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What is Special Collections?

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What is Special Collections?

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Special Collections houses printed books and manuscripts that do not circulate, either because of their age, condition, unique research value, or association history.

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Housed on the third floor of the Mary Norton Clapp Library and in special rooms located throughout the library, Special Collections supports undergraduate, scholarly and public research with nearly 100,000 rare books, archival papers and manuscripts, visual media, paintings, prints and artifacts of unique significance in the arts, literature, theatre, book arts, and local, regional and cultural history. Please visit http://departments.oxy.edu/library/geninfo/collections/special/ for details on resources within Special Collections.

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