Special collections

Uppsala University Library can offer students and researchers very valuable and rare special collections. During the long history of the Library, large collections have been built up through donations, spoils of war, duty deliveries and purchases. The special collections are today considered as cultural heritage, which includes old prints, manuscripts, images, maps and musicalia. Thanks to requests for digital copies, more and more materials are being digitised and available online. Before you make a request, search for the materials in Alvin – platform for digital collections and digitised cultural heritage.

• Request digital copies
• Order special collections materials

Materials printed before 1850 or that are a part of our special collections, such as manuscripts, pictures and maps, may only be studied at Carolina Rediviva. Please plan your visit so that we may help you in best way possible.

• Get a library card
• Search our catalogues
• Time from request to pick-up
• More on request materials from the special collections
• Rules for use of the special collections and reading room

Useful tools:

• Digital resources for cultural heritage collections

Read more about the special collections materials

• Early printed books and special collections
• Manuscripts collections
• Archives
• Picture collections
• Maps collections
• Music scores collections

Exhibitions

Read more about the exhibitions at the University Library. We can also contribute with material from the collections for exhibitions arranged by other cultural institutions in Sweden or abroad. How to borrow material for an exhibition.

Current projects with materials in the Special Collections Division:

• Dissertations 1600-1855
• Greek manuscripts in Sweden
• The Gustavian Collection
• Meeting place Mediterranean Sea (Labraunda)
• Numismatic literature
• Ongoing digitisation projects
• Project The Library of Leufstabruk