University of Guelph Library
From R.R. MccIan's Clans of the Scottish Highlands, London, 1845
Located in the lower level of the Library's south-east tower, Archival & Special Collections offers a passageway to the cultural, social, physical and political history of the University of Guelph and its disciplines.
Our University dates to the merger of three founding colleges and the 1965 creation of a new college of arts and sciences. The collections reflect our growth and document our past and growth to the present. We have extensive records from our founding colleges, as well as some collections which follow our campus right up to the present day.
Being part of the Guelph and Wellington County communities is important to us. The collecting of local and regional history materials has been a natural outgrowth of the University's traditional town-and-gown relationship between college and community that is highlighted by annual events documented in our collections.
For more detailed information please see The Collections section.