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

Mss. 4

Bergstrom, Georg

The Hungfry planet

Mss. 5

Brooks, Van Wyck (1886-1963)

Letter, 29 June 1941

Mss. 6

Browning, Robert (1812-1889)

Letter, 28 August 1889

Mss. 7

Carr, Albert H. (1902-1971)

Juggernaut

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

Mss. 14

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Roosevelt Collection (letters, certificates)

Mss. 15

Galsworthy, John (1867-1933)

Papers (poems and letters, 1910-1921)

Mss. 16

May, Philip (1864-1903)

Philip May Papers

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

Mss. 22

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, 1819

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, 1819

Mss. 36

Moore, Thomas (1779-1852)

Letter, 4 December 1836

Mss. 37

Scott, Virgil

Virgil Scott Papers

Mss. 38

Greg, W.W.

Letter

Mss. 40

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]

Mss. 45

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

William Winterton Papers

Mss. 66

Rogers, William D. (1927-)

William D. Rogers Papers

Mss. 67

Kuzma, Joseph

Smith Act Trial Papers

Mss. 68

Hemming, Francis

Entomology Journals, 1921-1958

Mss. 69

Hugo, Issac

Summa breuis doctrine legocae

Mss. 70

Ryck, Maurice Martin de

Congo Manuscripts

Mss. 71

Burroughs, John (1837-1921)

Real and sham natural history

Mss. 72

Burns, Robert (1759-1796)

To Riddel of Glenriddel

Mss. 73

Sassoon, Sigfried Lorraine (1886-1967)

The Dug-out

Mss. 74

Dean, Bessie

Travel Diary, 1890-1891

Mss. 75

Davis, Richard Harding (1864-1916)

His bad angel

Mss. 77

France, Armee. Corps expeditionaire

Records, 1895

Mss. 78

Reh, Theodore

Theodore Reh Papers

Mss. 79

 

A Bok of medysens

Mss. 80

Fowler, Dr.

Lectures

Mss. 81

Langton, Arthur Victor

Royal African Society Papers

Mss. 82

Crosby, Ernest Howard (1856-1907)

Ernest Crosby Papers

Mss. 84

Toklas, Alice B.

Letter, 7 October 1933

Mss. 85

Joshi, Sheedhar Mahadev

Sheedhar M. Joshi Papers

Mss. 86

Cooke, Rose T. (1827-1892)

Letter, 22 December 1886

Mss. 87

Howe, Edgar Watson (1853-1937)

Letter, 8 May 1854

Mss. 88

King, Grace Elizabeth (1852-1932)

Letter, 29 November 1852

Mss. 89

Lewis, Charles Bertrand (1842-1924)

Autograph card, 1912

Mss. 90

Neal, John (1793-1876)

Letter, 1 February 1867

Mss. 91

Palfrey, John Gorham (1796-1881)

Letter, n.d.

Mss. 92

Parton, James (1822-1891)

Letter, 17 August 1865

Mss. 93

Pitkin, Timothy (1766-1847)

Letter, 4 January 1818

Mss. 94

Teleki, Samuel (1845-1916)

Samuel Teleki Papers

Mss. 95

Baucher, Francois

Francois Baucher Papers

Mss. 96

Bason, Frederick T.

Untitled manuscript

Mss. 97

Fillis, James (1834-1915)

Principles of training and horsemanship

Mss. 98

Sigmund, Robert J.

Letter [1868]

Mss. 99

Haywood, William Dudley (1869-1928)

Letter, 28 May 1915

Mss. 100

Stokes, William the younger

Indenture servitude document, 1673

Mss. 101

Van Syckle, Raymond E.

Diaries, 1905-1912

Mss. 102

Hiss, Alger

Letter, 15 July 1965

Mss. 103

Lee, John (1783-1866)

Letter, 1 August 1856

Mss. 104

Terhune, Albert Payson (1872-1942)

Letter, 20 February 1937

Mss. 105

Steer, Francis W.

White Family History

Mss. 106

Curtis, Thomas P. (1938-)

Political cartoons (drawings)

Mss. 107

Morse, Allen Morse

Allen Benton Morse Papers

Mss. 108

 

[Manuscript treatise on horses]

Mss. 109

Wilson, Edmund (1895-1972)

Letter, 1 July 1950

Mss. 110

Pound, Ezra (1885-1972)

Postcard, 8 December 1950

Mss. 111

Coughlin, Reverend Charles Edward

Letters, 1932, 1937

Mss. 114

 

Psalterium. Sec. XIII

Mss. 115

Williams, Frederick J.

