University of Delaware

The Special Collections Department is open Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., and until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesdays. Hours are adjusted around the University of Delaware academic calendar and University holidays, so please confirm the University of Delaware library hours before traveling to visit the library.

Library hours are also available at + 1 (302) 831-BOOK.

• Timothy D. Murray (PACSCL rep) , Head, Special Collections, (302) 831-6952, tdm@udel.edu
• L. Rebecca Johnson Melvin (manuscripts), Associate Librarian, (302) 831-6089, lrjm@udel.edu
• Iris R. Snyder (public services and exhibitions), Associate Librarian, (302) 831-6518, irsnyder@udel.edu

Holdings of the Special Collections Department of the University of Delaware Library include approximately 200, 000 books, serials, and other printed items, nearly 4,500 linear feet of manuscripts, as well as significant collections of historic maps, prints, photographs, broadsides, periodicals, pamphlets, ephemera, and realia from the fifteenth to the twentieth century. The collections complement the Library's general collections with particular strengths in the subject areas of the arts; French, English, Irish, and American literature; history and Delawareana; the history of printing and publishing; horticulture and landscape design; and the history of science and technology. The University of Delaware Archives is separately administered and comprises university records and history of the institution.