Collections

The Kormendi mss., 1932-1973, consist of the papers of Ferenc Kormendi, 1900-1972, novelist.

The Masaryk, T.G. mss., circa 1923-1934, consist of 5x7 black and white photographs of or relating to Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1850-1937, president of the Czechoslovak Republic, 1918-1935.

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.

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

The Paterson mss., circa 1941, consist primarily of photographs of London streets and districts that relate to locations in the novels of nineteenth-century English author George Gissing.

The Redl mss., 1956-1959, consist of letters, postcards, and poems sent to Harry Redl, 1926-2011, photographer of San Francisco, by various authors.

The Latin American mss. Peru, 1535-1929, consist of over 6500 documents which trace the historical, economic and social development of what is presently known as Peru, with lesser coverage of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Ecuador.

The Day mss., 1855-1906, consists of letters and papers of Silas J. Day, first lieutenant, Company G, 2nd regiment, Oregon mounted volunteers.

The Dearborn County, Ind. mss., 1826-1871, consists of nine volumes of court dockets and miscellaneous papers related to the history of Dearborn County, Indiana.

The Federman mss., 1962-1992, consists of letters written to author Raymond Federman, born 1928, by fellow writers and colleagues.

​The Ferguson mss., 1864-1929, consists of a collection of letters to Charles Eugene Ferguson, 1856-1945, a physician of Indianapolis, Indiana, and a member of the Indiana University School of Medicine faculty.

The Fenn mss. consist of materials from the library of Bert R. Fenn of Tell City, Indiana, related to the Howard Shipyards and Dock Company of Jeffersonville, Indiana.

The Fenton mss., circa 1927-1969, consist of letters to Frank L. Fenton, professor of English at Stanford University and San Francisco State College.

The English legal documents, 1510-1858, consist of mortgages, deeds, indentures, wills, leases, marriage settlements and contracts and powers of attorney.

The Friday Musicale mss., ca. 1925-1980, consist of calendars, programs and achievement books of the Bloomington, Indiana affiliate of the National Federation of Music Clubs.

The Fox mss., 1931-1969, consist of the papers of Fontaine Talbot Fox, 1884-1964, newspaper cartoonist of "The Toonerville Trolley."

French Legal Documents mss. are those manuscripts concerned with French legal matters which have been acquired as individual pieces.

The Dutilh mss., 1784-1811, consists of business letters in French to Dutilh and Wacksmuth, merchants of Philadelphia.

The French Lick Springs Hotel mss., 1952-1953, consists of materials on the history of the Hotel collected by Thomas Powderly Martin, 1887-1963, Consultant in Manuscripts in the Indiana University Library at the time.

The Hemenway mss., 1904-1921, consist of political letters and papers of Indiana politician and lawyer James Alexander Hemenway, 1860-1923.

The Eaton mss., 1959-1983, consist of letters written to Lady Cynthia Eaton.

The Hubbard mss., 1903-1968, consist of materials pertaining to the Abe Martin cartoons, created by Frank McKinney Hubbard, 1868-1930, humorist.

The Howe mss., 1820-1915, consists chiefly of deeds belonging to the family of Joshua Owen Howe, 1784-1870, merchant of Bloomington in Monroe County, Indiana, and frequently concerned with sale of lots in the town.

The Edmunds mss., 1885-1891, consists of letters from Benjamin Harrison, 1833-1901, as a United States senator from Indiana and as president of the United States to George Franklin Edmunds, 1828-1919, United States senator from Vermont.

The Pliny mss., 9th cent.-1938, are photostats of Pliny manuscripts assembled by Selatie Edgar Stout, 1871-1969, professor of Latin and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University.

The Pryor mss., ca. 1931–1949, consist of papers, correspondence, and clippings related to the 1940 Republican convention where Wendell Willkie was nominated as the Republican candidate for President.

The Pyke mss., 1890-1901, consist of letters from Mary Moore, Alfred Piatti, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, and Sir Charles Wyndham to Joseph Pyke.

