Location:

• Archives Room - 101 - upon entering, far back left of 1st floor
  • University Records
  • Historically significant / fragile manuscript collections
  • Access to collections stored there by prior arrangement only
• Special Collections Room - 110 - upon entering, back right, a little past the elevator & stairwell
  • Special Collections Book Collections
  • Accessible 8:30 am - 4:30 am, M - F
  • These books do not circulate; to be used only within the Special Collections Room

Useful for:

• Primary sources for events from the past (1839 to the present)
• Viewing FSU's intellectual output over time
• Learning more about the history of this institution and its alumni via handwritten and printed texts and ephemera
• Classes using primary historical sources may book a visit to the Archives or a guest instruction session from the Archivist

For full details, borrowing policies, and search tips for browsing Special Collection titles via the Minuteman Catalog, visit the complete Archives / Special Collections Page.

Digitized archival & Special Collections materials are available in:

• FSU Digital Repository
• Digital Exhibits@FSU (Omeka)
• Digital Commonwealth
• Internet Archive

The Whittemore Library:

• Adds one circulating copy of published FSU faculty monographs to our Main Collection

and

• Adds one non-circulating copy to the Faculty Publications Collection within the Special Collections Room