Special Collections & Archives
The Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections of the Montana State University Library is the location for finding comprehensive information on select subject areas. With a comfortable service area in the Burton K. Wheeler Reading Room on the second floor of Renne Library, Special Collections is committed to assembling primary and secondary scholarly materials on specific topics supporting MSU curricular and research needs.
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Search Special Collections Finding Aids
Areas of collecting emphasis for which finding aids are available:
- Collection 0642 - Victor E. George Reminiscence Transcript, 1968 - Reminiscence detailing the early history of the George family in Montana, relating observations on farm chores, school work, neighbors, and assorted encounters with animals.
- Montana Agriculture and Ranching
- Montana Engineering and Architecture
- Montana Architectural Drawings
- Montana History
- Montana Native Americans
- Montana State University History
- Prominent Montanans
- Trout and Salmonids
- U.S. Senator Burton K. Wheeler
- Yellowstone National Park and the Yellowstone ecosystem
The collections are currently comprised of more than 34,000 volumes and 1200 linear feet of manuscript materials. In addition there are microforms, sound recordings, video recordings, and maps pertaining to all of the above subject areas. Materials are collected in all formats, including original papers and documents, publications, maps, photographs, and videotapes. A record of MSU Library's holdings are available via MSU's online catalog, WLN, and the World Wide Web.
Special Collections is committed to standardizing our finding aids for all of our manuscript holdings. These finding aids will include a statement of provenance, scope and content note, series descriptions, and in most cases, a folder level inventory. New finding aids will be added as they are completed.
University Archives
Manuscript records of Montana State University, including photographic images and vertical file information, are available for research. Published material appearing in the library catalog as location ARCHIVES or SPEC-UPUB will be serviced in the Wheeler Reading Room in Special Collections.
Policies for Media Reproduction and Permissons
Information on our policies for requesting surrogates of manuscript materials found in can be found on our Photocopy Policy and Procedures page.
Information on our policies for requesting digital surrogates of our photographs can be found on our Photograph Duplication Policy page.
Information on for requesting permission to publish and associated fees can be found on our Publishing Reproductions page.
Digital Preservation
Information pertaining preservation of digital collections at MSU Library can be found at Digital Preservation.