Special Notice: Effective April 24, 2017, Archival & Special Collections will be closed until later this fall due to extensive renovations. We will, therefore, not be able to answer research inquiries of any kind over the summer months, nor will we be able to accept any new donations. If you do have records you had planned to transfer over the summer, please contact Kathryn Harvey to arrange for a time in the Fall to do so.

For more information about the renovations, visit the Library Renovation page.

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