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University Archives and Special Collections

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Digital Collections

Digital collections

We are constantly digitizing new materials in our collections and making them available online. Not all of our collections have been (or will be) digitized, and some are currently in progress. Please contact us for more information regarding collections not available online.

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Digital exhibits

Explore our permanent and temporary online exhibits - watch this space for coming updates!

Digital exhibits

Remembering Lincoln

A digital collection brought together by Ford’s Theatre for the 150th anniversary of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

Jefferson, American Bibliophile

An online exhibit based on two items held in Special Collections: a letter written by Jefferson in 1798, when he was Vice President of the United States, to a book dealer in New York; and an 1800 edition of Notes on the State of Virginia.

Oakland University History

Learn about OU's early history, student life, and other aspects of OU's history through online exhibits by OU students.

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Physical exhibits

Archives and Special Collections also organizes physical exhibits in the lobby of Kresge Library.

Browse our complete archive of past exhibits.