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The Williams, K.P. mss., 1820-1958, consists of letters and papers of Kenneth Powers Williams, 1887-1958, professor of mathematics at Indiana University and author of Lincoln Finds a General.

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 Weismann mss., 1878-1881, consists of letters from German biologist August Weismann, 1834-1914, to French biologist Antoine Fortuné Marion, 1846-1900.

The Weatherwax mss., 1915-1975, consists of the papers of botanist Paul Weatherwax, 1888-1976.

The Waddell mss., 1944-1987, consists of the World War II correspondence between geologist (Byron) Courtney Waddell, 1916-2003, and his fiancée and then wife, Australian-born Lola Yvonne Line, 1918-1998.

The Sonneborn mss., 1922-1981, consists of the papers of American biologist Tracy Morton Sonneborn, 1905-1981.

The Scottish mss., 1500-1707, consists of materials concerned with the genealogies, history, letters, and writings of Scotland.

The Root mss., 1815-1888, are papers of Riley Root, 1795-1870, teacher, surveyor, inventor, and author of Journal of Travels from St. Josephs to Oregon with Observations of that Country, together with Some Description of California, its Agricultural Interests, and a Full Description of its Gold Mines. Galesburg, [Ill.], Gazetteer and Intelligencer Prints, 1850 (Lilly F593.1 .R7).

Consists of the papers of geneticist Marcus C. Morton Rhoades.

The Parkin mss., 1900-1928, are letters from Thomas Parkin, British ornithologist, from prominent ornithologists, artists, novelists, statesmen, playwrights and authors.

The Parker mss., 1264-1871, consist of commonplace books, legal records, account books, volumes on heraldry, rhetoric and logic, genealogy, sermons, political tracts, a diary, gazetteer and a jest book in verse.

The Nelson's Encyclopedia mss., 1946-1947, consist of an article on penicillin by Sir Howard Florey, and several letters about the article between Florey, geneticist Hermann Muller, psychologist and Northwestern University president Walter Dill Scott, and science editor at Nelson's Encyclopedia Myron R. Kirsch.

The Muller mss. II, 1932-1939, consists of an article and letter written by Hermann Joseph Muller, 1890-1967, to Charles H. Fuchsman, 1917-2015.

The Muller mss., 1910-1967, consists of the papers of Hermann Joseph Muller, 1890-1967, geneticist and Nobel prize laureate, including correspondence; writings and reprints; research and data from his work as well as from his students and colleagues; materials related to conferences; and work with various professional organizations.

The Moenkhaus mss., 1892-1918, consist primarily of the correspondence of zoologist William J. Moenkhaus, 1871-1947, former professor at Indiana University.

The Miscellaneous mss., 2100 BCE-1970, consist of individual items acquired individually either as a gift or purchased from a variety of sources.

The Merriam mss., 1963-1966, consists of writings by Alan Parkhurst Merriam, 1923-1980, ethnomusicologist and professor of anthropology at Indiana University.

The Medieval and Renaissance mss., 700-1600, consists of individual items acquired from time to time either as a gift or purchased from a variety of sources.

The Lesueur mss., 1819-1830, consist of eight letters to Charles Alexandre Lesueur, 1778-1846, artist and naturalist, and bills of lading for minerals shipped by or to Lesueur.