Read the article online or print it. Special Collections William Madison Randall Library Special Collections, located at the west end of the second floor, contains rare books, manuscripts, and other materials that have a special significance for the University and the Lower Cape Fear Region. The materials are maintained for use in a protected area, thus assuring their availability and preservation. Circulation of materials within this collection is restricted and use outside the Special Collections room is not allowed. Most of the material in Special Collections can be identified in the Randall Library Online Catalog.
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The SENC collection contains material about New Hanover, Pender, Onslow, Brunswick, Duplin, Bladen, Sampson and Columbus county. Genealogy and textbooks written by UNCW faculty are not included in this collection. While the manuscripts, broadsides, leaflets, pamphlets, and personal accounts and letters in the collection focus primarily on the history of Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear Region, the collections includes materials on both national and international subject. Helen Hagan Rare Book Room Rare books are housed in the Helen Hagan Rare Book Room in the Special Collections area. Generally, these are books printed in Europe before 1800, books published in America before 1850, books published in the South, 1861-1865, unique books and fragile materials.