Special Collections Research Center
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The SCRC's mission is to collect, preserve, and make accessible primary resources and rare or unique materials, including archives, books, images, manuscripts, maps, microforms, directories, theses, dissertations, faculty publications, periodicals, and ephemera to all researchers regardless of institutional affiliation.
The Special Collections Research Center is located on the seventh
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NEWS AND NOTES
Buck Downs Literary Papers Now Available for Research
The correspondence files for local poet and publisher Buck Downs were recently acquired by the SCRC and are now available for research.
Update: Three New Portions of the Jack Anderson Papers Now Open for Research
We are excited to announce that we have opened three more series of investigative journalist Jack Anderson's papers to researchers. Jack Northman Anderson (1922-2005) was an investigative journalist, author, television personality, and for over 50 years the columnist behind the syndicated column "Washington Merry-Go-Round."
Visit Us on Flickr!
The Special Collections Research Center is now on Flickr! We are contributing images from our archives to the popular image and video sharing website. In doing so, we hope to expose our collections to a wider audience, provide access to meaningful digital content, and open productive dialogue between the SCRC and you, our web-savvy patrons.
Special Collections Closed Friday, July 3
The Special Collections Research Center will be closed Friday, July 3 in observance of the Fourth of July holiday. The rest of the library will also be closed that day.
‘Such Beneficent Ghosts’: Homes of DC’s Literary Notables
Kim Roberts and Dan Vera, both local poets and publishers, spent two years gathering the history of the houses in the District of Columbia where writers lived either while writing or as children.
