Art and Rare Books Collections
The rare book collections consist of books, pamphlets, serials, newspapers, microfilm, vertical files, and other printed materials primarily focusing on the history and culture of the Cache Valley, Utah, and the Intermountain West. These collections began with the purchase of the Eli H. Peirce collection of rare Mormon books and pamphlets in 1916, were enhanced by the donation of rare books to the Library by L. Boyd Hatch in the 1940s and continue to grow through purchases and generous donations. Core collecting areas include Mormon history and culture, natural and environmental history, Western Americana, Western fine press and artists books, and countercultural poetry of the American West. Special Collections also maintains a number of Medieval manuscript works, incunables, and early printed books in order to support the teaching of the history of writing and print culture.
The Beat Poetry & Little Magazine Collections
The Beat Poetry and Little Magazine collections include significant gifts from the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation, and American poet, Charles Potts. These holdings chronicle the “Beat Movement” in American literature, art and history through primary sources including books, pamphlets, little magazines, anthologies, broadsides, posters and ephemera.
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