The University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, in Winnipeg, Canada, is the official repository of the permanently valuable historic records of the University of Manitoba as well as a collector of private records of individuals, families, organizations and businesses.Since its establishment in 1978, the Archives' mission has been to acquire, catalogue, preserve and make available university records and special research collections in order to further the educational aims of the University of Manitoba. Private records include: Canadian literature, the Archives of the Agricultural Experience, the Archives of the Ukrainian Canadian Experience, the Winnipeg Tribune, Native Studies and psychical research (including the Hamilton Family fonds) among others. The Archives also collects rare books in subject areas including western Canadiana, early Arctic exploration, early Native language syllabics, spiritualism, church history and philosophy, and agriculture.