Western Libraries

Special Collections supports the missions of Western Washington University and its Libraries by preserving, organizing, describing, maintaining, and promoting the use of the unique intellectual resources in its care.

These resources are available to the university community and to the general public subject to policies established for the use of Special Collections.

Collection Highlights

Finding Aids for Archival Collections
Oral History Program
Paul and Mary Ann Ford Fly Fishing Collection
Campus History Collection
Mathes Reading Figurines
Northwest Collection
Rare Book Collection
Western Collection
Masters Thesis Archive

Digital Collections

Western History Highlights

Brief History of WWU
Building Histories
Western Profiles
The True University: a History of the WWU Library 1899-1998


The Campus School at Western

Fly Fishing Collection

Helene Whitson Collection

Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections
516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103
360-650-3193, 360-650-3044 (fax), email: speccoll@wwu.edu