Opened in 2012, the 115,000 square foot Richard B. Russell Jr. Special Collections Libraries Building houses the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, including University Archives, the Richard B. Russell Jr. Library for Political Research and Studies, and the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Collection.
The Building includes an exhibit and event level, classroom space, research rooms, and a state-of-the-art high density vault with 340,000 cubic feet of storage space.