Theatre records

Mss. 116

Frederic, Harold (1856-1898)

Frederic-Moffet Family Papers

Mss. 118

 

Liber intrationum

Mss. 119

Reynolds, Mary Ross

Mary Ross Reynolds Papers

Mss. 120

Dickinson, Donald McDonald (1846-1917)

Donald Dickinson Papers

Mss. 121

 

Prayer book (Morocco)

Mss. 122

Gould, Francis C. Sr. (1844-1925)

The Escaped air-ship (cartoon)

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...

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

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 Papers

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

Mss. 153

Thorne, Barrie

Feminism Collection

Mss. 154

Thorne, Barrie

Draft Resistance Movement Collection 1967

Mss. 155

Dignity (organization)

Publications (Gays/Lesbian religious life)

Mss. 156

Mediolanensis, Jacobus

Stimulus amoris divini

Mss. 157

Bezassier, J.D.

A Madame la Dauphine

Mss. 158

Kaiserliche Franziscische

[Marriage diploma for Marie Antoinette]

Mss. 159

Bilger, Jean

[Rossarznei]

Mss. 160

 

Receipts (cookery recipes)

Mss. 161

Lewis, Mrs.

Mrs. Lewis receipt book [1831-1875?]

Mss. 162

 

Cookbook [18__?]

Mss. 163

McMurran, Alice

Cookbook, 1889-1912

Mss. 164

 

Recipe book

Mss. 165

 

Receipt book (recipes), [1853-1870]

Mss. 166

Austen, Mrs.

Mrs. Austen’s receipt book

Mss. 167

Harrison, Jim (1937-)

Correspondence

Mss. 168

Western, Anne

[Cookery and medical recipes]

Mss. 169

Wakoski, Diane

[Poems, etc.]

Mss. 170

Wakoski, Diane

Greed

Mss. 171

Le Grand, Joachim (1653-1733)

Inventaire des papiers du cabinet du Cardina

Mss. 172

Ruffo, Giordano

Liber marischalcie equorum

Mss. 173

Wakoski, Diane

Diane Wakoski Papers

Mss. 174

 

Libro d[i?] recette p[er?] guarir sparauieri

Mss. 175

 

[Libro veterinaro]

Mss. 176

Apollaro, Gio

Incommincia II libro di miniscalchereia

Mss. 177

 

Malattie dei cavalli

Mss. 178

 

Ricette per caualli

Mss. 179

 

Remedie et receptes pour plusieurs...

Mss. 180

 

Jurisprudence class notes

Mss. 181

Ferri, Vincenzio

La mascalcia toscana

Mss. 182

 

Questo presente uolume si tratta...

Mss. 183

Altman, Christoff

Ross Artzneij

Mss. 184

 

Manage de Bourgelat de costranne

Mss. 186

Weld, Margaret

Painted flowers, 1522

Mss. 188

Corne, Guilhelmi

[Cures and recipes]

Mss. 189

 

Tractatus de praxi medica

Mss. 190

Ise, Sadatake

Shoan nikki kosho

Mss. 191

Grisone, Federico

Ordini di cavalcare

Mss. 192

 

Ross artzeney buech

Mss. 193

 

Approbirter ross doctor

Mss. 194

Ockold, Mary

Mrs. Mary Ockold, her recipes

Mss. 195

Banister, Ann

[Cookery recipes]

Mss. 196

 

Ethiopian materials

Mss. 197

 

Libro manoscritto che...

Mss. 199

 

[Receipts]

Mss. 200

 

Recipe book

Mss. 201

Morris, Michael S.

South Africa Collection

Mss. 202

United Klans of America

United Klans of America Collection

Mss. 203

Pettigrew, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Pettigrew’s book

Mss. 204

Jones, Margaret

[Recipe book]

Mss. 205

Picano, Felice

Letter, 1981

Mss. 206

 

[Libro della masachalcia...]

Mss. 207

 

Medical precepts, etc. used on farriery

Mss. 208

Ford, Richard (1944-)

Richard Ford Papers

Mss. 209

McGuane, Thomas

Thomas McGuane Papers

Mss. 210

Illin, I.A.

I.A. Illin Papers

Mss. 211

Davidson, Laura

[Artist books]

Mss. 212

 

The Smith Collection

Mss. 213

 

[Eclipse comic archive]

Mss. 214

 

University task force on gay and lesbians

Mss. 215

Daniels, Jim

Jim Daniels Papers

Mss. 216

 

Safran Printing Co. Archive

Mss. 217

 

East Lansing Peace Education Archive

Mss. 218

Crosby, Ernest

Ernest Crosby Collection

Mss. 219

 

Clarion Science Fiction Workshop Archive

Mss. 220

Jewell, Terri L.

