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Finding Aids & Local Databases

The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is home to a wide variety of collections of manuscripts and named special collection materials. Many of these collections are searchable by a database, an online finding aid. Listed below are the databases or finding aids presently available.

  1. Perry Miller Adato papers (UIU00055) :  HTML
  2. Loius Agassiz papers (UIU00042) :  HTML
  3. Richard Aron collection on European education (UIU00043) :  HTML
  4. Shana Alexander papers, 1921-2001 (UIU00015) :  HTML
  5. William Allingham papers, 1846-1920 (UIU00007) :  HTML
  6. Anarchist Newspapers (UIU00005):  HTML ♦ Archon
  7. Asian Books (UIU00144):  HTML
  8. T.W. and Regine Elisabeth Baldwin collection (UIU00035) :  HTML
  9. T.W. Baldwin collection (UIU00044) :  HTML ♦ OCA Book
  10. Gregory Barnard collection (UIU00050) :  HTML
  11. Basiste papers [scw] (UIU00056) :  HTML
  12. Ewing C. Baskette collection (UIU00036) :  HTML
  13. Chuck Bednar collection of Sandburg materials (UIU00057) :  HTML
  14. H.P. Behrensmeyer collection, 1882-1969 (UIU00006):  HTML ♦ Archon
  15. Henry Berkelouw Gift (UIU00164):  HTML
  16. Isabel Bevier collection (UIU00024) :  HTML
  17. Esther Silverstein Blanc papers (UIU00082):  HTML
  18. Bolivian Pamphlet collection, 1761-1938 (UIU00017) :  HTML
  19. Borrough Collection of Carl Sandburg materials (UIU00132):  HTML
  20. Henry Thomas Buckle collection (UIU00046) :  HTML
  21. Mary Lois Bull collection (UIU00058) :  HTML
  22. Busts and small statues (UIU00146):  HTML
  23. George Russell Carr collection (UIU00047) :  HTML
  24. Catalogs - Dealers and Auction Houses (UIU00191):  HTML
  25. Cavagna collection, 1116-1913 (UIU00012) :  HTML
  26. John Needels Chester collection, 1703-1939 (UIU00018) :  HTML ♦ Archon
  27. Sir Winston Churchill collection (UIU00048) :  HTML
  28. Cinema Posters (UIU00200):  HTML
  29. Sir Robert Clayton papers, 1579-1744 (UIU00008):  HTML
  30. Cleveland State University Papers (UIU00147):  HTML
  31. William Cobbett collection (UIU00049) :  HTML
  32. Codrescu Collection (UIU00092):  HTML
  33. Evron Collins Collection (UIU00152):  HTML
  34. Concrete poetry (UIU00059) :  HTML
  35. Copppard correspondence (UIU00060) :  HTML
  36. Julio Cortazar Letters - Evelyn Picon Garfield Collection (UIU00151):  HTML
  37. Cozzens (UIU00127):  HTML
  38. d'Alessio collection (UIU00126):  HTML
  39. Ruth Davidow collection (UIU00075):  HTML
  40. Angela Davis Papers (UIU00143):  HTML
  41. De la More Press records (UIU00076):  HTML
  42. Dodson Collection of Carl Sandburg materials (UIU00131):  HTML
  43. Domingo Leaflets (UIU00189):  HTML
  44. Downs (UIU00125):  HTML
  45. Theodore Dreiser Papers - Hugh C. Atkinson Collection (UIU00166):  HTML
  46. Egerton MS Transactions (UIU00150):  HTML
  47. Emblem Books (UIU00196):  HTML
  48. David Erdman collection (UIU00077):  HTML
  49. Charles Evans papers (UIU00037) :  HTML
  50. Milton Felsen papers (UIU00083):  HTML
  51. Franke-Hempel collection (UIU00061) :  HTML
  52. Ferguson (UIU00123):  HTML
  53. William Forrest papers (UIU00084):  HTML
  54. John Gates papers (UIU00085):  HTML
  55. Felix Giovanelli (UIU00153):  HTML
  56. Lea Goodbury WWII (UIU00173):  HTML
  57. Grant Richards records, 1897-1930s (UIU00013) :  HTML
  58. Griechische und Romische Portrats (UIU00163):  HTML
  59. Gustav Groeber collection, 1824-1930 (UIU00020) :  HTML
  60. Richard Harwell collection of Civil War materials (UIU00021) :  HTML
  61. H.C.A. (UIU00121):  HTML
  62. Sir Robert Heath papers, 1614-1699 (UIU00022) :  HTML
  63. Hecht (UIU00119):  HTML
