History & Special Collections Division

Collection Strengths and Named Collections

Biology and Natural History

Subject Strengths: Ornithology, mammalogy, natural history, botany, zoology

• The Donald R. Dickey Library of Vertebrate Zoology: A large collection of books and journals (10,000 volumes) centering on ornithology and mammalogy.
• William Clyde Drummond Library on Ferns: The material dates from the 18th to the 20th centuries.
• Waldo H. Furgason's Collection on Infusoria and Microscopy: The books date from the 18th to the 20th centuries.
• A Collection of Japanese natural history works.
• Natural History & Biology Journals: The collection is strong in 19th and early 20th century journals.