Special Collections include private personal and institutional manuscripts and paper collections that document the lives of Floridians or may be distinguished by their specialized subject matter, age, uniqueness, or value.
Rare Book Room Collection is administered as part of the Archives and Special Collections. The collection includes materials that, because of subject coverage, rarity, source, condition, form, or significant value are best handled separately from the general circulating collection.
Welcome to Barry University Archives and Special Collections Research Guides. These guides will provide you with useful information about resources, services, and policies & procedures in place in our department.
A department within the Barry University Library, the Archives is administratively placed under the Director of the Monsignor William Barry Memorial Library. All the collections are non-circulating and maintained in closed stacks; materials are retrieved for patrons by the Archives and Special Collections staff.
The Barry University Archives and Special Collections Department was established in 1991 under the direction of Sister Dorothy Jehle, O.P. It is located on the second floor of Lehman Hall.
