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The Ricketts mss. III, 1856-1979, consist of the papers and correspondence of Coella Lindsay Ricketts, 1859-1941, calligrapher and illuminator, and of the work of The Scriptorium operated by Ricketts in Chicago.

The Piercy mss., 1911-1942 (mainly 1925-1929), are letters from English and American authors to Josephine Ketcham Piercy, 1895- , teacher of English at the University of Illinois and Indiana University.

The Elliott mss., 1926-1948, consists of papers of Richard Nash Elliott, 1873-1948, congressman from Indiana.

The Piercy, J.W. mss., 1889-1940, consist of letters and papers of Joseph William Piercy, 1866-1943, writer and professor of journalism, and his family.

The Rappite mss., 1810-1939, consist of correspondence, music books, and other papers of the Harmony Society founded by George Rapp, 1757-1847.

The Kafader mss., 1855-1916, consists of the papers of Engelbert Kafader, 1836-1917.

The Lane, H.S. mss. II, 1858-1871, consist of letters and documents from various people to Indiana politician and U.S. Senator Henry Smith Lane, 1811-1881.

The Koul mss., 1947-1953, consist of letters of Upton Beall Sinclair, 1878-1968, novelist, to Braj Kishan Koul of Agra, India, translator.

The Kus-Nikolajev mss., 1932-1957, are letters from Upton Beall Sinclair, 1878-1968, novelist, to Mirko Kus-Nikolajev, 1896-?, physician of Zagreb, Yugoslavia.

The Korbly mss., 1910-1921, are letters to Charles Alexander Korbly, 1871-1937, congressman from Indiana, 1909-1915, and member of the House committee on banking and currency, 1911-1915.

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 War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879, consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift or purchase from a variety of sources, relating to the War of 1812.

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 Fernández Nodal mss., 16th cent.-1883, consists of the papers of José Fernández Nodal, a Peruvian scholar born in 1822.

​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.

The Leave Her to Heaven mss., 1944, consist of a letter, memos, and notes concerning script ideas and changes, as well as a script continuity for the motion picture Leave Her to Heaven.

The Lawrence, F. mss., 1934-1935, consist of correspondence and agreements concerning a play titled Daughter-in-Law by David Herbert Lawrence.

The Layman mss., 1949-1952, consist of documents and notes by or relating to American author John Dos Passos, 1896-1970.

The Merrill family mss., ca. 1851-1927, consist of correspondence, diaries, photographs, and writings of various members of the George Merrill family of New York. Present are papers of George Merrill, 1832-1888, his wife Emma Fitzrandolph (Laing) Merrill, their sons William Laing Merrill and George Grenville Merrill, and George's wife Pauline (Dresser) Merrill.

The Meigs mss., 1794–1831, cpnsists of letters and papers of Return Jonathan Meigs, 1764–1825, governor of Ohio, United States senator, and postmaster general during the administrations of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe.

The Men of Mark mss., 1905-1906, consist of biographical questionnaires filled out by the subjects or their representatives at the request of James Albert Woodburn, 1856-1943, professor of history, Indiana University, for a proposed biographical dictionary, Men of Mark in Indiana.

The Merrymount Press mss., circa 1904-1941, consist of in-house press printing order files relating to the production of Christmas cards, bookplates, and advertising ephemera.

The Griffith mss., 1831-1881, consists of the papers of physician Thomas Jefferson Griffith, 1837-1924, and his wife, physician Martha Hutchings Griffith, 1842-1923.

The Forwalter mss., 1642-1939, are historical documents collected by Dorothy J. Forwalter.

The Foster mss., 1943-1944, consist of correspondence, papers, and documents of Maxwell Evarts Foster, 1901-1983, relating to his work as director of research for Wendell Willkie in planning for Willkie's campaign for the Republican party nomination in 1944.

Four Men and a Prayer mss., 1928, consist of materials relating to the film of that title, directed by John Ford and released in 1938.

The Foreign film mss., 1939-1962, consists of movie stills from 23 foreign films.

The Forman mss., 1885-1887, are those cards and letters sent to Harry Buxton Forman, 1842-1917, editor, who at this time lived at 46 Marborough Hill, St. John's Wood, London. Written by Ford Madox Brown, 1821-1893, painter, and John Pollard Seddon, 1827-1906, art critic.

The Engel mss., 1862-1941, consists of letters to Harry Engel, 1901-1970, artist and professor dealing primarily with the murals in the Indiana University Auditorium, 1933-1941.

The Forster mss., 1920-1935, consists of correspondence of Edward Morgan Forster, 1879-1970, novelist, with authors, editors, and publishers about his publications and literary figures.

