Rare Books

The rare books library, made up of about 1,500 volumes, features vintage local, regional, and national history books, the Beehive Press editions, and an active collecting focus on current and past faculty publications. Included in this last category are the books of nationally known colonial America scholar John Ferling. Another collecting focus complements the Georgia’s Political Heritage Collection, with books written by Georgia political figures who have served in state and national politics such as Zell Miller and Newt Gingrich.

The Special Collections also holds the personal library of Sidney Jourard, a founder of the humanistic psychology specialty, whose papers are owned by the library as well. All books in Special Collections are cataloged in the library's catalog.

 Materials from the Special Collections do not circulate. Depending on the condition of the book, it may not be possible to copy or scan pages from it.