Archival & Special Collections is responsible for:

• Collecting, preserving, arranging, describing, and making accessible Guelph's special, rare, and archival information resources
• Development, curation, and preservation of unique collections which, within the broader network of provincial, national, and international archives, document specific areas of society—namely, agricultural history and rural heritage, apiculture, veterinary science, landscape architecture, culinary history, Canadian theatre, Scottish studies, and local and regional history—and which also support the University's learning, teaching, and research programs, and those of the wider community