The UW-Parkside Archives and Special Collections is located on the bottom floor of the library, and includes the University Archives, Special Collections, and Area Research Center. The University Archives contain the historically significant, non-current records of UWP, and is responsible for the university's records management program. The Archives also holds a small number of local manuscript collections and a reference collection of published materials. These materials include histories of area communities, businesses, and churches; books on Racine and Kenosha buildings and architecture; and UWP histories, yearbooks, and student newspapers.

Special Collections includes rare books, early printed works, and first, special and limited editions within a broad range of collections, including the Irving Wallace and David Kherdian Collections, as well as the UWP Authors' Collection.

UW-Parkside is also a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Area Research Center network, and is the repository for a wide variety of state-owned manuscript and public record collections related to the counties of Racine and Kenosha.UW-Parkside is a public institution, and the Archives and Special Collections are available to any individual who is interested in conducting research and willing to use the materials in accordance with the university's policies and procedures. The Division of Archives and Special Collections also maintains a committed outreach program designed to offer presentations, exhibits, workshops, bibliographic instruction sessions, special lectures and classroom visits, professional consulting, and mentoring in archives and special collections for the UWP community and for educational and community groups in the greater Kenosha and Racine area.

NEW! As of January 1, 2005, the Archives and Area Research Center will charge fees for remote users. Please click here for more information.

Library
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
900 Wood Road
P.O. Box 2000
Kenosha, WI 53141-2000