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Archives and Special Collections is a department of Van Wylen Library and promotes the educational mission of Hope College and its partner institutions by actively collecting, caring for, interpreting and making available the unique historical resources in its care.

These resources include the archival collections of Hope College, Western Theological Seminary, area governmental units and other members who contract for services at the Archives. It serves as a research center for students, faculty and staff of Hope College, for contractual members of the Archives and for the general public.

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