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The Library's C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department is located on the sixth floor. The book collections include the Chicano Collection, the Judaica Collection, the S. L. A. Marshall Military History Collection, the Southwest and Border Studies Collection, as well as collections of art and rare books. In addition to printed sources, the department has manuscript and archival collections available. There is also an oral history collection documenting the region.

For more information please call 747-5697

The Library is accepting nominations for the twelfth Carl Hertzog Award for Excellence in Book Design. All entries must be postmarked by October 1, 2009.


Land Registry Delgado Hebrew Prayer Book

UTEP Storm Water Permit Manual Carrillo Manual Carrillo Casasola Studio Photographs Casasola Studio Photographs Land Registry Land Registry Dr. Samaniego Delgado Hebrew Prayer Book Hebrew Prayer Book

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Carl Hertzog Award for Excellence in Book Design - the winners have been announced!

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Land registry investigation, 1544, by Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

Dr. Mariano Samaniego Delgado

Cover of Hebrew Prayer Book. Late seventeenth or early eighteenth century. Rare Books Collection.

Virtual Exhibit of Manuel Carrillo photographs, from a collaboration of the Smithsonian Institution and UTEP Special Collections.

Casasola Studio Photograph database has more than 2,300 photographs, most of which are not identified.