Form mss., 1915-1920, consist of drawings, etchings, and one letter related to the periodical Form: a quarterly of the Arts, edited by Austin O. Spare and Francis Marsden, published in London by John Lane (April, 1916) and Form: a monthly magazine of the Arts, edited by Austin O. Spare and W. H. Davies, published by The Morland Press, London (Oct.- Dec., 1921).

The Indiana Cotton Mills mss., 1850-1947, consists of the papers of the Indiana Cotton Mills, Inc., Cannelton, Indiana. These mills were chartered by the Indiana State Legislature in 1848 under the name Cannelton Cotton Mill. Among the incorporators were such prominent men as Salmon Portland Chase, Charles Tillinghast James, Elisha Mills Huntington, and Hamilton Smith.

The Indianapolis Switch and Frog Company mss., 1892-1940, consists of the correspondence and records of that company.

The Hutchinson mss., 1891-1900, consists of those cards and letters written to Thomas Hutchinson, 1856-1938, book collector, from various authors and removed from volumes formerly owned by Hutchinson.

The Housman mss. II, 1913-1943, consist of correspondence of Alfred Edward Housman, 1859-1936, poet, 1913-1936; and of publisher Grant Richards and classicist G.B.A. Fletcher, 1939-1943.

The Houser mss., 1855-1863, consists of Civil War-era letters of the family of Jacob Hauser, 1793-1863.

The Gathorne-Hardy, J., mss., 1705-2017, consist of the correspondence, family materials, journals, and manuscripts of writer Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy, 1933-2019.

The Gay mss., 1924-1976, consist of the correspondence of Kenneth Charles Gay, 1912- , librarian, with Robert Graves, 1895-1985, author.

The Gellert mss., 1927-1978, consist of the correspondence and writings of Lawrence Gellert, 1898-1979, composer and author of Negro Songs of Protest.

The English Legal Documents mss. II, 1621-1699, consist of seven documents concerning a shop and adjacent property on Holborn Hill near Holborn Bridge.

The Gay mss. II, 1945-1977, consist of letters written to Kenneth Charles Gay, 1912-1995, librarian and curator of the Poetry Collection at SUNY Buffalo until his retirement in 1978.

The Richards mss., 1904-1922, consist of letters to London publisher Grant Richards, 1872-1948, or to his secretary, Miss P. Hemmerde.

​The Eeden mss. consists of two reels, 1908-1913 and 1914-1918, of negative microfilm of letters and postcards of Upton Beall Sinclair, 1878-1968, novelist, to Frederik Willem van Eeden, 1860-1932, poet and dramatist, from the originals in the Frederik van Eeden-Genootschap at the University of Amsterdam in Amsterdam, Holland.

The Lilly Library Readers Services Dept. mss., ca. 1950- 1978, consist of the correspondence and office files of that Department and of Geneva Warner, 1919- , Special Collections librarian, later Head of Readers Services. Several of the files date from the Indiana University Library's Special Collections era, prior to the existence of the Lilly Library. In Spring 1978, the Readers Services Department was merged with Technical services to form a single Book Department. Geneva Warner retired July 1, 1978, at which time this material was sorted and transferred to the Public Services Department for retention as part of the Lilly Library Archives.

The Meyer mss., 1938-1988, consist of the papers of war correspondent and short story writer Robert Louis Meyer, 1918-1989.

The Methuen mss., 1892-1944, are the stock ledgers of the publishing records of Methuen & Co., publishers, London.

The Messing mss., 1864-1917, consist of letters, documents, and memorabilia relating to the military career of Captain Henry J. Messing, 1844-?, to the 179th Regiment, Co. G, New York Volunteer Infantry with which he served, and to his participation in the encampments of the Grand Army of the Republic.

​The Fischer mss., ca. 1888-1975, consists of the correspondence and manuscripts from the files of German publisher Samuel Fischer, 1859-1934.

​The Filbeck mss., 1861-1920, consists of letters and papers of Nicholas Filbeck, 1843-1915, hotelkeeper of Terre Haute, Indiana, and of his estate.

The Fess mss. consists of nineteen black and white undated photographs of paintings by artist Theodore Clement Steele, 1847-1926, and one of his studio in Brown County, Indiana. The photographs were made by Frank Michael Hohenberger, 1876-1963, also of Brown County, Indiana.

English Legal Documents III, 1279-1668, consist of samples of handwriting from the thirteenth to seventeenth centuries.

The Gilbert mss. II, 1931-1954, consists primarily of the correspondence between Carroll Atwood Wilson, 1886-1947, lawyer and collector of Gilbert and Sullivan materials, and Townley Searle, Gilbert bibliographer of London, England, concerning the sale and collecting of items relating to Gilbert and Sullivan operas.

The Gilmour mss., 1957-1971, consists of correspondence of John Scott Lennox Gilmour, 1906-1986, director of the University Botanic Garden, Cambridge [England] and president of the Cambridge Humanists.