Our Mission

Special Collections Research Center is home to UK Libraries' collection of rare books, Kentuckiana, the University Archives, the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, the King Library Press, the Bert T. Combs Appalachian Collection, and the Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center.

The mission of the Special Collections Research Center is to locate and preserve materials documenting the social, cultural, economic, and political history of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Materials are acquired regardless of format and include both primary and secondary sources; Kentuckiana is collected comprehensively. Special Collections maintains the records management program for all records generated by the University and serves as its archival repository for permanent records. As part of the mission, the Special Collections Research Center advances and supports the research, teaching, and scholarship of the University and beyond by preserving and providing access to its holdings.

Associate Dean Deirdre A. Scaggs

• Abolition/Abolitionists: Primary Sources in Special Collections
• African American Primary Resources in Special Collections
• Agriculture: Primary Sources in Special Collections
• Appalachia: Primary Sources in Special Collections
• Architecture and Design: Primary Sources in Special Collections
• Asian/Middle East History: Primary and Secondary Sources in Special Collections
• Authors/Literature/Writers - Appalachia: Primary Sources in Special Collections

• Authors/Literature/Writers: Primary Sources in Special Collections
• Banks/Banking: Primary Sources in Special Collections
• Businesses/Mercantile Enterprises/Entrepreneurs: Primary Sources in Special Collections
• Businesses/Mercantile Enterprises/Entrepreneurs: Primary Sources in Special Collections - Thomas D. Clark's Mercantile Records
• Caribbean History: Primary and Secondary Sources in Special Collections
• Central American History: Primary and Secondary Sources in Special Collections
• See all...

Campus Mail Code: 0039

For Research or Collections-related Inquiries

Breckinridge Research Room
Phone: (859) 257-8611

Fax: (859) 257-6311

Email: sclref@lsv.uky.edu

General Information

Mailing Address:
Special Collections Research Center
Margaret I. King Library
University of Kentucky Libraries
Lexington, KY 40506-0039

Delivery Address:
179 Funkhouser Drive
Margaret I. King Library
University of Kentucky Libraries
Lexington, KY 40506-0039

Emergency Vehicle Response Location:
179 Funkhouser