Explore the university’s history, student life, programs, athletics, yearbooks, catalogs, and more, along with digital collections and the MINDS repository for scholarly works and journals.
Make an appointment, learn how to prepare for your visit, or request digital reproductions of blueprints, photographs, and other documents.
Peruse our selection of rare books and manuscripts; publications by alumni, staff, and faculty; the Lake Superior Maritime collection; and materials from the Wisconsin Historical Society Area Research Center.
Do you have artifacts that you think we might be interested in? Check out our collection policies and find out how you can help us to preserve the story of UW-Superior!
Welcome
The University of Wisconsin-Superior Special Collections & Archives (UWS-SCA) collects, preserves, and provides access to not only the history of the institution itself, but its students, faculty, staff, alumni, and surrounding community. These artifacts include everything from yearbooks, photographs, publications, flyers and posters, attire, audiovisual media, and much, much more. Like a museum, SCA contains unique and rare objects not found anywhere else, but like a library, allows patrons to work with and study them in-person for their research needs.
Our goal is to build and maintain these focused historical collections as an integral part of the teaching and research functions of the University. UWS-SCA seeks to support this through primary and unique source reference and instruction for students, faculty, staff, and researchers from around the world.
Our collection areas include:
- The University of Wisconsin-Superior, including our students, staff, faculty, and alumni
- Lake Superior maritime history
- Douglas & Washburn County government records
- Rare books, manuscripts, and other work