Archival & Special Collections

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
  • Regional and Early Campus History
• These areas also support the university's learning, teaching, and research programs, and those of the wider community