The Quaker mss., 1818-1888, consist of minutes of the Blue River Monthly Meeting, 1818-1860, and minutes of the Blue River Quarterly Meeting, 1833-1885.

The Raintree Press mss., 1975-2010, consist of manuscripts, galleys, etc., of the Raintree Press of Bloomington, Indiana.

The Resuscitator mss., 1963-1969, consist of the archive of the second series of the poetry journal, Resuscitator.

The Lilly Library Mendel Collection mss., 1961-1974, consist of reference correspondence relating to the acquisition, cataloging, and use of the Mendel Collection of Latin American materials in the Lilly Library. Additions to the collection include financial records and papers relating to the firm Lathrop C. Harper while owned and operated by the Indiana University Foundation, primarily 1967-1968. Also present are some earlier, 1950s, materials that include stock issues and minutes of stock holders meetings.

The Lilly, E. mss., 1940, consist of correspondence, photographs, and printed materials relating to Eli Lilly's acquisition of a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington.

The Lieber Committee mss., 1955, are letters and papers relating to Richard Lieber, 1869-1944.

The Library Club of Bloomington, Bloomington Indiana mss., 1923-1947, consist of correspondence, minutes, financial reports, and membership lists.

The Cooper mss. III, circa 1927-1980, consists of letters, photographs, and memorabilia such as plaques and resolutions, of and relating to journalist and Associated Press Director Kent Cooper, 1880-1965.

English Legal Documents mss. IV, 1200-1898, consist of those manuscripts concerned with English legal matters which have been acquired as individual pieces.

The Funk mss., 1837-1916, consist of letters and papers of Joseph Potts Funk, 1837-1904, educator.

The Galsworthy mss. II, 1925-1933, consists of correspondence and manuscripts of New York bookseller Louis Henry Cohn, 1889-1953, relating to his interest in and collection of English Nobel Prize winning author John Galsworthy, 1867-1933.

The Gaff mss., 1857-1872, are papers of Thomas Gaff, 1808-1884, merchant, banker, and manufacturer of Aurora, Indiana.

The Gallion mss., 1827-1837, consists of letters and papers of Nathan D. Gallion, merchant of Brookville, Indiana.

The Gagg mss., 1893-1902, consists of a letterpress copybook, March 10, 1898-February 10, 1902, of Gagg & Company, Terre Haute, Indiana, dealers in pictures and artists' supplies, and letters, 1893-1896, to George A. Gagg.

​The Duval, K. D. mss., 1973-1976, consists chiefly of the correspondence between Kulgin Dalby Duval, bookseller, and 23 British bookbinders commissioned by him to produce original bindings for a catalogue and exhibition: British Bookbinding Today.

The Handley mss., 1862-1908, consists of the correspondence and papers of the family of Jesse Handley, 1803-1889, of White Oak Springs, Buckhorn Township, Brown County, Illinois.

The Hammond mss., 1812-1952, consists of a letter of marque and reprisal from King George III to privateer Thomas Hocquard and related materials created and collected by H. H. Hammond.

The Hambrecht mss., 1860-1940, consists of typewritten copies of correspondence of educator and Lincolniana collector George Philip Hambrecht, 1871-1943.

The Philippine mss. II, 1594-1908, consists of accounts of the lives and deaths of various saints and other religious figures, copies of royal decrees, correspondence, government and military reports, historical accounts, maps, wills and inventories of estates, and a water-color painting.

The Petersen mss., 1781-1935, is a collection of letters from thirty-nine British writers to various friends and associates.

The Pfetsch mss., circa 1997-1998, consist of papers relating to Helga Pfetsch's translation of Saul Bellow's The Actual into German (Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1998).

The Peters mss., 1844-1967, consist of letters and manuscripts by and about John Addington Symonds, 1840-1893, author, collected by Robert Louis Peters, 1924-2014 of Huntington Beach, California.

The Leiber, F. mss., 1932-1974, consist of the papers of science fiction and short story writer Fritz Leiber, 1910-1992.