The Special Collections and College Archives Room is on the third floor of the Academic Commons. It is home to the many notable gifts and endowments given to the College for the advancement of its teaching mission and in recognition of its role in the preservation of cultural heritage. To support of undergraduate, scholarly and public research, the Special Collections staff preserves and provides access to thousands of rare books, archival papers and manuscripts, visual media, paintings, prints and artifacts of unique significance in the arts, literature, theatre, book arts, and local, regional and cultural history. Special Collections is also home to the college archives, known as Occidentalia, documenting 125 years of Oxy history.