Category: Collections and Acquisitions

WashU Libraries has received a remarkable gift of 513 letters by the late U.S. poet laureate Howard Nemerov from a...

Though historical periodicals are increasingly available in digitized form, accessing the print original can allow us to better imagine their...

As we conclude LGBTQ History Month this October, we are spotlighting a recent addition to the Special Collections at WashU...

The Dowd Illustration Research Archive has acquired the archive of Barbara Slate, a renowned comic artist, teacher, and writer. On...

WashU Libraries are excited to announce the winners of the fourth annual Mendel Sato Research Award. Congratulations to WashU students Audrey...

WashU Libraries’ recent acquisition of a first British edition of Narrative of William W. Brown, an American Slave, Written by Himself...

The Jack A. Kirkland Papers consist primarily of his publications and writings on the American Black family and social and...

The University Libraries have recently acquired some new electronic resources to be used for research and study by WashU students...

In November 2023, the Gaylord Music Library acquired an 1827 edition of The Missouri Harmony, a collection of psalm tunes,...

The Washington University Libraries recently acquired the Kenneth J. Cooper Papers, an archival collection of materials related to the life...

Special Collections is delighted to add a signed copy of Irma Rombauer’s The Joy of Cooking (1943) to the local...

The University Libraries have recently acquired new electronic resources for students and scholars across the Danforth Campus. Here are some...