The special and historical collections comprise 26 separate collections (see overview, soon available in English: https://vu.nl/nl/over-de-vu/meer-over/zwaartepunten).
Focal points include Reformation prints, English prints, pamphlets and portraits.
Digital Humanities: because of their size, some sub-collections can be interesting for computational methods of research. We have made an overview of potentially interesting collections for digital humanities.