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Visual Resources Collection

• Location: 300 Lawrence Hall
• Mail: 1299 University of Oregon
• Eugene, OR 97403-5249


• (541) 346-3052


• Hours: 8 am - 5 pm, Monday - Friday
• Closed Weekends and Holidays

The Visual Resources Collection (VRC) of the Architecture and Allied Arts Library supports the teaching needs of the University of Oregon with images of art and architectural content.

Since 2005, the VRC has been developing a digital image collection to support instruction and research with a focus on art and architecture content. In addition to images created by VRC staff or acquired through vendors, the library subscribes to ARTstor, a database of 540,000 images, associated records, and viewing tools.

The slide collection was organized in the 1940s and now includes approximately 340,000 cataloged slides. Among the VRC's unique gift collections are approximately 60,000 slides that are currently being cataloged. Notable among them are the collections of Marion Dean Ross, covering world architecture, and Michael Shellenbarger, focusing on historic preservation.