{"id":52,"date":"2019-09-13T09:58:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T14:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:37:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:37:45","slug":"libraries-special-collections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Special Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-8\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<div style=\"width:100%\">\n<blockquote><p>\nFounded in 1971, the Marshall University Special Collections Department is home to the University\u2019s archives, manuscripts, rare books, audiovisual materials, and other unique items. The department is charged with collecting, preserving, and making accessible all of its collections to support the University\u2019s administration, teaching, and research goals.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Exhibits By Category<\/h2>\n                                            \n        \n    <div\n        id=\"marshall-university\"\n        x-data=\"accordion('marshall-university', false)\"\n        class=\"rounded-lg overflow-hidden mb-2 transition-all duration-300 ease-out bg-gray-50\"\n        x-bind:class=\"expanded ? 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Clifford Caverlee Postcards Exhibit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mds.marshall.edu\/lib_manu\/4\/\">Harpers Weekly Reports Events from 1865<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mds.marshall.edu\/sc_wvc\/\">Historic West Virginia Churches<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mds.marshall.edu\/lib_manu\/2\/\">Muster Roll 1st Regt WVI Co. 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