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Mailing Address:
Special Collections
UTA Libraries
Box 19497
Arlington, Texas 76019-0497
Delivery Address:
Special Collections
UTA Libraries
702 College Street
Arlington, Texas 76019-0497

Phone: (817) 272-3393 Fax: (817) 272-3360
E-mail: Reference Desk

Hours:
Summer Intersession 
Mon. - Fri., 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. 
Sat. - Sun., closed
Fall & Spring Hours
Mon., 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Tues. - Sat., 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Open other hours by appointment
Holiday Closings
Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, Christmas, New Years,
and July 4th.
For additional information
 call (817) 272-3393

Location:

Special Collections is located on the sixth floor of UTA's Central Library. The street address of the Central Library is 702 College Street, Arlington, Texas 76019. There is a parking garage located behind the library across College Street. There is a fee to park in the garage. The garage may not be available on weekends or when school is not in session. See the Map of the Campus for additional visitor parking.

The directions to Special Collections are as follows:

From Dallas I-30

Exit I-30 at Cooper Street. Go south on Cooper for approximately 2 1/2 miles. Turn left at the Mitchell Street traffic light. Turn left on S. West Street and proceed through two stop signs; then turn left into the parking garage. Walk from the west side of the parking garage (side opposite from where you entered) around the library building to the west/front of the Central Library. Special Collections is located on the sixth floor of the library building.

From Dallas I-20

Exit I-20 at Cooper Street. Go north on Cooper approximately 4 miles to the light at Nedderman Drive (just past Mitchell). Turn right on Nedderman Drive and go two blocks, then left at the stop sign on S. West Street. Go one block and turn left into the parking garage. Walk from the west side of the parking garage (the side opposite from where you entered)  around the library building to the west/front entry of the Central Library.  Special Collections is located on the sixth floor of the library.

From Fort Worth I-30

Exit I-30 at Cooper Street. Go south on Cooper for 2 1/2 miles to Mitchell Street. Turn left at the Mitchell Street traffic light. Turn left on S. West Street and proceed through two stop signs; then turn left into the parking garage. Walk from the west side of the parking garage (side opposite from where you entered) around the library building to the west/front entry of the Central Library. Special Collections is located on the sixth floor of the library building.

From Fort Worth I-20

Exit I-20 at Cooper Street. Go north on Cooper Street 4 miles to the light at Nedderman Drive (just past Mitchell). Turn right on Nedderman Drive and go two blocks, then left at the stop on S. West Street. Go one block and turn left into the parking garage. Walk from the west side of the parking garage (the side opposite from where you entered) around the library building to the west/front entry of the Central Library. Special Collections is located on the sixth floor of the library building.

Access to the Collections

The Special Collections Division is open to UTA students, faculty, and staff as well as individuals not affiliated with the university. All users must fill out an Application for Use of Materials form and show a valid driver's license with a photograph on their first visit. All materials are retrieved by the division's staff, and there are some restrictions on the number of items a researcher can use at any one time. Please see Guidelines for the Use of Special Collections Materials  for details.

Online access to Special Collections' books, archives and manuscript collections, and other materials is available through PULSe, the UTA Libraries' online catalog. The division has in-house finding aids for those materials not cataloged in PULSe, such as newspapers, most maps, sheet music, and photographs and negatives.

Researchers from out of town are strongly encouraged to call in advance of their visit. Phone: (817) 272-3393; Fax: (817) 272-3360; E-mail: ann.hodges@uta.edu

 

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