This guide is designed to help students in EDHE 6064 locate resources in Special Collections and University Archives relating to the history of higher education generally, as well as about specific topics. There are also links to collections and resources available online and from other cultural heritage institutions. The guide is broken up into several sections.
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This section includes information about using tools (catalogs, finding aids, databases, etc) to locate primary and secondary sources by format. This includes books, manuscripts, oral histories, photographs and other photographic formats, digital collections, and art and artifacts.
This section contains lists of resources (primarily in Special Collections and University Archives) relating to broad topics within the history of higher education.
This section contains resources for developing search strategies and for locating primary and secondary sources at other cultural heritage institutions.
This section provides information about how to access general University Libraries services outside of Special Collections and University Archives.
Barracks No. 1, the first dormitory on campus (now Lane Hall). Harry Downing Temple, Jr. Papers (Ms1988-039)
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This guide was adapted with permission from a course LibGuide originally created by Kira Dietz.