University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives

Iowa Women's Archive

As a student of history, I have recently become absolutely enamored with studying women's history in particular. Ever since I first began using the Iowa Women's Archive for my research into women in h...

Research Collection and Archives with a personal touch

If you are looking for records or history of the University of Iowa, or if you are looking for maps, rare books, women's archive and first editions from Iowa authors, be sure to add Special Collection...

Always a wonderful experience

walking, browsing through the campus brought many new experiences; the museums are wonderful and well thought out.

Very Kind to Researchers

The University of Iowa has long nurtured writers, and I am happy to report that its special collections staff also makes visiting scholars researching these writers feel welcome. I spent four days in...

An important and well run collection

I visited this collection by chance at the invitation of a friend. I did not have high expectations of Iowa City's book collections and was delighted to find world class collections of, among other t...