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Special Collections contains over 450,000 printed works, numerous manuscript and archival collections, and an extensive collection of ephemera. Listed below are some of the highlights of our materials.

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Did you Know...

• A monument of English literature, the two volume first edition of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, (London, 1755) is held in Special Collections among the Literature Materials.
• The GLBT Vertical File is especially strong in the subject areas of the Gay Liberation Movement, AIDS, Gay and Lesbian Marriage and Domestic Partnerships, Homophobia, Hate Crimes, and the Ex-Gay Movement.
• Numerous first editions works of eminent gay and lesbian writers from the past such as Walt Whitman, Gertrude Stein, and William Burroughs are available here for research. For more information see the GLBT Materials.