-Century Bestiary,” the Library's fall 2024 exhibition in the Milberg Gallery at Firestone Library, will focus on the use of animal and zoological motifs in visual satire between World War I and the Cold War. The Problem of Colored Lines: Student Debt and Racial Disparities May 1 2023 – Sep 1 2024 Inspired by the charts and maps created by sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois that depict wealth disparities between Blacks and whites, The Dignity + Debt Network and the VizE Lab for Ethnographic Data Visualization at Princeton University visualize the color lines and the social complexities within the urgent issue of student loan debt in this new exhibition. 1 / 3 ︎ ︎ Friends of the Princeton University Library Research Grants Each year, the Friends of the Princeton University Library offer short-term Library Research Grants to promote scholarly use of the Princeton University Library special and distinct collections. Applications will be considered for scholarly use of archives, manuscripts, rare books, and other rare and unique holdings in Special Collections, including Mudd Library; as well as rare books in Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology, and in the East Asian Library (Gest Collection).FPUL Research Grants Read our Blogs Find new and exciting areas of the collections. Special Collections Highlights Princeton University Library’s rare books, manuscripts, and archives.View the Special Collections blog Wordless Wednesday #73 October 2, 2024 Selected by April C. Armstrong *14 University Archives Highlights resources for uncovering the history of Princeton University through the University Archives housed in Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library.Visit the University Archives blog This Week in Princeton History for September 30-October 6 September 30, 2024 Pop Goes the Page Highlights Cotsen Children's Library story times, programs, and workshops.Visit the Pop Goes the Page blog Happy Birthday, Bilbo Baggins October 1, 2024 Cotsen Curatorial Events and items in the collection of Cotsen Children's Library presented by the curatorial staff.Visit the Cotsen Curatorial blog Playing with Propaganda I: Paper Models from the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 September 27, 2024
