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Distinctive Collections
Distinctive Collections encompasses the unique and rare collections housed in the University Archives and Special Collections at Carnegie Mellon University, from first editions of Galileo and eighteenth-century calculating machines to records on Artificial Intelligence from pioneers such as Herbert Simon and Allen Newell.
Featured Collections
Explore our physical and digital collections!
![Herb Simon](https://www.library.cmu.edu/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_1_3_screen/public/2021-06/821202_G5_004.jpg?h=3fa077c3&itok=uLxr1-b-)
digital collections
Herb Simon
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special collections
Traub McCorduck
![Artwork](https://www.library.cmu.edu/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_1_3_screen/public/2021-06/Screen%20Shot%202020-12-08%20at%201.23.31%20PM.png?h=58a3ee12&itok=RdNrXesS)
Art
Jacob Lawrence
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archives
CMNH Diplodocus Archive
![Posner](https://www.library.cmu.edu/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_1_3_screen/public/2021-08/posner_0.jpg?h=9a7fff01&itok=GLOkWMzU)
special collections
Posner Memorial Collection
![Architecture plan](https://www.library.cmu.edu/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_1_3_screen/public/2021-06/Screen%20Shot%202020-12-08%20at%2012.59.56%20PM.png?h=7eb648dd&itok=OA9N7akK)
architecture archives
Arboreal House
![The Robotics Project](https://www.library.cmu.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fullwidth1400x/public/2021-07/2021_Exhibits%26Events_TheRoboticsProject_0.png?itok=nDCQbjFc)