The Lilly Library is the rare books, manuscripts, and special collections library of the Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington. Its collections represent a diversity of subjects, including literature; children’s literature; history; folklore; science; radio, film and television; book collecting and bookselling; journalism; and translation.
The Hensley mss, 1952-1981, consists of the correspondence, writings, and other related materials of Joseph Louis "Joe L." Hensley, 1926-2007, science fiction author and Indiana 5th circuit court judge.
The Vonnegut mss. II, 1965-2002, consists of letters of novelist Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., 1922-2007, written to his youngest daughter, artist Nanette (Nanny) Vonnegut, 1954- .
The Phifer mss., 1978-1982, consist of the letters of Virginia (Scott) Miner, 1901-1982, poet and teacher, to Kenneth Wood Phifer, Unitarian-Universalist minister at Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Veridian mss., 1981, consists of materials relating to the founding and publication of the first issue of the Veridian newspaper, published in Bloomington, Indiana.
The Pyle mss. V, 1994, consist mostly of annotated excerpts from interviews by James Tobin with relatives and acquaintances of journalist Ernie Pyle, 1900-1945.