Guide to Selected Rare Book Collections

Selected Rare Book Collections in the Special Collections Research Center

The following named or endowed rare book collections represent a selection from the printed holdings of the Special Collections Research Center. Collections marked with an asterisk [*] are maintained as separate physical units within Special Collections. Nearly all individual titles are accessible through the Library's online catalog.

For further information on the rare book collections, please contact:

Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 E. 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637
Special Collections@lib.uchicago.edu

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• Friedrich Ahlfeld Collection in obstetrics and gynecology
• Fred W. Atkinson Collection of American drama*
• Celia and Delia Austrian Study collection of drama 1660-1800*
• Baptist Union Theological Seminary Collection
• William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana *
• The Berlin Collection
  [View Berlin Collection exhibition catalogue on the Web]
• Chopin Collection
  [View the Chopin Early Editions digital collection and the complete text of the exhibition Frédéric Chopin and His Publishers]
• M. Elie Croue Collection of Balzac
• John Crerar Collection of Rare Books in the History of Science and Medicine *
• R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company Training Department Library *
• Reuben T. Durrett Collection of Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley
• George M. Eckels Collection of Oliver Cromwell
• Encyclopaedia Britannica Collection of Children's Literature *
  [Read the University of Chicago Magazine article on the Encyclopaedia Britannica Collection exhibition]
  
• Morris Fishbein Collection in the history of medicine
• Mortimer Frank Collection in the history of medicine
• German Almanache and Taschenbuecher
• Maurice H. Grant Collection of English Bibles
• Earl J. Hamilton Collection in the History of Economics
• Samuel N. Harper Russian Pamphlet Collection
• Carter H. Harrison Collection of travel and topography
• Emma B. Hodge Collection of Reformation imprints
• Jernegan-Littlefield Collection of early textbooks
• Lincke Collection of Popular German Literature *
• Richard McKeon Collection of Aristotle, medieval and Renaissance philosophy
• Harriet Monroe Modern Poetry Collection*
• Helen and Ruth Regenstein Collection of Rare Books *
• Ludwig Rosenberger Library of Judaica *
  [View Ludwig Rosenberger Collection of Judaica exhibition catalogue on the Web]
• Joseph Halle Schaffner Collection in the History of Science and Medicine
• Arthur W. Schultz Golf Collection
  [Read the University of Chicago Magazine article on the Arthur W. Schultz Golf Collection exhibition]
• Louis Szathmary Family Collection of Hungarica
• Cornelius Teninga Collection of Dutch literature
• Lillian A. Wells Collection of Montaigne Editions

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