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Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) at UBC Library, houses significant collections of rare books, archival materials, historic maps, photographs, artifacts, ephemera, and more. Search for them here.

UBC Library's Open Collections include digital photos, books, newspapers, maps, videos, theses, and more. Explore RBSC holdings in Open Collections here.

RBSC has strengths in BC history and culture, Canadian history, Canadian literature, English literature, early children’s books, cartography, and much more. Find resources for exploring and learning about our collections here.

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).