Special Collections & Archives
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Welcome
The Department of Special Collections & Archives at Z. Smith Reynolds Library consists of the Manuscripts Collection, Rare Books Collection, NC Baptist Historical Collection, and Wake Forest University Archives.
Please contact us for reference requests, general inquiries, preservation questions, research appointments, donor inquiries, and instruction sessions. Appointments are required for visiting researchers.
Begin Your Research
Use our online catalog to search for Special Collections materials (including Special Collections, University Archives, Rare Books, NC Baptist Historical Collection).
Also, you can browse our Finding Aids* online or search by keyword below:
* Our collection of unpublished materials are described in finding aids. A finding aid provides information about a collection as a whole.
From Our Blog
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A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia (1590), by Theodor deBry, Thomas Hariot, and John White — Mon, Apr 30, 2012 9:15 pm — Secotan priest In 1590 the Frankfurt printer and engraver Theodor deBry published a folio edition of Thomas Hariot’s Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia with engraved illustrations based on John White’s watercolor paintings. DeBry’s engravings were the first images of indigenous North Americans that most 16th century Europeans had [...]
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Special Collections and Archives in “The Academic Archivist” — Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:30 am — The Society of American Archivists College and University Archives Section Winter 2012 newsletter, “The Academic Archivist“, includes news from ZSR! Section III, News from our colleagues, highlights the completion of the Gertrude and Max Hoffman Papers finding aid, The Gertrude and Max Hoffman Music Manuscript Collection, as well as The Biblical Recorder project. What a [...]
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Catalogues and Bulletins of Wake Forest are now online — Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:22 pm — We are happy to announce that the Wake Forest Catalogues and Bulletins are online! Thanks to the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center for doing the scanning and to Vicki Johnson for organizing and transporting the bulletins. Varying titles and binding made this project no easy feat, but the benefits far outweigh any challenges this [...]
For more news and other items of interest, read our Special Collections & Archives blog.
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Contact Us
If you have any questions or need help, please contact us.
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Provost's Grant
Short-term library research grants to support scholarly use of the collections are available. For more information and to apply, visit Provost's Grant for Library Research.
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Our Collections
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Popular Resources
- Old Gold & Black
- Biblical Recorder
- Campus Publications (including Howler Yearbooks & Catalogues and Bulletins)
Please contact Special Collections for general inquiries, research appointments, and instruction sessions.