A Brief History of Auburn University from 1856 to 1983: Brief narrative chapters recount the history of Auburn University from its establishment (as East Alabama Male College) in 1856 through the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, World War II and the time period covered by Auburn University presidents Ralph Draughon, Harry Philpott and Hanly Funderburk. Early chapters contain links to the relevant editions of the Auburn yearbook, the Glomerata.

Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) Photographs: The Alabama Cooperative Extension Service (ACES) collection contains hundreds of black-and-white photographs depicting the service's programs in the first half of the twentieth century. It offers a unique and evocative glimpse into Alabama agriculture, education, rural life and rural pastimes in the first decades of the last century, including the activities of the African-American Cooperative Extension Service.

AlabamaMosaic: AlabamaMosaic makes unique historical treasures from Alabama's archives, libraries, museums, and other repositories electronically accessible to Alabama residents and scholars throughout the world. The project is supported by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, administered by the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries.

Alabama Postcard Collection: A collection of postcards depicting scenes from different eras across Alabama perfect for anyone interested in deltiology.

Auburn Football Programs: Colorful covers of Auburn football programs from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, many by famous commercial illustrators. This collection includes descriptions of games from The Glomerata.

Auburn: The Loveliest Village Photograph Collection: Selected images and captions from Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, Auburn: A Pictorial History of The Loveliest Village, 2nd edition (Auburn, Ala.: s.n., 1996), that illustrate the history of the city and campus.

Auburn University Board of Trustees Minutes: Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Auburn University beginning with its incorporation as East Alabama Male College in 1856 and continuing into the twentieth century. Currently, the minutes are available through 1911.

Auburn University Photographs Collection: Photographs of notable people, places, and events in the history of Auburn University, from the late 19th century onwards. Drawn from the holdings of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Department, this collection contains images of student life, sporting events, and campus leaders and landmarks during some of the most turbulent decades in Auburn's history, including the last quarter of the 19th century, World Wars I and II, and desegregation in the 1960s.

Auburn University Sesquicentennial Lecture Series: In 2006 Auburn celebrated the 150th anniversary of the founding of the East Alabama Male College, the university's earliest predecessor. Sesquicentennial events included a lecture series that illuminated topics and events essential to understanding the history of Auburn University. The Sesquicentennial Lecture Series grew out of the university's Sesquicentennial Committee. In addition to the committee, the Auburn University Libraries, the Center for Arts and Humanities of the College of Liberal Arts, and AU Outreach sponsored all of the lectures. The College of Agriculture and the Cooperative Extension System also sponsored the lectures dealing with their own histories. The Systems Department of the Auburn University Libraries videotaped the lectures, digitized and edited them, and designed this website for their online presentation.

Caroline Dean Wildflower Collection: The Caroline Dean Wildflower
Collection features images of wildflowers native to the Southeastern United States that are identified by both common and scientific names and are accompanied by a description. The majority of the images in this collection were photographed in the wild lands and along roadsides throughout Alabama. This collection has been created to share the beauty and knowledge of our most colorful of all natural resources, and to promote the appreciation, use, and conservation of native plants.

Eugene B. Sledge Collection: This collection consists of materials on the life and career of Eugene B. Sledge. Born in Mobile, Alabama, in 1923, E. B. Sledge enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942 and saw combat on Peleliu and Okinawa. After the war he obtained degrees in biology and botany at Auburn and the University of Florida and taught for many years at the University of Montevallo. In 1981, Dr. Sledge published an account of his experiences during the Second World War in a book entitled "With the Old Breed: at Peleliu and Okinawa". "With the Old Breed" is now widely recognized as a classic war memoir. Dr. Sledge died on March 3, 2001. A second memoir, "China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War II", was published posthumously in 2002.

Glomeratas Online: This collection contains viewable pages of Auburn University's yearbooks dating back to 1897.

Piano Bench Collection: "The Piano Bench Collection" is a collection of sheet music published before 1923. The musical content of the collection consists primarily of American popular songs and piano music. The majority of the items came from the collection of Fred Edmiston, a former librarian at Auburn University Libraries.

Rickenbacker Collection: The finding aid, biographical information and a limited selection of photographs from this collection which documents the lives of the Rickenbacker family, particularly Eddie Vernon Rickenbacker. The physical collection contains scrapbooks and newspaper clippings, photographs, sound recordings, 16 mm motion pictures, correspondence, diaries, legal documents in original and copies, condolence letters upon Eddie's death, maps, declassified reports to Army Air Force in World War II, other various reports of travels, affidavits taken by movie studio regarding loss of Eddie at sea, publications by and about Rickenbackers, material relative to Eastern Air Lines.