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McCormick Library of Special Collections

Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections

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The Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections is home to many of the Libraries’ rarest materials from incunabula to works of the present day. The holdings include manuscripts, archives, broadsides, prints, photographs, artifacts, ephemera and more.

Visit Special Collections

Location

Deering Library Level 3, 1970 Campus Drive, Evanston IL 60208

Contact

Call 847-491-3635 or email Special Collections.

See staff assistance hours on our hours webpage.

See the Collection

Our materials are open to the general public and the entire Northwestern community; no special credentials or permissions is required. Although they do not circulate, materials can be viewed in the Jens Nyholm Reading room.

See guidelines for using our materials.

Our Collection

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Most of our titles are catalogued and can be located on NUsearch. Review some highlights:

Our Exhibits

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Materials from our collection are frequently used in library and University exhibits.

Past exhibits have covered subjects as diverse as printed books from Shakespeare's time to fugitive pamphlets of the 1960s. See all exhibits using our collection.

Our Staff

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Scott Krafft, Curator
Jason Nargis, Special Collections Librarian
Sigrid P. Perry, Library Assistant
Nick Munagian, Research Services Manager
Kolter Campbell, Library Assistant

Contact a staff member.