Other items that composed the collection and deserve to be highlighted include first editions books, maps, diaries, art albums, journals, etc.

[2] The building of the Brazilian Special Collections was inaugurated on March 23, 2013 with the presence of João Grandino Rodas, Dean of USP, Fernando Haddad, Mayor of São Paulo, and Marta Suplicy, Minister of Culture.

In addition to Biblioteca Brasiliana, it also holds the collection of the Institute for Brazilian Studies (IEB) and counts with bookstore (EDUSP), cafeteria, classrooms, exhibition halls and auditorium with capacity for about 300 people.

[3] In 2002, Professor István Jancsó, then director of the Institute for Brazilian Studies (IEB) at USP, together with José Mindlin designed the construction of a modern complex building capable of housing the two important Brazilian Collections of USP (of IEB itself, founded in 1962 by the historian Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, and that of José and Guita Mindlin).

Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin, as institution of the University of São Paulo, was created because of this project (initiated in 2005), and the donation of the collection was confirmed in a ceremony carried out on May 17, 2006.

Part of the collection that was donated to USP was in fact from Rubens Borba de Morais, a bibliophile who left his own library to José and Guita Mindlin before dying.

[12] In the architectural project of the building, a bioclimatic concept was applied to protect and keep preserved diverse rare works.