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We welcome you to visit Special Collections. Appointments are limited and must be requested one week in advance. Get more details. 

Events

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News

Honoring the 80th anniversary of the USS Arizona's sinking at Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 2021

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. 

A one-of-a-kind exhibit dedicated to the...

Photograph from the USS Arizona collection depicting the USS Arizona battleship in wet dock, circa 1932

The Films of Andrew Ellicott Douglass: Astronomer, Archaeologist, and Father of Tree-Ring Dating (virtual panel discussion)

Sep 24, 2021

Dendrochronologist and founder of the University of Arizona’s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, Andrew Ellicott Douglass, was an early...

Five photos of Douglass event panelists

Welcome back! Supporting students, faculty, staff & research this fall

Aug 23, 2021

This fall, Special Collections will remain closed until further notice except by appointment. Appointments are...

Archival files in Special Collections

Land Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O’odham and the Yaqui. Committed to diversity and inclusion, the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.