Terri Jewell Papers

Mss. 221

Rokeach, Milton

Milton Rokeach Papers

Mss. 222

Verdehr, Walter

Verdehr Trio Collection

Mss. 223

 

Sherburne Estates Collection

Mss. 224

Hanson, Abraham

Journal, 1862

Mss. 225

Heineman, Kenneth J.

[Anti-Vietnam war movement at MSU]

Mss. 226

Hale, Mary

Mary Hale’s cookbook, ca. 1780

Mss. 227

 

Men’s Studies Bibliography Collection

Mss. 228

 

Changing Men Archive

Mss. 229

 

Pornography brochures

Mss. 230

Firth, Margaret

Margaret Firth’s cookbook

Mss. 231

 

[Manuscript cookbook]

Mss. 232

 

Addy doll, American Girl

Mss. 233

Ottenberg, Simon

Limba notes

Mss. 234

Holyoke, Edward Augustus

Cookery, receipts

Mss. 235

Barnes, George

For the management of horses

Mss. 236

Barth, John (1930-)

Letter, 8 February 1961

Mss. 237

Dorson, Richard M.

Richard M. Dorson Papers

Mss. 238

Warburg, James P.

Foreign policy begins at home

Mss. 239

Godine

Exterieur d’un cheval

Mss. 240

Ezera, Onuma

Onuma Ezera Collection

Mss. 241

 

Michigan Writers Symposium, 1992-1998

Mss. 242

Webster Family

Webster Family Papers

Mss. 243

Hoffman, David A.

David A. Hoffman Papers

Mss. 244

Baker, Ray Stannard

Bee Research Collection

Mss. 246

Barbaro, Marco

Delle famiglie aggregate alla nobilta...

Mss. 247

 

Statuti e legge di mimate, ca. 1600

Mss. 248

 

Statuto Veneto..., ca. 1570

Mss. 249

Minio, Philippo

[Li]bro di spes[e], 1565-1566

Mss. 250

Caroldo, Gian Giacomi, d. 1538

Historia di Venetia, [17--]

Mss. 251

Sherbo, Arthur, 1918-

Sir Fopling Flutter

Mss. 252

Sherbo, Arthur, 1918-

Major Thomas Pearson of the East-India Company, book-collector

Mss. 253

Kastl (Abbey : Kastl, Oberpfalz, Germany)

Register vnd Vertzaichnuss der bestendigen Gellt Zinss …

Mss. 254

O.M. Scott & Sons

Scott Company turfgrass archive

Mss. 255

Catala, J.A.

Sermons, 1923-1974

Mss. 256

Gwennael, 1875-1946

Oberou

Mss. 257

Reuling, John and Eleanor

Personal papers

Mss. 258

Southern Africa Liberation Committee

Patricia L. Beeman collection

Mss. 259

Harrington, John C.

John Harrington’s South Africa Papers, 1972-1995

Mss. 260

Cash, Jim & Epps, Jr., Jack

Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr. Papers

Mss. 261

 

Educational Reform Project and Free University Collection

Mss. 262

 

Screen Door Review collection

Mss. 263

 

Battle Creek Sanitarium collection

Mss. 264

 

Great Lakes Greenpeace collection

Mss. 265

 

Students for a Democratic Society collection

Mss. 266

 

Horse doctor's manuscript

Mss. 267

Hunter, John Melton, 1928-

John Melton Hunter papers

Mss. 268

Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986

La muralla y los libros

Mss. 269

Catholic Church

[Antiphonale] ; [Graduale]

Mss. 270

 

Michael Rhode archive of comics-related clippings and ephemera

Mss. 271

Miss Roger

Cooking ideas

Mss. 272

 

Comic art collectibles

Mss. 273

Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, 1608-1657

Bekennen offentlich mit diesem Brief …

Mss. 274

 

University-Wide Task Force on Lesbian & Gay Issues

Mss. 275

 

Michigan State University Lesbian and Gay Council Archives

Mss. 276

 

Greater Lansing Lesbian/Gay Hotline Archives

Mss. 277

 

Jim Jacobs Papers

Mss. 278

 

Western Federation of Miners Collection

Mss. 279

 

Fourth Genre (FG) archives

Mss. 280

 

American Coordinating Committee for Equality in Sport and Society (ACCESS) papers

Mss. 281

 

Selma Waldman, Seattle Coalition Against Apartheid (SCCA)

Mss. 282

 

Boston Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa papers

Mss. 283

 

Mary-Louise Hooper papers

Mss. 284

 

Association of Concerned Africa Scholars papers

Mss. 285

 

Russel B. Nye papers

Mss. 286

 

Latinos in Film Collection, 1916-2006

Mss. 287

 

Chamberlain Warren Samaritan Collection

Mss. 288a

Gerber, Dan, 1940-

Dan Gerber : miscellaneous press clippings and Ephemera