SCUA News

  • Cover art from Micro Misterio 489, Los Titeres.

    ¡Micro Misterio!

    Special Collections and University Archives is beyond thrilled to announce our acquisition of a collection of cover art from rare Mexican pulp mini-comics!

  • From the engraved title page of Apian's Cosmographia (1524)

    Collection Spotlight: Historic Astronomy

    Special Collections is home to the Ernst Zinner Historic Astronomy Collection. This world-class collection contains some of the oldest and rarest titles in the library, including thirteen incunabula (books printed before 1501), the first edition of Nicolaus Copernicus’ seminal text, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (1543), and Tycho Brahe’s Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica (1602).

  • Illustration of different types of Americans in voting booths

    The Vote in Words and Pictures

    November is Coming! And this year, with it comes another national election in the United States. We thought it would be fun to raise awareness about our democratic system by taking a look at some comic books that explore democracy and voting in the United States.

  • Index of Prohibited Books title page

    Banned Books Week 2020

    In honor of Banned Books Week, Special Collections invites you to consider how dominant power structures have the ability to shape history and society by restricting access to information.

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