  64. Held collection (UIU00062) :  HTML
  65. George Hendrick collection of James Jones materials (UIU00063) :  HTML
  66. George Hendrick Papers (UIU00122):  HTML
  67. George Hendrick Collection of Samuel Arthur Jones Papers (UIU00160):  HTML
  68. George Hendrick Collection of Mark Van Doren Papers (UIU00159):  HTML
  69. George Hendrick Collection of Henry David Thoreau materials (UIU00157):  HTML
  70. George Hendrick Collection of Carl Sandburg (UIU00155):  HTML
  71. George Hendrick Collection of Leonard Slade Materials (UIU00161):  HTML
  72. George Hendrick Collection of Henry James, James Jones, & Garth Wilkinson papers (UIU00154):  HTML
  73. George Hendrick Collection of Henry Salt Papers (UIU00158):  HTML
  74. George Hendrick Collection of Frida Haller Jones papers (UIU00156):  HTML
  75. Flodden Heron papers (UIU00038) :  HTML
  76. Jacob H. Hollander collection, 1574-1937 (UIU00023) :  HTML
  77. Helen Howie collection of James Jones materials (UIU00169):  HTML
  78. Hutchins (UIU00117):  HTML
  79. Imprenta de los Ninos Expositos (UIU00091):  HTML ♦  Archon
  80. Incunabula (UIU00194):  HTML
  81. Italian Plays (UIU00168):  HTML
  82. Jaffe Collection (UIU00116):  HTML
  83. James Webb Young Advertising Agency (UIU00170):  HTML
  84. Jewish Studies papers (UIU00171):  HTML
  85. Johnson Collection of Carl Sandburg materials(UIU00130):  HTML
  86. Barbara Jones Collection (UIU00135):  HTML
  87. Barbara Jones collection of William Maxwell (UIU00145):  HTML
  88. Gloria Jones Papers (UIU00078):  HTML ♦  Archon
  89. James Jones collection (UIU00025) :  HTML
  90. Samuel A. Jones papers (UIU00039) :  HTML
  91. Mimi Kaplan collection (UIU00026) :  HTML ♦ Archon
  92. Kemmerer collection (UIU00079):  HTML
  93. Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. collection, 1992-2003 (UIU00016) :  HTML ♦ Archon
  94. Arnold Keosian papers (UIU00086):  HTML
  95. Inuzaka Koreshige documents (UIU00167):  HTML
  96. Kraus collection of Saul Bellow materials(UIU00027) :  HTML ♦  Archon
  97. Larsen (UIU00113):  HTML
  98. James Jones Collection- Judy Lewis Gift (UIU00093):  HTML
  99. Fritz Lieber collection (UIU00064) :  HTML
  100. Frank Lister papers (UIU00087):  HTML
  101. [Samuel] Litvin collection (UIU00065) :  HTML
  102. Luther M. Lorance letter collection (UIU00175):  HTML
  103. Karl Lorenz Lithographs (UIU00172):  HTML
  104. Bill Mauldin (UIU00133):  HTML
  105. William Maxwell papers (UIU00001):  HTML
  106. Mayer (UIU00112):  HTML ♦  Archon
  107. Catherine McCarthy Collection of Carl Sandburg materials (UIU00129):  HTML
  108. Franklin J. Meine collection (UIU00040) :  HTML
  109. W.S. Merwin papers, letters: Laid in Books (UIU00174):  HTML
  110. W.S. Merwin Book Collection (UIU00141):  HTML
  111. W.S. Merwin papers (UIU00002):  HTML ♦  Database [correspondence]
  112. Microforms (UIU00195):  HTML
  113. Modern American Poetry Series (UIU00111):  HTML
  114. John Robert Moore (Boxes) (UIU00114):  HTML
  115. Moore collection of Finial Press materials (UIU00066) :  HTML
  116. Alvin Doyle Moore fine print collection, 1959-2004 (UIU00028) :  HTML ♦ Archon
  117. Moore F. (UIU00178):  HTML
  118. Motley records (UIU00003):  HTML ♦  Archon
  119. Charles E. Mudie papers (UIU00041) :  HTML
  120. Murphy (UIU00110):  HTML
  121. Edward Barrington Nash (UIU00124):  HTML
  122. NCTE records (UIU00067) :  HTML
  123. Neo-Latin Plays (UIU00190):  HTML
  124. Bea Nettles Teaching Collection (UIU00134):  HTML
  125. Newman (UIU00109):  HTML
  126. Newsletters (UIU00108):  HTML
  127. Nickell (UIU00107):  HTML
  128. Nineteenth Century English Plays (UIU00106):  HTML ♦ Archon
  129. Penny Niven collection of Oral History related to Carl Sandburg (UIU00201):  HTML
