Numerical List of Special Collections Manuscripts and Archives
Special
Collections holds a variety of manuscripts, manuscript collections, and
archives that support and complement the print and research collections of the
unit. A list in numerical order follows. Those that have full cataloging,
including some with online inventories, are noted and can be searched from this
list. Contact Special Collections for information regarding any of the material
of interest to you. There is particular strength in the subjects of Africana,
contemporary Michigan writers, cookery, and veterinary medicine. Works in these
fields are listed below as well.
Manuscript Number
|
Author |
Title |
MSS 1
|
[St.
Bonaventure] |
Meditationes
Vitae Christa] |
|
MSS
2 |
|
Horae beatae Mariae Virginis [Book of Hours] |
|
MSS
3 |
Blanc,
Louis (1811-1882) |
Letter, 30 October 1859 |
|
Bergstrom,
Georg |
Georg Borgstrom
papers |
|
|
MSS
5 |
Brooks,
Van Wyck (1886-1963) |
Letter, 29 June
1941 |
|
MSS
6 |
Browning,
Robert (1812-1889) |
Letter, 28 August
1889 |
|
Carr,
Albert H. (1902-1971) |
Albert H.Z. Carr papers |
|
|
MSS
8 |
Clemens,
Olivia (1845-1904) |
Letter, n.d. |
|
MSS
9 |
Clemens,
Samuel (1835-1910) |
Letter, 14 March 1882 |
|
MSS
10 |
Cleveland, Grover
(1837-1908) |
Letter, 21 November
1891 |
|
MSS
11 |
Coolidge, Calvin
(1872-1923) |
Letter, 13 December
1920 |
|
MSS
12 |
Cuvier, Georges
(1769-1832) |
Letter, 26 November
1822 |
|
MSS
13 |
Dickens, Charles
(1812-1870) |
Letters, 1842, 1849 |
|
Roosevelt,
Franklin D. |
Roosevelt
Collection (letters, certificates) |
|
|
MSS
15 |
Galsworthy, John
(1867-1933) |
Poems and letters,
1910-1921 |
|
MSS
16 |
May, Philip
(1864-1903) |
Memorandum of
agreement: contract between Phil May and George Allen, 1897 |
|
MSS
17 |
Kleeman,
Rita Halle |
Letter |
|
MSS
18 |
Peattie,
Donald C. (1898-1964) |
Letters |
|
MSS
19 |
Garfield,
James (1831-1881) |
Letter, 22 July 1880 |
|
MSS
20 |
Gilbey,
Sir Walter (1831-1914) |
Letters, 1898 |
|
MSS
21 |
Grant Ulysses S.
(1822-1885) |
Warrant, 1869 |
|
Gringhuis, Richard
H. (1918-1974) |
Richard Gringhuis
Papers |
|
|
MSS
23 |
Wright, William |
Certificate,
1869 |
|
MSS
24 |
Hecht, Ben
(1894-1964) |
Telegram, 22 March
1935 |
|
MSS
25 |
Hill Richard
(1655-1727) |
Letters, 1704, 1705 |
|
MSS
26 |
Holmes, Oliver
Wendell (1809-1894) |
Letter, 17 June
1867 |
|
MSS
27 |
Hoover, Herbert C.
(1874- 1964) |
Letter, 26 February
1947 |
|
MSS
28 |
Kingsmill, Hugh
(1889-1949) |
Letter, 5 October
1932 |
|
MSS
29 |
Leys, Norman
MacLean |
Correspondence,
1941 |
|
MSS
30 |
Longfellow Henry
Wadsworth (1807-1882) |
Letter, 2 January
1857 |
|
MSS
31 |
McKinley, William
(1843-1901) |
Letter, 13 July
1879 |
|
MSS
32 |
Madison, James
(1751-1836) |
Land grant
certificate, 1812 |
|
MSS
33 |
Markham, Edwin
(1852-1940) |
Power |
|
MSS
34 |
Mitchell,
Ruth Comfort (1882-1954) |
Letter,
[1931] |
|
MSS
35 |
Monroe, James
(1758-1831) |
Land
grant certificate, 1817 |
|
MSS
36 |
Moore, Thomas
(1779-1852) |
Letter,
4 December 1836 |
|
Scott, Virgil,
(1914- ) |
Virgil
Scott Papers |
|
|
MSS
38 |
Greg, W.W. |
Letter |
|
Sherbo, Arthur
(1918- ) |
Arthur
Sherbo Papers |
|
|
MSS
41 |
Sterling, George
(1869-1926) |
Letter,
15 June 1908 |
|
MSS
42 |
Taft, William
Howard (1857-1930) |
Letter,
27 December 1929 |
|
MSS
43 |
Truman, Harry S.
