 The collection started with 1,000 books, 50 manuscript collections, and 1 curator.The creation of a new collections department inevitably led to administrative changes concerning what items would be included.Some of the archives that had been stored were retained by Special Collections like the Burns collection and the Hafen collection, while others were incorporated into other collections like the Mormon Americana Collection which contained books related to Mormonism and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and sought to acquire all publications about the Church and all periodicals published by the Church.