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 digitized and available online.

• Order form for special collections materials
• Read more about how to request and borrow material from the Special collections.

Here you find a digital "reference library":

• Digital resources for cultural heritage collections

Early printed books and special collections

Among the early printed books are books, periodicals, newspapers, minor printed matter and brochures printed before 1850. Some special collections are sometimes supplemented by modern material.
Read more about the early printed books and special collections.
Request printed books from the special collections.

Manuscripts

Manuscripts includes everything written by hand, from mediaeval manuscripts to entire collections and letter collections from modern authors and cultural personalities.
Read more about the manuscripts collections.
Request manuscripts and correspondence.

Archives

There are about 700 personal archives and almost 100 archives of families in our collections, and also archives from institutions and societies.
Read more about the archives.
Request archives.

Pictures

The Library's picture collections include engravings and lithographs, hand-made drawings, postcards, photographs and printed posters from old and recent times.
Read more about the picture collections.
Request pictures.

Maps

Both Swedish and foreign maps are included in the Special Collections, from late mediaeval times to today's modern issues, both printed and hand-drawn by.
Read more about the maps collections.
Request maps.

Music scores

There are both printed and handwritten scores from the Middle Ages to our own times. The legal deposits received by the Library ensure that we have the entire Swedish production of music scores. 
Read more about the music scores collections.
Request music scores.

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.