Special Collections and Archives opened as a department in Duane G. Meyer Library in 1997 and has continued to increase its diverse holdings.  The current exhibit looks at a selection of materials collected over the last twenty years.

The exhibit focuses on some of the major collecting areas of the Archives, such as the University and its history, the Labor Union Archives, rare books, and Ozarkiana, which includes materials related to the history of the Ozarks and the Southwest Missouri region. The cases display memorabilia from the Ozarks Labor Union Archives and the University, as well as other University items collected by Don Landon, the author of Daring to Excel: The First 100 Years of Southwest Missouri State University. The exhibit also highlights photos and artwork, selections from the Rare Books Collection, and materials donated by MSU professors that illustrate both the history of the University and the Ozarks.

Feel free to gently look through the facsimile of Audubon’s Birds of America and talk to the staff about the interesting materials in the Archives!  The exhibit will be up through the end of the semester and is open during Special Collections and Archives’ hours.