Rare Books, Floridiana & Institutional Repository at Flagler College is committed to giving proper care to old, rare, valuable, or institutionally identified subject-specific books, and to educating the Flagler College community on the critical importance of studying, caring for, preserving, and the research value of these distinguished materials.
The items in this department are kept separate from the regular collection due to age, rarity, fragility, edition status (1st editions), or added considerations (signed, prior ownership by someone important, affiliation to Flagler College or St. Augustine). Not all books in Rare Books, Floridiana & Institutional Repository are rare. Some books were donated expressly to be treated with the extra care this department implies. Our current size is 2,400+ books, maps, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, letters, photographs, artwork, and several pieces of ethnic clothing.
This collection is distinct from the Flagler College Archives & Special Collections which collects and preserves materials about the College, the Hotel Ponce de Leon, Henry Flagler and his family, Henry Flagler’s enterprises, and photographs and documents related to St. Augustine’s history.