  130. Paper Sculptures (UIU00105):  HTML
  131. Post-1650 MSS (UIU00199):  HTML
  132. Pre-1650 MSS (UIU00198):  HTML
  133. Alyene Westall Prehn theatre program collection, 1871-1961 (UIU00034) :  HTML ♦ Archon
  134. William A. Sutton Collection Files of Marcel Proust (UIU00177):  HTML
  135. Marcel Proust collection, 1870-1950 (UIU00004):  HTML
  136. Purves (UIU00104):  HTML
  137. “Quanza” Jewish Material (UIU00142):  HTML
  138. Railroad Images collection (UIU00068) :  HTML
  139. James G. Randall collection (UIU00051) :  HTML
  140. Samson Raphaelson papers (UIU00052) :  HTML
  141. Rare Maps (UIU00179):  HTML
  142. RBML records (UIU00193):  HTML
  143. Richard Bentley records, 1806-1915 (UIU00014) :  HTML
  144. Sir John Richardson papers (UIU00053) :  HTML
  145. Edith Rickert collection (UIU00070) :  HTML
  146. James Whitcomb Riley papers (UIU00115):  HTML
  147. Rilke letters (UIU00054) :  HTML
  148. Edwin Rolfe papers (UIU00088):  HTML
  149. Romero Inventory WS Merwin 95 (5/5) (UIU00180):  HTML
  150. Rudnick Scripts (UIU00103):  HTML
  151. Hiram Rutherford Papers - George Hendrick Collection (UIU00165):  HTML
  152. Carl Sandburg Collection (General) (UIU00148):  HTML
  153. Carl Sandburg papers, Asheville Accession (UIU00031) :  HTML ♦  Database [partial]
  154. Carl Sandburg papers, Connemara Accession (UIU00030):  HTML ♦  Database [partial]
  155. Helga Sandburg collection (UIU00118):  HTML
  156. "Margaret Sandburg collection of ""Sandburgiana""" (UIU00149):  HTML
  157. San Francisco Fine Press (SFFP) (UIU00102):  HTML
  158. George Scheetz colection of Madonna materials for the Intellectual Freedom Collection (UIU00162):  HTML
  159. S. Collection (UIU00181):  HTML
  160. SE. Collection (UIU00182):  HTML
  161. Film and Television Scripts (UIU00080):  HTML
  162. George Sherburn papers, 1923-1958 (UIU00019) :  HTML ♦ Archon
  163. Shimkin papers (UIU00081):  HTML
  164. Simon [scw] (UIU00072) :  HTML
  165. Leonard Slade papers (UIU00032) :  HTML ♦  Archon
  166. Smith papers (UIU00073) :  HTML
  167. Soybean Press (UIU00101):  HTML
  168. Spanish Civil War broadsides collection [scw] (UIU00071) :  HTML
  169. Spanish Civil War Business Papers (UIU00183):  HTML ♦ Archon [multiple collections]
  170. Spielmann Collection (UIU00100):  HTML
  171. SRB (UIU00099):  HTML
  172. Stills (UIU00184):  HTML
  173. Stodola Collection (UIU00098):  HTML
  174. Sutton Collection (UIU00097):  HTML
  175. Madeline - Tauby's Collection (UIU00176):  HTML
  176. Theatre program collection, 1868-1989 (UIU00029) :  HTML ♦ Archon ♦ 
  177. Theatrical print collection, 1720-1927 (UIU00033) :  HTML ♦ Archon ♦ 
  178. Theological Dissertations (UIU00185):  HTML
  179. John Tisa papers (UIU00089):  HTML
  180. Alexis de Tocqueville (UIU00137):  HTML
  181. Trollope Family Papers (Austin Letters) (UIU00136):  HTML
  182. Trollope Family papers, 1830-1912 (UIU00009) :  HTML ♦  Archon
  183. Turyn negatives (UIU00186):  HTML
  184. Tykociner collection (UIU00095):  HTML
  185. U.S. Serials (UIU00197):  HTML
  186. H.G. Wells Book Collection (UIU00140):  HTML
  187. H.G. Wells papers, 1845-1946 (UIU00010) :  HTML ♦ Database [correspondence, partial]
  188. H.G. Wells - Sarah Wells Diaries (UIU00120):  HTML
  189. Wilkey postcards (UIU00074) :  HTML
  190. Wing (UIU00192):  HTML
  191. Anne Wolff Collection of Milton Wolff papers (UIU00138):  HTML
  192. Milton Wolff papers (UIU00090):  HTML
  193. WW I Images of French Fronts collection (UIU00069) :  HTML
  194. Wyse family papers, 1816- ca. 1942 (UIU00011) :  HTML ♦ Archon
  195. Zapf Collection (UIU00094):  HTML

 

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