Seattle Public Library, Special Collections

Our Special Collections include a rich assortment of materials documenting many aspects of local history. They include published historical works, Seattle City documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, maps and atlases, Seattle Public School high school yearbooks, ephemeral materials and archival collections. Special Collections is also home to a comprehensive genealogy collection; rare book, art, and autograph collections; and an Aviation collection, first started in conjunction with Boeing in 1929.