Special Collections & University Archives, UCF Libraries: Special Collections & University Archives houses the Libraries’ most unique and rarest items from the 12th century to present day. The department’s diverse subject areas include African Americana, Artists’ Papers, Book Arts & Typography, Botany, Caribbean West Indies, Civil War, Floridiana, Literary Papers, Political Papers, the Space Program, and Travel and Tourism as well as the history of the University of Central Florida/Florida Technological University. Holdings include monographs, manuscripts, maps, photographs, ephemera, moving images, audio recordings, artifacts, and fine art. The department’s new gallery space showcases our unique collections through rotating themed exhibitions.