(1884-1972) |
Letter,
9 July 1959 |
|
MSS
44 |
Van
Buren, Martin (1782-1862) |
Letter,
21 December [1829] |
|
Warner, Rex (1905-1986) |
Rex
Warner Papers |
|
|
MSS
62 |
Wharton, Edith
(1862-1937) |
An Autumn sunset |
|
MSS
63 |
Whittier,
John Greenleaf (1807-1892) |
Letters,
1882, 1891) |
|
MSS
64 |
Wilde, Oscar
(1854-1900) |
Autograph
card, 1882 |
|
MSS
65 |
Winterton, William |
Receipt
to cure the yellow water |
|
Rogers, William D.
(1927- ) |
William
D. Rogers Papers |
|
|
Kuzma,
Joseph |
Smith
Act Trial Papers |
|
|
MSS
68 |
Hemming, Francis |
Entomology
Journals, 1921-1958 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
69 |
Hugo, Issac |
Summa breuis doctrine logicae [not cataloged] |
|
Ryck, Maurice
Martin de |
Congo
Manuscripts |
|
|
MSS
71 |
Burroughs, John
(1837-1921) |
Real and sham natural history [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
72 |
Burns, Robert
(1759-1796) |
To
Riddel of Glenriddel [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
73 |
Sassoon, Sigfried
Lorraine (1886-1967) |
The Dug-out [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
74 |
Dean, Bessie |
Travel
Diary, 1890-1891 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
75 |
Davis, Richard
Harding (1864-1916) |
His bad angel [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
77 |
France,
Armee |
Corps
expeditionaire Records, 1895 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
78 |
Reh, Theodore |
Theodore
Reh Papers [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
79 |
|
A Bok of medysens
[not cataloged] |
|
MSS
80 |
Fowler, Dr. |
Lectures
[not cataloged] |
|
MSS
81 |
Langton, Arthur
Victor |
Royal
African Society Papers [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
82 |
Crosby, Ernest
Howard (1856-1907) |
Ernest
Crosby Papers [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
84 |
Toklas,
Alice B. |
Letter,
7 October 1933 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
85 |
Joshi, Sheedhar
Mahadev |
Sheedhar
M. Joshi Papers [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
86 |
Cooke, Rose T.
(1827-1892) |
Letter,
22 December 1886 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
87 |
Howe, Edgar Watson
(1853-1937) |
Letter,
8 May 1854 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
88 |
King, Grace
Elizabeth (1852-1932) |
Letter,
29 November 1852 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
89 |
Lewis, Charles
Bertrand (1842-1924) |
Autograph
card, 1912 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
90 |
Neal, John
(1793-1876) |
Letter,
1 February 1867 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
91 |
Palfrey,
John Gorham (1796-1881) |
Letter,
n.d. [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
92 |
Parton, James
(1822-1891) |
Letter,
17 August 1865 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
93 |
Pitkin, Timothy
(1766-1847) |
Letter,
4 January 1818 [not cataloged] |
|
Teleki, Samuel
(1845-1916) |
Samuel
Teleki Papers |
|
|
MSS
95 |
Baucher,
Francois |
Francois
Baucher Papers [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
96 |
Bason, Frrederick
T. |
Untitled
manuscript [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
97 |
Fillis, James
(1834-1915) |
Principles of training and horsemanship [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
98 |
Sigmund,
Robert J. |
Letter
[1868] [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
99 |
Haywood, William
Dudley (1869-1928) |
Letter,
28 May 1915 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
100 |
Stokes, William the
younger |
Indenture servitude
document, 1673 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
101 |
Van Syckle, Raymond
E. |
Diaries,
1905-1912 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
102 |
Hiss,
Alger |
Letter,
15 July 1965 |
|
MSS
103 |
Lee, John
(1783-1866) |
Letter,
1 August 1856 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
104 |
Terhune, Albert
Payson (1872-1942) |
Letter,
20 February 1937 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
105 |
Steer, Francis W. |
White
Family History [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
106 |
Curtis,
Thomas P. (1938- ) |
Political
cartoons (drawings) [not cataloged] |
|
Morse, Allen Morse |
Allen
Benton Morse Papers |
|
|
MSS
108 |
|
Manuscript
treatise on horses [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
109 |
Wilson, Edmund
(1895-1972) |
Letter,
1 July 1950 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
110 |
Pound, Ezra
(1885-1972) |
Postcard,
8 December 1950 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
111 |
Coughlin, Reverend
Charles Edward |
Letters,
1932, 1937 [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
114 |
|
Psalterium. Sec.
