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.
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Manuscript number |
Author |
Title |
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[St. Bonaventure] |
[Meditationes Vitae Christa] |
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Horae beatae Mariae Virginis [Book of Hours] |
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Blanc, Louis (1811-1882) |
Letter, 30 October 1859 |
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Bergstrom, Georg |
The Hungfry planet |
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Brooks, Van Wyck (1886-1963) |
Letter, 29 June 1941 |
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Browning, Robert (1812-1889) |
Letter, 28 August 1889 |
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Carr, Albert H. (1902-1971) |
Juggernaut |
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Clemens, Olivia (1845-1904) |
Letter, n.d. |
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Clemens, Samuel (1835-1910) |
Letter, 14 March 1882 |
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Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908) |
Letter, 21 November 1891 |
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Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1923) |
Letter, 13 December 1920 |
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Cuvier, Georges (1769-1832) |
Letter, 26 November 1822 |
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Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) |
Letters, 1842, 1849 |
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. |
Roosevelt Collection (letters, certificates) |
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Galsworthy, John (1867-1933) |
Papers (poems and letters, 1910-1921) |
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May, Philip (1864-1903) |
Philip May Papers |
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Kleeman, Rita Halle |
Letter |
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Peattie, Donald C. (1898-1964) |
Letters |
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Garfield, James (1831-1881) |
Letter, 22 July 1880 |
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Gilbey, Sir Walter (1831-1914) |
Letters, 1898 |
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Grant Ulysses S. (1822-1885) |
Warrant, 1869 |
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Gringhuis, Richard H. (1918-1974) |
Richard Gringhuis Papers |
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Wright, William |
Certificate, 1869 |
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Hecht, Ben (1894-1964) |
Telegram, 22 March 1935 |
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Hill, Richard (1655-1727) |
Letters, 1704, 1705 |
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894) |
Letter, 17 June 1867 |
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Hoover, Herbert C. (1874-1964) |
Letter, 26 February 1947 |
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Kingsmill, Hugh (1889-1949) |
Letter, 5 October 1932 |
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Leys, Norman MacLean |
Correspondence, 1941 |
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) |
Letter, 2 January 1857 |
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McKinley, William (1843-1901) |
Letter, 13 July 1879 |
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Madison, James (1751-1836) |
Land grant certificate, 1819 |
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Markham, Edwin (1852-1940) |
Power |
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Mitchell, Ruth Comfort (1882-1954) |
Letter, [1931] |
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Monroe, James (1758-1831) |
Land grant certificate, 1819 |
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Moore, Thomas (1779-1852) |
Letter, 4 December 1836 |
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Scott, Virgil |
Virgil Scott Papers |
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Greg, W.W. |
Letter |
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Sherbo, Arthur (1918-) |
Arthur Sherbo Papers |
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Sterling, George (1869-1926) |
Letter, 15 June 1908 |
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Taft, William Howard (1857-1930) |
Letter, 27 December 1929 |
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Truman, Harry S. (1884-1972) |
Letter, 9 July 1959 |
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Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) |
Letter, 21 December [1829] |
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Warner, Rex (1905-1986) |
Rex Warner Papers |
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Wharton, Edith (1862-1937) |
An Autumn sunset |
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Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892) |
Letters, 1882, 1891 |
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Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900) |
Autograph card, 1882 |
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Winterton, William |
William Winterton Papers |
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Rogers, William D. (1927-) |
William D. Rogers Papers |
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Kuzma, Joseph |
Smith Act Trial Papers |
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Mss. 68 |
Hemming, Francis |
Entomology Journals, 1921-1958 |
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Mss. 69 |
Hugo, Issac |
Summa breuis doctrine legocae |
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Ryck, Maurice Martin de |
Congo Manuscripts |
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Mss. 71 |
Burroughs, John (1837-1921) |
Real and sham natural history |
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Mss. 72 |
Burns, Robert (1759-1796) |
To Riddel of Glenriddel |
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Mss. 73 |
Sassoon, Sigfried Lorraine (1886-1967) |
The Dug-out |
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Mss. 74 |
Dean, Bessie |
Travel Diary, 1890-1891 |
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Mss. 75 |
Davis, Richard Harding (1864-1916) |
His bad angel |
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Mss. 77 |
France, Armee. Corps expeditionaire |
Records, 1895 |
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Mss. 78 |
Reh, Theodore |
Theodore Reh Papers |
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Mss. 79 |
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A Bok of medysens |
