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
Light of Day: "Truckers, Dockworkers, and Me" by Tim
Light of Day is a regular feature in which our student workers share some of the cool, strange, or interesting things they have found when working in Special Collections.
A Bit of "The White City" at GWU: The World's Columbian Exposition Ticket Collection
Fantastic exhibitions. Stunning architecture. The world debut of the Ferris Wheel. And, as chronicled in Erik Larson's book The Devil in the White City, even a serial killer on the loose. One of the SCRC's newest collections brings a bit of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair history to Gelman Library!
Special Collections Research Center Launches IM Service
Whether you're in a coffeeshop in Shanghai or your Foggy Bottom dorm room, you can now reach Special Collections librarians and archivists via our instant messaging (IM) service!
Light of Day: 'What I Did on My Summer Vacation" by Dave
Light of Day is a regular feature in which our student workers share some of the cool, strange, or interesting things they have found when working in Special Collections.
Presidential Presence in Gelman Library: an Exhibit
The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce the opening of our new exhibit, Presidential Presence in Gelman Library.
