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Special Collections Center & Bradley University Archives

The Virginius H. Chase Special Collections Center and Bradley University Archives holds both material owned by the university and items placed on deposit by area organizations. These materials must be used in a controlled environment.

Featured Collections

Henry Miller, Alfred Perlés, and Irma Stein Collection

Major Collections

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Formats and Media

Digital Repositories

125 Years Of bradley History in Objects

Hours for Special Collections

Monday – Friday:	9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday:	CLOSED

Appointments encouraged:

Call (309) 677-2822 or email [email protected] to make an appointment.

For information regarding Peoria Historical Society Collections, please contact PHS directly at [email protected] or (309) 674-1921.

Simpson Curriculum Materials Center

The Simpson Curriculum Materials Center (CMC) provides examples of textbooks, reference books, children’s literature and teaching materials used in elementary and secondary schools to Bradley’s education students and other interested individuals.

Dedicated in 1990 through the generous support of Howard M. and Kathryn Jacquin Simpson, the CMC includes a wide array of materials and services to enhance curriculum development and design. Our collection holds over 8,900 materials, including textbooks on health, language arts, mathematics, music, phonics, reading, science, social studies, and family and consumer sciences. We also have a variety of children’s literature, games, software, kits, manipulatives and an Ellison lettering machine.

The Curriculum Materials Center is available for general browsing even when closed. If you require assistance while the desk is unattended, ask the first floor Check Out Desk for assistance
Testing materials are shelved in secure cabinets alphabetically by title. You must receive special permission from an education faculty member to borrow these items. Contact the CMC coordinator Holly Johnson at [email protected] after you’ve gotten authorization.
You must check out other secured materials like the games and manipulatives from a staff member at the CMC desk. If CMC desk is unattended, ask the first floor Check Out Desk for assistance.
The study area next to the CMC is available for group or class reservations; contact the CMC coordinator Holly Johnson at [email protected].

Hours of Operation

Monday – Thursday	10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Friday	10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday	CLOSED

Summer, Interims and Breaks: CLOSED

Sports Communication Resource Center

The Sports Communication Resource Center focuses on the history of sports communication in America — featuring papers, recordings, media guides, and books about Bradley, Peoria, Central Illinois, and selected regional and national interests. It encompasses the Bradley University Athletics deposit as well as the Robert Pille and Jim Obert collections.

Jim Obert Sportswriting Collection

Jim Obert worked as a sportswriter for the Peoria Journal Star, covering golf and bowling in the area. The collection includes newspaper clippings, photographs, magazine articles and reports from 1938 through 1994.
Bradley University Athletics Deposit

The Bradley University Athletics Deposit includes sports programs, photographs, correspondence, scorecards and other memorabilia from various Bradley men’s and women’s teams.
Robert Pille Collection

Bradley graduate Robert Pille ’50 began his career as a reporter for the Peoria Journal Star in 1943. He spent the last 22 years of his career covering Big Ten sports for the Chicago Sun-Times, retiring in 1988. The collection consists of his articles and a variety of sports programs, books and audio recordings.

Hours of Operation

Summer Hours

By Appointment Only

Call (309) 677-2822 or email [email protected] to make an appointment.

Music Resource Center

Students and faculty members may request music resource items like scores, sheet music and BU recordings. Faculty may also browse the music collection.

Retrieval of Music Resource Items — Scores, Sheet Music and Bradley Recordings

Students or faculty members who want a score, sheet music or recording must request the item at the circulation desk.
An access services person will retrieve the item from the Music Resource area.
The requestor is not allowed to accompany this person.
Another staff member or student must cover the circulation desk during the retrieval period.
The requester must check out the desired items on their ID card. If a faculty member does not have their ID, the items can be labeled with the person’s name and set aside for next-day delivery.
Scores and sheet music can be checked out like any other item. Bradley recordings can only be used in the building for four (4) hours at a time.

Browsing the Music Collection

Per the library director, ONLY faculty are allowed to browse the music collection. NO exceptions. Complaints will be routed to the director.
To browse the music collection, faculty must check out the Music Resource key at the circulation desk. You may have the key for two hours, and you must return it to the desk.

Hours for Music Retrieval

Monday – Friday:	9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday:	closed

Government Documents

The Cullom-Davis Library is a digital-only depository library for U.S. government documents, which you can search online.

Bradley Federal Depository Profile

Depository Library Number: 0159A
Federal Depository Type: Selective depository library
Type of Designation: Representative
Congressional District: Illinois 17th

Bradley’s Cullom-Davis Library joined the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) in Feb 1963. In 2016, the library became a FDLP’s digital-only depository library. Please use USA.gov or govinfo.gov or your favorite search tool to find federal government publications online.

The library is also one of the Illinois Depository Libraries.

Locating Government Publications On the Web

Many government publications/documents are available online. Use your favorite search engine, USA.gov, govinfo.gov or HathiTrust Digital Library.

Traditional search tools

The following may also help you find government publications:

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, 1976 to present. Formerly known as “The Monthly Catalog.” For the years before 1976, please see “The Cumulative Title Index to United States Public Documents, 1789-1976,”
“The Cumulative Title Index to United States Public Documents, 1789-1976”(Ref. Z 1223 .Z7 L47, v.1-16) is an alphabetical listing, by title, of publications in the Public Documents Library of the Government Publishing Office. It’s a useful finding aid for older documents.

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