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Mss. 80 |
Fowler, Dr. |
Lectures |
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Mss. 81 |
Langton, Arthur Victor |
Royal African Society Papers |
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Mss. 82 |
Crosby, Ernest Howard (1856-1907) |
Ernest Crosby Papers |
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Mss. 84 |
Toklas, Alice B. |
Letter, 7 October 1933 |
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Mss. 85 |
Joshi, Sheedhar Mahadev |
Sheedhar M. Joshi Papers |
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Mss. 86 |
Cooke, Rose T. (1827-1892) |
Letter, 22 December 1886 |
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Mss. 87 |
Howe, Edgar Watson (1853-1937) |
Letter, 8 May 1854 |
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Mss. 88 |
King, Grace Elizabeth (1852-1932) |
Letter, 29 November 1852 |
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Mss. 89 |
Lewis, Charles Bertrand (1842-1924) |
Autograph card, 1912 |
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Mss. 90 |
Neal, John (1793-1876) |
Letter, 1 February 1867 |
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Mss. 91 |
Palfrey, John Gorham (1796-1881) |
Letter, n.d. |
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Mss. 92 |
Parton, James (1822-1891) |
Letter, 17 August 1865 |
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Mss. 93 |
Pitkin, Timothy (1766-1847) |
Letter, 4 January 1818 |
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Teleki, Samuel (1845-1916) |
Samuel Teleki Papers |
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Mss. 95 |
Baucher, Francois |
Francois Baucher Papers |
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Mss. 96 |
Bason, Frederick T. |
Untitled manuscript |
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Mss. 97 |
Fillis, James (1834-1915) |
Principles of training and horsemanship |
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Mss. 98 |
Sigmund, Robert J. |
Letter [1868] |
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Mss. 99 |
Haywood, William Dudley (1869-1928) |
Letter, 28 May 1915 |
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Mss. 100 |
Stokes, William the younger |
Indenture servitude document, 1673 |
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Mss. 101 |
Van Syckle, Raymond E. |
Diaries, 1905-1912 |
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Hiss, Alger |
Letter, 15 July 1965 |
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Mss. 103 |
Lee, John (1783-1866) |
Letter, 1 August 1856 |
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Mss. 104 |
Terhune, Albert Payson (1872-1942) |
Letter, 20 February 1937 |
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Mss. 105 |
Steer, Francis W. |
White Family History |
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Mss. 106 |
Curtis, Thomas P. (1938-) |
Political cartoons (drawings) |
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Morse, Allen Morse |
Allen Benton Morse Papers |
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Mss. 108 |
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[Manuscript treatise on horses] |
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Mss. 109 |
Wilson, Edmund (1895-1972) |
Letter, 1 July 1950 |
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Mss. 110 |
Pound, Ezra (1885-1972) |
Postcard, 8 December 1950 |
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Mss. 111 |
Coughlin, Reverend Charles Edward |
Letters, 1932, 1937 |
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Mss. 114 |
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Psalterium. Sec. XIII |
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Mss. 115 |
Williams, Frederick J. |
Theatre records |
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Frederic, Harold (1856-1898) |
Frederic-Moffet Family Papers |
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Mss. 118 |
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Liber intrationum |
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Mss. 119 |
Reynolds, Mary Ross |
Mary Ross Reynolds Papers |
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Mss. 120 |
Dickinson, Donald McDonald (1846-1917) |
Donald Dickinson Papers |
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Prayer book (Morocco) |
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Mss. 122 |
Gould, Francis C. Sr. (1844-1925) |
The Escaped air-ship (cartoon) |
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Prynne, H. Fellowes |
Horse dentition |
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Cognizione de cavalli |
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Sandwich (Kent). Grand Jury |
Presentments of the Grand Jury, 1666 |
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Hoffman, G. and Fishman, J. |
Puerto Ricans in New York |
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Cambresis, Jean |
Livre des secrets pour les maladies... |
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L.F.M. |
Les amours du Palais Royal |
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Williams, Jonathan |
Postcard, 1965 |
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Williams, Jonathan |
Postcard, 1966 |
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Williams, Jonathan |
Postcard, 1966 |
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Mss. 132 |
Church, Charlotte S. |
African safari photographs |
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Rueff, A. von (1820-1885) |
Thierheilkunde |
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[Cookery manuscript] |
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Jones, David Dylan (1954-) |
David Jones Papers |
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The horse |
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Perry, Grandmother |
Scrapbook |
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Austen-Leigh, Richard A. (1872-1961) |
Letter, 21 December 1945 |
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Gleason, Arthur H. (1878-1923) |
Letter, 1915 |
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Yonge, Charlotte Mary (1823-1901) |
Letter, 1854 |
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Stryker, Lillian |
Diary, 1879 |
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Whitman, Walt |
Postcard, 9 December 1890 |
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Wade, Wyn Craig |
Ku Klux Klan Collection |
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Fox, Hugh (1932-) |
Hugh Fox Papers |
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Lacoste |
