▁papers , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁records ▁of ▁organizations , ▁churches ▁and ▁business es , ▁att est ing ▁to ▁this ▁rich ▁her itage ▁have ▁been ▁acquired ▁and ▁made ▁available ▁for ▁research . ▁ ▁Wil co x ▁Collection : ▁Est ab lished ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁by ▁La ird ▁Wil co x , ▁the ▁Wil co x ▁Collection ▁of ▁Contempor ary ▁Political ▁Mov ements ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁biggest ▁collections ▁of ▁extrem ist ▁left - ▁and ▁right - wing ▁political ▁literature ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁University ▁itself , ▁the ▁collection ▁includes ▁thousands ▁of ▁" p am ph lets , ▁books , ▁news let ters , ▁audio ▁record ings , ▁and ▁political ▁e ph em era ▁such ▁as ▁b um per ▁stick ers , ▁post ers , ▁fly ers , ▁organiz ational ▁membership ▁mail ings , ▁[ and ] ▁book ▁catalog s , ▁rel ating ▁to ▁some ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁organizations ▁at ▁the ▁fr ing es ▁of ▁the ▁political ▁spectrum ." ▁ ▁Special ▁Col lections : ▁Sp encer ' s ▁Special ▁Col lections ▁consist ▁of ▁rare ▁books ▁and ▁manuscript s ▁from ▁around ▁the ▁world . ▁Sign ific ant ▁collections ▁include ▁hold ings ▁in ▁Irish , ▁Latin ▁American , ▁orn ith ological , ▁New ▁American ▁poetry , ▁science ▁fiction , ▁and ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁materials , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁medieval ▁manuscript s ▁and ▁fragments . ▁The ▁Ger rit sen ▁Collection ▁includes ▁over ▁ 4 , 7 0 0 ▁books , ▁pam ph lets ▁and ▁period