Special Collections & Archives

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.