Mission
We
collect, make available, and preserve primary source and rare materials
in Special Collections’s main areas of strength: Los Angeles regional
history; American literature; Lion Feuchtwanger and the German émigré experience;
natural history; and USC history and the university’s intellectual
life. Our quarters provide an area where students, faculty, and their
classes may pursue intellectual exchange and quiet discovery of the library’s
rare and other non-circulating materials. In addition, we promote the
educational use of our collections through exhibits and programs. Also
encompassed within Special Collections, the Boeckmann Center
collects research materials and provides reference assistance to support
the academic needs of USC students and faculty in the areas of Iberian,
Latin American (with strengths in Mexico, Central America, and Cuba),
and U.S. Hispanics studies.
Locations & Facilities
The
Libraries and Collections that make up Special Collections are located in three
buildings on the University Park Campus of the University of Southern
California.
Doheny
Memorial Library
Special
Collections is located on the second floor of the Doheny
Memorial Library (DML) and is accessible through the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library (Room
206). Service is provided from this location to the following collections:
American Literature
Boeckmann
Center of Iberian & Latin American Studies
California Social Welfare Archives
Feuchtwanger Memorial Library
Hancock Collections & Archives
Special Collections
Regional History Collections
USC
University Archives
Hancock
Memorial Museum
Located
in the Allan Hancock Foundation Building (AHF), the Hancock
Memorial Museum is open by appointment only.
Campus
Map & Driving Directions
Last
updated:
July 24, 2007
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