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Special Collections & Archives at the University of California, Riverside houses rare books, manuscripts, archival materials, photographs, videotapes, broadsides, and other media formats covering a wide range of special subject areas. Our holdings do not circulate, but may be used in the departmental reading room by those with an interest in our materials and valid
photo identification.

Among our most visited collections are:
J. Lloyd Eaton Science Fiction Collection
Fanzine Collections
Tomás Rivera Archive
The Rupert Costo Library of the American Indian
The Western Region Tuskegee Airmen Archive
The Petko Collection on the History of the Book and Printing
University Archives
The B. Traven Collection

Special Collections and Archives' Specials:
Personalized tour of Special Collections & Archives, or the Eaton Science Fiction Collection (request)
Hands-on demonstration of letterpress printing (request)
Close-up examination of medieval and renaissance manuscripts
(request)
Workshop, Finding Archival Sources (request)
Consultation with an Archivist or Reference Librarian (request)