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Some items in the Library are held in Special Collections. Item call numbers designate the collection (if any) to which the item belongs. These collections are kept in separate locations within the Library or in the Mahler Student Center. Some Special Collection items may be checked out, while the use of others must be confined to the Library (indicated as “Circulation Status” below). NOTE: “CLC” in the Location column below refers to the Collins Learning Center.

Call # Designation	Name of Collection	Location	Description	Circulation Status
AUDUBON	Audubon Collection	2nd floor, CLC; at end near Humanities	Books on birds, Africana, and various other subjects	Yes
BAPTIST	Baptist Heritage Collection	1st floor, CLC, Widner Room, ask at circ. desk	Collection of items reflecting the historical, theological, and educational contributions of the Baptist denomination in the United States, including its English and European roots	No
CD	Sound Recordings	1st floor, CLC, at circ. desk	Compact Disc sound recordings, mostly music	No
CURR	Curriculum Collection	2nd floor, CLC; at end near Humanities	Books for children and young adults, for use by the College of Education and the children of university patrons	Yes
DECATUR	Decatur collection	1st floor, CLC, Decatur Room, ask at circ. desk	Old, rare, or autographed books from the collections of several donors	No
DISC	Sound Recordings	1st floor, CLC, between Media Carrels and Reading Nook	Vinyl records (LPs) of both music and spoken word content	No
DVD	DVDs	1st floor, CLC, circ. desk	DVDs of selected educational and/or literary titles	Yes
EVAN	Evangelical Collection	1st floor, CLC, Widner Room, ask at circ. desk	Print and non-print items by selected evangelical authors: George Barna, Charles (Chuck) Colson, James Dobson, Elisabeth Elliot, Anthony (Tony) Evans, Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Carl F. H. Henry, Max Lucado, Luis Palau, Francis Schaeffer, Charles (Chuck) Swindoll, Joni Earickson Tada.	No
FRANKLIN	Franklin Collection	2nd floor, CLC; at end near Humanities	A collection of early public school textbooks and readers	Yes
MEADOWS	Meadows Collection	Mahler Student Center, 1st floor, across from Hillcrest Great Hall	Variety of books from a personal collection.	No
OVERSIZE	Oversized Books	2nd floor, CLC; at end near Humanities	Books too large to fit onto their appropriate shelves	Yes
PERRY	Perry Collection	Mahler Student Center, 1st floor, across from Hillcrest Great Hall	Variety of books from a personal collection.	No
RUMBLEY	Rose-Mary Rumbley Collection	1st floor, CLC, Rumbley Room, ask at circ. desk	Variety of books and scripts from the personal collection of Dr. Rose-Mary Rumbley (noted speaker, teacher, actress, historian, humorist, and author).	Limited
TEXANA	Texana Collection	1st floor, CLC, Decatur Room, ask at circ. desk	Books and other print materials relating to Texas history, geography, legends, and personalities. Includes many rare or hard-to-find items of interest to genealogists and historians.	No
TXBK and TXBKSEC	Textbooks	2nd floor, CLC; at end near Humanities	Public school textbooks for elementary and secondary grades	Yes
VIDC	Videos	1st floor, CLC, ask at circ. desk	Videocassettes on a wide variety of topics	Yes