Penn State University Libraries Archival Collections

Penn State’s archival and digital collections may include harmful or offensive content and/or language. Some of the images and documents included in our collections reflect outdated, biased, offensive, and possibly disturbing views and opinions. Researchers should be aware that they may engage with potentially disturbing content. Work to address harmful content is ongoing. Potentially offensive and harmful imagery cannot be redacted or obscured at this time. Read more about our efforts to ensure more inclusive archival description.

How to Request Materials

You may request materials from the Archival Collections database by clicking the "Request This" button for the record(s) you would like to request. There are three ways to do this:

screenshot of a single record in ArchivesSpace, highlighting the 'Request This' button

From any single record, in its upper right-hand corner;

screenshot of a collection inventory in ArchivesSpace, highlighting the 'Request This' button for a single record in the list

From the collection inventory, accessible through the "Review and Request Material" pane of a collection record;

screenshot of the resource record for a collection, highlighting something I already forgot; fix this text later

From the container inventory for a collection, accessible through the "Collection Inventory" pane of a collection record, by clicking on an individual container record from the list and requesting it from its record.

At any time, you may view your requests queue by clicking on the "My Requests" link in the header of this site. You may view your research account by clicking on the "My Account" link. There, you may view and edit existing requests, and view more information about conducting research in the Special Collections Library.