OWU Historical Collection

Mission Statement

The OWU Historical Collection's purpose is to facilitate research related to the history of the university by acquiring, preserving, and providing supervised access to historically significant materials related to OWU constituents. The historical collection serves the three main user groups described in the OWU Libraries Collection Development Policy: the OWU community; the Delaware, Ohio community; and external researchers. Because this collection is of interest mainly to those with ties to the university, the first priority of the collection is to serve the needs of OWU.

See also: OWU Historical Collection: Collection Development Policy (PDF)

Scanning and Use Permissions

You may email historicalcollection@owu.edu for more information about requesting digitized copies of images. The OWU Libraries may charge a fee for the labor associated with research and/or digitization. The OWU Historical Collection does not hold the rights to items in its collection and it is up to the requester to research fair use, public domain, and to secure usage permissions from the original image creator when applicable.