Coombe Special Collections Suite

The Eva Jane Romaine Coombe ’52 Special Collections Suite on the second floor of Canaday Library provides spaces for students, faculty, and visiting scholars to use our extensive archival, historic, and cultural collections.

Gallery space within the Coombe Suite

Where exhibitions are frequently curated by students and classes

Discover Current Exhibitions and Events

Special Collections Seminar Room

Dedicated space for classes to use Special Collections materials - the seminar room, Canaday 2nd Floor

Consult with a curator or specialist on using Collections materials in classes

Reading room in the Coombe Suite

Where students, faculty, and scholars can consult Special Collections materials individually

Consult with a curator or specialist on using Special Collections materials

Highlights

The Special Collections Seminar Room is a dedicated space for learning and teaching with objects. Students can observe, work with, and discuss books, documents, artifacts, and works of art under the direction of faculty members, curators of the collections, and other professional staff. The seminar room is a fully equipped smart classroom with storage, display space, and a document camera.
The Special Collections Reading Room is used by students and other scholars to consult and study art objects, books, and manuscript material held in the collections. People wanting to use Special Collections are strongly encouraged to make an appointment to examine collections or talk with a staff member about their research.
The Coombe Special Collections Suite features gallery spaces which are often filled with exhibitions created by students as part of a class, praxis, internship, or other employment; or as personal or group artistic or research activity.