Belk Library Archives and Special Collections

Guides to Archival Materials

The Belk Library Archives and Special Collections has a variety of collections. Some of the collections include personal papers (manuscripts) that mostly relate to the history and people associated with the university. Other collections are from organizations and departments on campus. The finding aids below are available to help researchers use the manuscript and archival collections that are the primary sources of information about these collections.

A finding aid is a description of an an archival collection, usually containing a history of the person or organization that produced the collection and an inventory of its contents.

Finding aids may provide some or all of the following information:

• Time period covered by materials in the collection
• Size of the collection
• Biographical or historical background of the creator(s) of the collection
• More extensive notes on the scope and contents of the collection
• Description of the organizational structure of the collection
• Container list describing the contents of the collection at the box, folder, or item level

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 Finding Aids

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