The U.S. History mss., 1612-1977, consist of individual items acquired separately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety of sources, relating to the United States. Additions continue to be made.
The Siurek mss., 1939-1946, consist of letters from Walter R. Siurek of the U.S. Coast Guard to his girlfriend Patricia Kurzyden in East Chicago, Indiana.