University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries Special Collections and University Archives

The Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries is a center for research into the history and impact of social change and the history and cultures of New England. With substantial holdings documenting African American history and culture, organized labor, movements for peace and social justice, and the history of agriculture, SCUA houses over 35,000 rare books, hundreds of thousands of photographs, and approximately 45,000 linear feet of archives, including nationally significant manuscript collections and the official records of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

All material digitized from the collections of SCUA are made available through their digital repository, Credo.