Archival Collections

Baton Rouge Community College Historical Collection

Includes materials published since the college's inception in 1997. The collection also includes the college's event and ceremony programs, events posters, newsletters, reports, copies of the college's original bylaws and founding documents, and various other college publications. A finding aid for this collection is available upon request at the Magnolia Library Reference Desk.

Carville V. Earle Collection

is an extensive collection of geography and anthropology materials. The collection includes more than 2,100 books, maps, journals, and manuscripts from the personal collection of Dr. Carville V. Earle, a renowned scholar and former chair of the LSU Department of Geography and Anthropology. The Earle Collection has been catalogued and can be searched through the BRCC Card Catalog.

Government Documents

will assist you in locating most of the Government Documents you will need online. While we are not a depository and have no Government Documents in our collection, there is a Regional physical depository at Louisiana State University.

Louisiana Collection

includes books and materials by authors who have presented book talks at BRCC, local writers, and local scholars. The Louisiana Collection has been catalogued and can be searched through the BRCC Card Catalog.

Public Relations Office Publications Collection

includes items issued by the college, such as course schedules, catalogs, and information sheets. BRCC-related news clippings from the Baton Rouge Advocate and the New Orleans Times Picayune are also included in the collection. A finding aid for this collection is available upon request at the Magnolia Library Reference Desk.