Archival material includes unpublished records such as letters, diaries, financial records, and photographs. Information about our archival collections may be found online in the Subject Guides to the Collections. The main way to search our collections is through the public user interface for the University of Rochester's Archives & Special Collections. Our finding aids are processed at different levels. Some include item-by-item level descriptions and others are processed at the folder or box level.
Special Collections holds a wide variety of sciences-related manuscript collections from the 19th and 20th centuries, on topics ranging from Anthropology to Zoology.
Links to Collection Finding Aids
Please note: The papers of many physicians and staff of the UR School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Strong Memorial Hospital are held at the Miner Medical Library Special Collections