Rare Books and
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1961 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1
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Collections Overview
Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC), at the University of British Columbia Library, houses significant collections of rare books, archival materials, historic maps, photographs, and ephemera. Search for them here!
The Chung Collection
The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection contains more than 25,000 rare and unique items (documents, books, maps, posters, paintings, photographs, silver, glass, ceramic ware and other artifacts).
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Rare Books and Special Collections has strengths in British Columbia history, Canadian history, Canadian literature, English literature, early children’s books, cartography, and more. Learn more about our collections here!
News
The Chung Collection has been added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register.
Exhibitions
Join us for a collaborative exhibition capturing the continual impact of historian, editor, author, and poet Jim Wong-Chu.