They are located in the same building, the Jean and Alexander Heard Library, but maintain different missions. Here is a short description from their webpages that show the difference:
The mission of the University Archives is to preserve the historical memory of the university and to make this information available, primarily, to the Vanderbilt community and, secondarily, to the world at large. This is achieved through the collection and preservation of historical Vanderbilt university records and artifacts.
Special Collections manages the rare book collections of the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. The subject matter of this extensive collection covers a wide range of topics including the Fugitive and Agrarian literary groups, American Civil War, Southern literature and civilization, performing arts, Vanderbilt University history, George Peabody College history, Meso-American codices, and religion.
It was a great visit, which ended in their storage collection "vault" where we were able to see and hold a protected document signed by Andrew Jackson in 1796!
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