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
- 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
- Charles Morton agency collection of American popular drama*
- 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
