Winston Churchill Collection This extensive collection of Winston Churchill coins, stamps, and assorted memorabilia was generously donated by local Churchill collectors Mort and Joan Mollner.	Pritzker Historic Photo Collection This vast collection of photographs and negatives includes stunning portraits and images from the post-Civil War era through the Vietnam War.

Special Collections
The Library's Special Collections illustrate the diversity of American military history. Within the Library's special collections, one will find:

• rare coins, medal, stamps, and books on Sir Winston Churchill
• the letters, journals, and books by Prisoners of War - including Captain Jack Gordon USA , who served in the medical corps and survived as a prisoner of war after the Battle of Bataan
• letters, journals, and diaries of Americans who served during the Great War (also known as the First World War)
• the histories of volunteer regiments of the Midwestern states from the Civil War and other rare works on the Civil War
• Regulations for the Troops of the United States (1779), which American Revolutionary war officers frequently carried with them in their coat pockets
• the works of W.E.B. Griffin and Edward Jablonski
• various works that illustrate the history of the United States Marine Corps
• and numerous other rare works of military history and military fiction

Photographs
The Library has a large collection of military photographs and glass negatives. The collection which currently has over 5000 items is only partially catalogued. Its contents include: portraits of soldiers from the Civil War and Spanish American War; news release prints of WWII and Korea; news release prints of Vietnam Protests; photographic prints of WWII Generals and Admirals; photographic prints of the WWII Holocaust; and 108 glass stereo negatives of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion of 1899, The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, The Boer War of 1899-1902, The Spanish American War 1898-1898, and World War I.