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Subjects/Topics that are frequently asked about in Special Collections & Archives material.

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This guide is to help you research various topics in Special Collections & Archives. Use the tabs at the top of the research guide to navigate to resources on the particular topic you're interested in.

Hours and Location

Reading Room Hours

Monday - Friday

10am-12pm, 1pm-5pm

Saturday - Sunday     

Closed

By appointment subject to staff availability.

To make an appointment, please contact the Special Collections Paraprofessional, at specialcollections@utahtech.edu or (435) 634-2087. You may also click here to schedule the Special Collections’ Reading Room with Navigate.

 

Location

225 S. University Ave.
Holland Centennial Commons & Library 330
(On the 3rd floor directly to the right of the main stairs & elevator, in the northeast corner.)

Mission and Scope

Special Collections & Archives' Mission, Vision, Collecting Scope, and Land Acknowledgement can be found at
https://library.utahtech.edu/special_collections/mission.html 

In summary, Special Collections & Archives collects material documenting the history and culture of the University, Washington and Kane counties, the Arizona Strip, and the Big Muddy region of Nevada. These materials take many forms and come from a variety of perspectives and time periods, including photographs, letters, journals, newspapers, oral histories, and more.

Accessing Materials

In person researchers are required to complete a Research Application and show a picture ID once per academic year.
No food is allowed in the Reading Room. Bags, drinks, and ink (pens/markers) are not allowed at the research tables. 
Lockers are provided for researchers to store their personal items.

What are Special Collections & Archives?

Special Collections 

  1. a cohesive collection of noncirculating research materials held together by provenance or by a thematic focus

  2. an institution or an administrative unit of a library responsible for managing materials outside the general library collection, including rare books, archives, manuscripts, maps, oral history interviews, and ephemera


Archives
The word archives can be used in multiple ways:

  1. records created or received by a person, family, or organization and preserved because of their continuing value

  2. inactive records of continuing value

  3. the organically created records of continuing value, particularly when the organization itself maintains the records

 

The above definitions are from the Society of American Archivists Dictionary of Archives Terminology: https://dictionary.archivists.org/index.html

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