The Roscoe and Meta Cather Collection, a new donation to Archives & Special Collections, contains hundreds of new letters written by the major American author, Willa Cather, and adds significantly to the department's extensive Cather collections. On June 4, 2008, UNL is hosting a symposium to celebrate the new collection entitled Cather's Circles: Correspondence and Connections.

The Archives & Special Collections of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries is composed of manuscripts, university records, and rare book collections located in the Don L. Love Memorial Library on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln city campus.

The University of Nebraska in 1872, shortly after it opened to students. The Archives & Special Collections of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries holds multiple collections that document the history of this university.