Chirurgie Veterinaire |
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Totten, Paul H. (1893-1986) |
Diary, 1918-1919 |
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Deyarmond, Edna |
Cooking class notebook, 1899 |
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British schools. Infant school |
Log book, 1866-1901 |
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Adams, Pauline G. |
Football and other academic arts |
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Penlington, Norman |
Canada’s entry into the Boer War |
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Thorne, Barrie |
Feminism Collection |
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Thorne, Barrie |
Draft Resistance Movement Collection 1967 |
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Dignity (organization) |
Publications (Gays/Lesbian religious life) |
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Mediolanensis, Jacobus |
Stimulus amoris divini |
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Bezassier, J.D. |
A Madame la Dauphine |
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Kaiserliche Franziscische |
[Marriage diploma for Marie Antoinette] |
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Bilger, Jean |
[Rossarznei] |
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Receipts (cookery recipes) |
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Lewis, Mrs. |
Mrs. Lewis receipt book [1831-1875?] |
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Cookbook [18__?] |
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McMurran, Alice |
Cookbook, 1889-1912 |
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Recipe book |
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Receipt book (recipes), [1853-1870] |
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Austen, Mrs. |
Mrs. Austen’s receipt book |
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Harrison, Jim (1937-) |
Correspondence |
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Western, Anne |
[Cookery and medical recipes] |
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Wakoski, Diane |
[Poems, etc.] |
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Wakoski, Diane |
Greed |
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Le Grand, Joachim (1653-1733) |
Inventaire des papiers du cabinet du Cardina |
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Ruffo, Giordano |
Liber marischalcie equorum |
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Wakoski, Diane |
Diane Wakoski Papers |
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Libro d[i?] recette p[er?] guarir sparauieri |
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[Libro veterinaro] |
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Apollaro, Gio |
Incommincia II libro di miniscalchereia |
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Malattie dei cavalli |
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Ricette per caualli |
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Remedie et receptes pour plusieurs... |
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Jurisprudence class notes |
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Ferri, Vincenzio |
La mascalcia toscana |
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Questo presente uolume si tratta... |
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Altman, Christoff |
Ross Artzneij |
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Manage de Bourgelat de costranne |
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Weld, Margaret |
Painted flowers, 1522 |
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Corne, Guilhelmi |
[Cures and recipes] |
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Tractatus de praxi medica |
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Ise, Sadatake |
Shoan nikki kosho |
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Grisone, Federico |
Ordini di cavalcare |
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Ross artzeney buech |
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Approbirter ross doctor |
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Ockold, Mary |
Mrs. Mary Ockold, her recipes |
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Banister, Ann |
[Cookery recipes] |
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Ethiopian materials |
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Libro manoscritto che... |
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[Receipts] |
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Recipe book |
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Morris, Michael S. |
South Africa Collection |
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United Klans of America |
United Klans of America Collection |
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Pettigrew, Elizabeth |
Elizabeth Pettigrew’s book |
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Jones, Margaret |
[Recipe book] |
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Picano, Felice |
Letter, 1981 |
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[Libro della masachalcia...] |
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Medical precepts, etc. used on farriery |
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Ford, Richard (1944-) |
Richard Ford Papers |
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McGuane, Thomas |
Thomas McGuane Papers |
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Mss. 210 |
Illin, I.A. |
I.A. Illin Papers |
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Davidson, Laura |
[Artist books] |
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The Smith Collection |
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[Eclipse comic archive] |
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Mss. 214 |
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University task force on gay and lesbians |
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Daniels, Jim |
Jim Daniels Papers |
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Safran Printing Co. Archive |
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East Lansing Peace Education Archive |
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Crosby, Ernest |
Ernest Crosby Collection |
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Clarion Science Fiction Workshop Archive |
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Jewell, Terri L. |
Terri Jewell Papers |
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Rokeach, Milton |
Milton Rokeach Papers |
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Verdehr, Walter |
