A collection of over 100,000 digitized images, books, maps, artwork, manuscripts, atlases, ephemera, correspondence, and audio-video media.
Archives & Special Collections
Archives & Special Collections (A&SC) is one of western Pennsylvania's largest repositories for manuscripts, rare books, photographs, microfilm, maps, audio visual materials, and more. We recently merged the departments of the Archives Service Center and Special Collections.
Special Collections will be relocating its materials to the Archives Service Center (Library Resource Facility) on Thomas Boulevard in August 2017. During this period, our reading room in Hillman Library will remain open and normal operations will continue. For questions regarding access to collections, please contact us at 412-648-8190 or ULS-Archives&SpecialCollections@pitt.edu.
Search Digital Collections and Archival Finding Aids
Search both digitized material as well as finding aids for all of the ULS archival and manuscript holdings. A separate search on finding aids will provide you with background information and an inventory of the records found within our archival and manuscript collections.
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Collection Strengths
- 20th Century Urban Renewal
- Audio-Visual Materials
- American Schoolbooks
- Business and Industry
- Children’s Literature
- Ethnic Groups in Pittsburgh
- History of Books and Printing
- Labor
- Philosophy of Science
- Politics
- Pop Culture
- Social Action
- Theatre and the Performing Arts
- Underground and Alternative Press
- University Archives
