Historians, genealogists, students and other researchers can use the World Wide Web to access the indexes to some of Lewis Library's most important holdings: the Regional History Collection (RHC) and the Pamphlet Collection (PAM).

The Regional History Collection is a comprehensive group of letters, documents and manuscripts dating from the 18th century with an emphasis on the settlement and development of the American Midwest. The collections are of a governmental, business and personal nature, with a special focus on Vincennes and Vincennes University. The total number of individual collections in the RHC has grown to over 510 and covers more than 85 feet of archival space.

Lewis Library's Pamphlet Collection Index is becoming available as well. The Pamphlet Collection contains over 1500 documents, many of them rare, ephemeral, or privately published.

Access to the holdings of the RHC and Pamphlet Collection is available in WebCat, the online catalog at Vincennes University's Shake Learning Resources Center.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Enter the address for the Vincennes University home page (http://www.vinu.edu) in your browser and click on the Academic Resources link at the top of the page.

Click on VU Libraries, then Find Books, then VU WebCat, Library Catalog.

Using the Find Results in pull-down menu, select Command Search Keyword.

Type the rhc (Regional History Collection) or pam designation in the search blank followed by and followed by your own search term to limit your search to this collection only. Examples:

rhc and french

pam and Vincennes and history

rhc and "vincennes university"

Note: You can also browse the collection by selecting Call Number Browse from the pull-down menu and typing the call number RHC or PAM in the Find This: search blank.

Once you find items of interest, click the Long View link for more information (usually a brief description). Contact Lewis Historical Library for more information, such as photocopying/scanning/mailing/ pricing.