The Rare Books and Special Collections Department holds over 16,000 items including valuable and historically significant materials, such as first editions, limited editions, fine bindings, early printed books, local history resources, maps, photographs, and more.
Collections are particularly strong in American History and Literature, Architecture, Travel and Exploration, Religion and Philosophy, and Early Printing.
What, exactly, does it mean for someone to find their voice? What avenues exist for discovering and for sharing a voice? Surely, a voice is defined as much by those who receive it as it is by those who express it? And as diphthongs and gutturals are exchanged, relationships develop, ideas are shared, and communities grow! Whether through writing, music, sports broadcasting, travel, or philanthropy, CLP-Main’s current Special Collections exhibit, Finding Your Voice: The Many Mediums of Expression explores these ideas through sharing some of the wonderful voices from our collection that have made Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
