Marquette University Libraries, Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Raynor Memorial Libraries
1355 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53201
(414) 288-5901
http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/

Founded in 1961, Marquette University Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives (SPARC) preserves and provides access to more than 17,500 cubic feet of manuscripts and university records and more than 7,500 volumes of rare books. Marquette's University Archives preserves the documentary heritage of Wisconsin's largest private university, with vast holdings about student life, intercollegiate athletics, and faculty teaching and research.

Collections
Marquette maintains several manuscript acquisition programs, including two that are national in scope. The Dorothy Day-Catholic Worker Collection and the records of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice and the National Catholic Rural Life Conference are just a few of the cornerstone collections within Marquette's Catholic social action collecting program. Marquette University also preserves Catholic Church records of documenting Native America, including extensive school and mission records. The papers of several prominent Wisconsin politicians are available at Marquette, including Joseph R. McCarthy, Tommy Thompson, and Clement J. Zablocki. Finally, Marquette preserves the J.R.R. Tolkien Collection, containing the manuscripts of both "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings," plus nearly 1200 secondary titles that augment the manuscripts.

Links
Digital collections can be accessed here:
http://www.marquette.edu/library/MUDC/

General information about Marquette's collections can be found here:
http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/collpol.html#general


Students take to Wisconsin Avenue following Marquette's victory in the 1977 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament.


Detail of St. Augustine's De Civitate Dei (The City of God), a 1473 edition from the printing press of Gutenberg's successors in Mainz.

Top image: Peace activist Kathy Kelly delivering the records of Voices in the Wilderness to the Raynor Library, 2004.

Entry compiled by Becky Julson