Finding Aids for Manuscripts & UCSD Archives

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Requesting Manuscripts & Archives

Register or login to the Special Collections Request System to request materials or copies by using the request feature on each collection’s finding aid.

For further information about manuscript and archival materials, contact spcoll@ucsd.edu.

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Browse Finding Aids by Subject

These subject categories represent SC&A's major collecting foci, and they contain links to the finding aids and catalog records of most, but not all, of the library's manuscript and archival holdings. For a more thorough search, use UC Library Search to locate other manuscripts and printed materials related to your topic.

American Poetry, 1945-
Chicano Studies
Melanesian Anthropology
Mexico, including Baja California
Music and Performing Arts
Oceanography & Marine Science
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives
20th-Century Science/Medicine, including High Altitude Medicine and Physiology
U.S. History, including California History
UC San Diego Archives
Visual Arts

The Online Archive of California

A union database of finding aids for numerous California repositories, including all the UC special collection libraries and several museums and historical societies.