There is nothing quite like looking at history to put current daily experiences into perspective. Look no further than the collections pertaining to politics, women’s suffrage and public policy contained in the Special Collections’ Rare Book Department. The vast collection of rare books that spans centuries will surely intrigue as well as educate.

Radical: A Retrospective of
Twentieth Century Dissent

The American Commonwealth

Fighting Words:
American Revolutionary
War Pamphlets

The Risk of Being Less Free

Personal Memoirs of
Ulysses S. Grant

The Great War:
Here and Over There

BOOM!

Writings on Women’s Suffrage