Special Collections

The C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department is located on the sixth floor. The book collections include the Chicano Collection, the Judaica Collection, the S. L. A. Marshall Military History Collection, the Southwest and Border Studies Collection, as well as collections of art and rare books. In addition to printed sources, the department has manuscript and archival collections available. There is also an oral history collection documenting the region.

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• Collections
• Services
• Polices
• Exhibits
• Carl Hertzog Award
• Helpful Resources
• Contact Us

Collections

Special Collections contains rare books as well as thematic book collections such as the Southwest, Chicano, Judaica, Art, Marshall Military, and McCord Poetry collections.

• Book Collections
• Finding Aids
• Image Collections
• Manuscript Collections
• Special Collections on Digital Commons
• Special Collections on Portal to Texas History
• UTEP History

Services

• Tours
  Tours are available to the public during regular hours of operation. For more information, please call (915) 747-5697.
• Instruction
  The Special Collections Department provides instruction sessions about our department and holdings for undergraduate and graduate classes. Please contact Claudia Rivers or (915) 747-6725 for more information.
• Copying & Scanning
• How to use Special Collections

Policies

• User Policies --  En Español
• Gift Policy
• Deed of Gift
• Request for Publication
• Remote Storage
  Materials housed in off-site storage may take a few days to retrieve. Contact Claudia Rivers or Abbie Weiser to coordinate retrieval.

Exhibits

The Special Collections Department regularly curates exhibits on the sixth, third, and second floors of the UTEP Library. The fourth floor features a permanent exhibit of artist José Cisneros’s original illustrations for his book Riders Across the Centuries: Horsemen of the Spanish Borderlands.

Carl Hertzog Award

The Hertzog Award is a biennial book award that celebrates excellence in book design. It’s presented by the Friends of the University Library.

• Past Winners
• Lectures
• Call for submissions – every two years

Helpful Resources

• Antiquarian Book Resources
• Oral History Institute
• Portal to Texas History
• Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI)

Contact Us

Special Collections Reference Desk: (915) 747-5697

Claudia Rivers
Head, Special Collections
(915) 747-6725
crivers@utep.edu

Abbie Weiser
Assistant Head, Special Collection, CA
(915) 747-6839
ahweiser@utep.edu