This guide offers information to faculty who are seeking to schedule a class visit to Special Collections.
Special Collections is located on the 6th floor of Glickman Family Library on USM's Portland Campus.
Part of the University Libraries, Special Collections collects and preserves rare materials, including books, manuscripts, photographs, and artifacts. Special Collections supports the academic mission of the University by inviting classes to use its collections in hands-on exercises where students learn research skills.
Special Collections is made up of seven metacollections:
A primary source can be an article, document, diary, manuscript, object or information written or created at the time an event actually took place. Primary sources serve as an original source of information.
