Collections : [Lilly Library]

Lilly Library

Lilly Library

1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
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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.

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Start Over You searched for: Subject Art Remove constraint Subject: Art Level Collection Remove constraint Level: Collection Repository Lilly Library Remove constraint Repository: Lilly Library Year 1600 to 1799 Remove constraint Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1600">1600</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1799">1799</span>

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Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815.
The Williams, Jonathan mss., 1738-1869, consist of letters and papers of Jonathan Williams, 1750-1815, merchant and soldier, grand-nephew of Benjamin Franklin and first superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
 
The Ricketts mss., 9th-19th cent., are illuminated medieval and renaissance manuscripts assembled by Coella Lindsay Ricketts, 1859-1941, calligrapher, of Chicago, Illinois. Most of the material relates to religious matters.
 

4. Porter mss., 1799-1850 3 Boxes (3 custom)

Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842
The Porter mss., 1799-1850, are the papers of Sir Robert Ker Porter, 1777-1842, artist and diplomat, and his sister Jane Porter, 1776-1850, novelist.
 
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The Lincoln mss., ca. 1798-1959, consist of letters, documents, and facsimile copies of documents by and about Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, his ancestors, immediate family, members of his cabinet, and other persons closely connected with him.
 

6. Gilder mss., 1781-1984 23000 items(ca.) (37 boxes)

Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909
The Gilder mss., 1781-1984 consists of correspondence and papers of poet, editor Richard Watson Gilder and his wife, the artist Helena de Kay Gilder, and their family.
 
Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700-1788
The Delany mss., 1728-1760, consists of an anthology, a volume of original drawings, and the manuscript of Marianna by Mary (Granville) Delany, 1700-1788, artist and writer.