Verdehr Trio Collection |
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Mss. 223 |
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Sherburne Estates Collection |
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Hanson, Abraham |
Journal, 1862 |
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Heineman, Kenneth J. |
[Anti-Vietnam war movement at MSU] |
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Hale, Mary |
Mary Hale’s cookbook, ca. 1780 |
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Men’s Studies Bibliography Collection |
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Changing Men Archive |
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Pornography brochures |
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Firth, Margaret |
Margaret Firth’s cookbook |
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[Manuscript cookbook] |
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Addy doll, American Girl |
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Ottenberg, Simon |
Limba notes |
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Holyoke, Edward Augustus |
Cookery, receipts |
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Barnes, George |
For the management of horses |
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Barth, John (1930-) |
Letter, 8 February 1961 |
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Dorson, Richard M. |
Richard M. Dorson Papers |
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Warburg, James P. |
Foreign policy begins at home |
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Godine |
Exterieur d’un cheval |
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Ezera, Onuma |
Onuma Ezera Collection |
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Michigan Writers Symposium, 1992-1998 |
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Webster Family |
Webster Family Papers |
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Hoffman, David A. |
David A. Hoffman Papers |
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Mss. 244 |
Baker, Ray Stannard |
Bee Research Collection |
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Barbaro, Marco |
Delle famiglie aggregate alla nobilta... |
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Statuti e legge di mimate, ca. 1600 |
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Statuto Veneto..., ca. 1570 |
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Minio, Philippo |
[Li]bro di spes[e], 1565-1566 |
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Caroldo, Gian Giacomi, d. 1538 |
Historia di Venetia, [17--] |
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Sherbo, Arthur, 1918- |
Sir Fopling Flutter |
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Sherbo, Arthur, 1918- |
Major Thomas Pearson of the East-India Company, book-collector |
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Kastl (Abbey : Kastl, Oberpfalz, Germany) |
Register vnd Vertzaichnuss der bestendigen Gellt Zinss … |
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O.M. Scott & Sons |
Scott Company turfgrass archive |
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Catala, J.A. |
Sermons, 1923-1974 |
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Gwennael, 1875-1946 |
Oberou |
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Reuling, John and Eleanor |
Personal papers |
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Southern Africa Liberation Committee |
Patricia L. Beeman collection |
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Harrington, John C. |
John Harrington’s South Africa Papers, 1972-1995 |
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Cash, Jim & Epps, Jr., Jack |
Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr. Papers |
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Educational Reform Project and Free University Collection |
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Screen Door Review collection |
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Battle Creek Sanitarium collection |
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Great Lakes Greenpeace collection |
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Students for a Democratic Society collection |
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Horse doctor's manuscript |
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Hunter, John Melton, 1928- |
John Melton Hunter papers |
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Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 |
La muralla y los libros |
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Catholic Church |
[Antiphonale] ; [Graduale] |
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Michael Rhode archive of comics-related clippings and ephemera |
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Miss Roger |
Cooking ideas |
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Comic art collectibles |
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Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, 1608-1657 |
Bekennen offentlich mit diesem Brief … |
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University-Wide Task Force on Lesbian & Gay Issues |
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Michigan State University Lesbian and Gay Council Archives |
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Greater Lansing Lesbian/Gay Hotline Archives |
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Jim Jacobs Papers |
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Western Federation of Miners Collection |
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Fourth Genre (FG) archives |
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American Coordinating Committee for Equality in Sport and Society (ACCESS) papers |
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Selma Waldman, Seattle Coalition Against Apartheid (SCCA) |
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Boston Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa papers |
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Mary-Louise Hooper papers |
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Association of Concerned Africa Scholars papers |
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Russel B. Nye papers |
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Latinos in Film Collection, 1916-2006 |
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Chamberlain Warren Samaritan Collection |
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Gerber, Dan, 1940- |
Dan Gerber : miscellaneous press clippings and Ephemera |