The Research Center for the Southwest is composed of five rooms, each housing specific collections.
1891 Legacy Room - Dedicated to Hardin-Simmons University history and materials. Many of these items can be found via the West Texas Digital Archives and the HSU Library Catalog.
Reading Room - Dedicated to the stacks of non-circulating books pertaining to the history of the Southwest, region, and state. Search the HSU Library Catalog to find these items.
Simmons Room - Dedicated to the remnants of the universities first library donated by the Simmons Family which contains over 2,000 volumes of 19th century classical works. This collection is non-circulating but can be searched via the HSU Library Catalog.
The Jesse Wallace Williams Map Collection is also located in this room, which can be searched via the West Texas Digital Archives and contains over 800 maps of the Southwest and Texas.
The Rare Book Collection is also stored in this room and can be searched via the HSU Library Catalog.
Betty Woods Room of Old, Rare, and Fine Books - Home to the following collections: Kelley Bible Collection, Tandy Bible Collection, Dr. and Mrs. Jake Barron William Faulkner Rare Books Collection, Stanley S. Morton Thomas Wolfe Collection, and the Rare Books Collection that houses over 300 first editions and/or books of limited printings.
Archives Room - Houses many collections regarding both HSU and local history.
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Aileen Culpepper Collection |
Art Forum Scrapbooks |
| Brand | Bronco |
| William J. Bryan Collection |
T.N. Carswell Collection |
| Hardin-Simmons University Catalog | Civil Pilot Training Program |
| Confederate Veterans Ledgers | HSU Corral |
| Jesse Fletcher Collection | Gib Sandefer Collection |
| John Hardin Collection | Dwayne Hargesheimer Collection |
| O.K. Hobbs Collection | Sam Houston Collection |
| Fred Lee Hughes Collection | Don Hutchinson Photograph Collection |
| Jones |
Glass Lantern Slides |
| Truett Latimer Collection | K.K. Legett Collection |
| Louise Kelly Collection | Rupert N. Richardson Collection |
| Roy Crane Collection | San Simon Ranch Collection |
| Louise Sandefer Scrapbooks | Sayles and Sayles Law Firm Collection |
| Simmons College Letters | Simmons Family Letters |
| Student Army Training Corps | Jesse Wallace Williams Map Collection |
| William "Dub" Wright Collection |
