Special Collections
Welcome to the Special Collections Department of the University of Memphis Libraries. To enhance access to our rich and varied collections, we have digitized a wide range of materials including collection finding aids or guides, primary source documents, still images, and audio and video recordings. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, Memphis and regional history and culture in general, family and political life, the Civil War and other conflicts, Civil Rights, and the African American community and culture. This is a growing collection and what is displayed here represents only a small fraction of our holdings. Please contact the Special Collections Department (specialcollections@memphis.edu) for further information about its collections. For further information about the Branch Libraries collections, please contact the Lambuth Library (lib_branch@memphis.edu) for inquires regarding Lambuth Collections or the Music Library (lib_music@memphis.edu) for questions regarding "Shake, Rattle & Roll".
Copyrighted Materials: The Special Collections department has archival collections in several states of known and unknown copyright. The department makes digital surrogates available to provide access for private study, scholarship, and research. The department encourages archives users to seek out the rights to copyrighted materials through the appropriate copyright holder. The department cannot always be certain of the copyright status of some materials. Persons using these items assume liability for usage.Browse University of Memphis Special Collections:
Early Memphis Newspaper Indices
Special Collections Publications
Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968
Special Collections Finding Aids
