Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections is open by appointment, for in-person services to UC Davis students, faculty and staff. Starting on July 20, Non-UC Davis affiliates can make appointments for in-person services. Appointments must be made 72 business hours prior to your visit. Due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, services will be limited and delayed. Please submit all questions and requests to SpecColl@ucdavis.edu or leave a message at (530) 752‑1621. Learn more.
Archives and Special Collections welcomes students, faculty, visiting scholars and members of the general public to explore the Library’s rare books and pamphlets, manuscript collections, photographs, the University Archives, and the Map Collection. The Department’s major purposes are to acquire these materials, make them available for use, and preserve their integrity for future generations.
Shields Library is open for UC Davis students, faculty and staff ONLY.
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Archives and Special Collections fully supports the Statement on Inclusion and Equity in Special Collections, Archives, and Distinctive Collections in the University of California Libraries: “We acknowledge historical absences in library collections, including those of the University of California Libraries. We will develop practices that counteract a paradigm of racist, sexist, and white-centered collecting, description, instruction, and access. Metadata, digital exhibits, and archival descriptions in particular have disadvantaged communities of color, limited points of subject-based access, and contributed to a culture of exclusivity and inequity…” Read the full statement here.