Special Collections Department
Special Collections Department - Collections - Subject Guides - Rare Books
Overview of Rare Books Collections
The Special Collections Department currently possesses 50,000 rare volumes, focusing on agriculture, science, and technology.
- Rarebook Collection News:
The Preservation Department's Lennox Foundation Preservation Intern, Bexx Caswell, has completed the rehousing of the Special Collections Department's copy of Quaestiones de veritate by Saint Thomas Aquinas. Caswell created an attractive cradle box that would support the book when in use and protect it when not in use. For more information regarding this project, please visit the following web site: http://www.bexxcaswell.com/veritate.html.
- Collections of Interest:
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Carrie Chapman Catt Library
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- Collections policy for Rare Books:
- Date (earlier than):
- 1820 (Eastern United States)
- 1850 (Between the Appalachians and the Mississippi)
- 1870 (West of the Mississippi)
- 1740 (Great Britain)
- 1750 (Europe)
- 1870 (Asia)
- Notable private presses
- Significant illustrated books
- Fine bindings
- Limited and/or first editions
- Autographed editions
- Early works in history of science and agriculture
- Scientific expeditions
- Travel accounts in the U.S. (18th and 19th century)
- Books on Iowa
- Date (earlier than):
For further information on the these collections or to discuss the possibility of donating a collection, contact:
Tanya Zanish-Belcher, Head
Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
Telephone: (515) 294-6648
Fax: (515) 294-5525
tzanish@iastate.edu