University Archives & Special Collections

The Slippery Rock University Archives & Special Collections are located on the 3rd floor of Bailey Library, and are open weekdays from 9am-4pm and by appointment. Researchers are encouraged to schedule a visit, indicating topic or collection of interest, so that staff can have materials ready for your use. Be advised that food and drink are not permitted in the Archives and Special Collections, and that resources may not be checkout out. Read more at Reading Room Rules.

Some collections housed digitally or physically may contain offensive language, insensitive or racist images, and/or negative stereotypes. Slippery Rock University does not endorse the views expressed in such materials and preserves said materials as a means to critically reflect upon their historical time period. 

University Archives, 315 Bailey Library

Special Collections, 311 Bailey Library

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