XIII [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
115 |
Williams, Frederick
J. |
Theatre
records [not cataloged] |
|
Frederic, Harold
(1856-1898) |
Frederic-Moffett
Papers |
|
|
MSS
118 |
|
Liber
intrationum [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
119 |
Reynolds, Mary Ross
|
Mary
Ross Reynolds Papers [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
120 |
Dickinson,
Donald McDonald 1846-1917) |
Donald
Dickinson Papers |
|
MSS
121 |
|
Islamic
prayer book and satchel (Morocco) |
|
MSS
122 |
Gould
Francis C. Sr. (1844-1925) |
The
Escaped air-ship (cartoon) [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
123 |
Prynne, H.
Fellowes |
Horse
dentition |
|
MSS
124 |
|
Cognizione de
cavalli |
|
MSS
125 |
Sandwich (Kent).
Grand Jury |
Presentments
of the Grand Jury, 1666 |
|
MSS
126 |
Hoffman, G. and
Fishman, J. |
Puerto
Ricans in New York |
|
MSS
127 |
Cambresis,
Jean |
Livre
des secrets pour les maladies des cheua[ls] |
|
MSS
128 |
L.F.M. |
Les
amours du Palais Royal |
|
MSS
129 |
Williams, Jonathan |
Postcard,
1965 |
|
MSS
130 |
Williams, Jonathan |
Postcard,
1966 |
|
MSS
131 |
Williams, Jonathan |
Postcard,
1966 |
|
MSS
132 |
Church, Charlotte
S. |
African
safari photographs [not cataloged] |
|
MSS
133 |
Rueff, A. von
(1820-1885) |
Thierheilkunde |
|
MSS
134 |
|
[Cookery
manuscript] |
|
MSS
135 |
Jones, David Dylan
(1954- ) |
David
Jones Papers |
|
MSS
136 |
|
The
horse |
|
MSS
137 |
Perry,
Grandmother |
Scrapbook |
|
MSS
138 |
Austen-Leigh,
Richard A. (1872-1961) |
Letter,
21 December 1945 |
|
MSS
139 |
Gleason, Arthur H.
(1878-1923) |
Letter,
1915 |
|
MSS
140 |
Yonge, Charlotte
Mary (1823-1901) |
Letter,
1854 |
|
MSS
141 |
Stryker, Lillian |
Diary,
1879 |
|
MSS
142 |
Whitman, Walt |
Postcard,
9 December 1890 |
|
MSS
143 |
Wade, Wyn Craig |
Ku Klux Klan
Collection |
|
MSS
144 |
Fox, Hugh (1932- ) |
Hugh
Fox Literary manuscripts, notebooks |
|
MSS
145 |
Lacoste |
Chirurgie Veterinaire |
|
MSS
146 |
Totten,
Paul H. (1893-1986) |
Diary,
1918-1919 |
|
MSS
147 |
Deyarmond, Edna |
Cooking
class notebook, 1899 |
|
MSS
150 |
British schools.
Infant school |
Log book, 1866-1901 |
|
MSS
151 |
Adams,
Pauline G. |
Football
and other academic arts |
|
MSS
152 |
Penlington, Norman |
Canada's
entry into the Boer War |
|
Thorne, Barrie |