Special Collections & Archives

Celebrate Archives Month at UWEC, October 2008

Hours:

Monday - Friday: 9AM - 4PM
Sundays: 1PM - 5PM and 6PM - 9PM (during fall and spring semesters)
Holiday Exceptions

Location:

McIntyre Library 5022
(Enter the library, take the elevator to the 5th floor, turn right)
Directions to McIntyre Library and UW-Eau Claire.
Visitor Parking Information

Contact:

715-836-2739
library.archives@uwec.edu
Or send a research request at:
Research Request Form

We serve a number of different functions:

• Special Collections & Archives collects the historic records of the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire and its predecessor institutions.  The university archives contain:
• Administrative records
• Faculty papers
• Student & alumni papers and scrapbooks
• Yearbooks, campus newspapers, and other university publications
• Photographs of the university, some of which have been digitized in the University Photo Album
  
• As a Wisconsin Historical Society Area Research Center (ARC), Special Collections & Archives also holds local government records and manuscripts pertaining to the following counties:
• Buffalo
• Chippewa
• Clark
• Eau Claire
• Rusk
• Taylor
  
• Our collections also include local history publications, such as:
• City directories
• Church and organizational histories
• County and city histories
• Genealogical reference books.
• Plat maps and Sanborn Insurance maps
  
• The university’s rare book collection, which is especially strong in first edition British and American fiction, is also housed in Special Collections & Archives.
  
• We mount exhibits in the McIntyre Library’s Grand Corridor that feature materials from our collections.