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Lilly Library

Lilly Library

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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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Lafayette mss., 1572-1939

5 folios (oversize) Collection ID: LMC 2326
The Lafayette mss., 1572-1939, consist of correspondence and papers assembled by banker Walter P. Gardner around the central figure of Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, 1757-1834, general.

Boxer mss. II, 1500-1899

18 Linear Feet (3 boxes, 65 volumes) Collection ID: LMC 2444
The Boxer mss. II, 1500-1938, consists of manuscripts and documents collected by colonial historian Charles Ralph Boxer, 1904-2000.

Spain History mss., 1468-1887

5.6 linear feet (123 items) Collection ID: LMC 1962
The Spain History mss., 1468-1887, consist of correspondence, histories, governmental papers, and literature relating to Spain.

Philippine mss. II, 1594-1908

3 Boxes Collection ID: LMC 1833
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.

Palafox mss., 1639-1658

1 Box (1 standard) Collection ID: LMC 1816
The Palafox mss., 1639-1658, consist of documents and correspondence signed by and related to Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, a major figure of the Mexican Colonial era.

Augustan mss., 1688-1748

1 Box (1 standard) Collection ID: LMC 1040
The Augustan mss., 1688-1748, consists of manuscripts and correspondence collected by Indiana University Professor William T. Morgan, 1922-1945, relating to the Age of Queen Anne.

Pitt/Hollis mss., 1773-1894

1 Volume Collection ID: LMC 2969
The Pitt/Hollis mss., 1773-1894, consist of correspondence between William Pitt the Elder and Thomas Hollis, as well as letters from Lady Hester Pitt to Hollis.

English Legal Documents mss., 1510-1858

4 Boxes (1 standard, 3 custom) Collection ID: LMC 1330
The English legal documents, 1510-1858, consist of mortgages, deeds, indentures, wills, leases, marriage settlements and contracts and powers of attorney.

Individually catalogued manuscripts, 1591-2005

160 Items Collection ID: Various call numbers

English Legal Documents mss. IV, 1200-1898

4 Boxes (1 standard, 3 custom) Collection ID: LMC 1333
English Legal Documents mss. IV, 1200-1898, consist of those manuscripts concerned with English legal matters which have been acquired as individual pieces.

Ege mss. II, 1240-1923

1 Box Collection ID: LMC 2973
The Ege mss. II, 1240-1923, consists of Otto Ege's Original Leaves from Famous Books - Eight Centuries portfolio of leaves collected from books deemed historically significant.

Parker mss., 1264-1871

97 bound Collection ID: LMC 1673
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.

English Legal Documents mss. III, 1279-1668

1 folio Collection ID: LMC 1332
English Legal Documents III, 1279-1668, consist of samples of handwriting from the thirteenth to seventeenth centuries.

Allen mss., 800-1972

150 Items Collection ID: LMC 2454
The Allen mss., 800-1972, consists of manuscript pieces collected by William Edward David Allen, 1901-1973, foreign service officer, businessman, and author, and his own writings about Georgian history.

Ege mss. III, 12th-18th centuries

1 Box Collection ID: LMC 2974
The Ege mss. III, 12th-18th centuries, consists of Otto Ege's Original Oriental Manuscripts porfolio of leaves of non-European origin.

Calverley mss., 1359-1799

2 Boxes (2 standard) Collection ID: LMC 2432
The Calverley mss., 1359-18/19th cent., consist of Arabic manuscripts collected by Edwin Elliott Calverley, 1882-1971, professor of Arabic and Islamic studies, whose notes about the documents are occasionally found inscribed thereon.

Scottish mss., 1500-1707

2 Boxes (2 standard) Collection ID: LMC 2447
The Scottish mss., 1500-1707, consists of materials concerned with the genealogies, history, letters, and writings of Scotland.

Binkley, Raglind mss., 1450-1842

3 Items Collection ID: LMC 2873 (VAE0927) (VAE0927)
The Binkley, Raglind mss., ca. 1450-1842, consist of medieval fragments collected by Thomas and Raglind Binkley.

Spain History mss. II, 1493-1870

4 Boxes (4 standard) Collection ID: LMC 1963
The Spain History mss. II, 1493-1870, consist of legal forms, personal wills, governmental papers, and real estate documents relating to 15th-18th century Spain.

Fernández Nodal mss., 1500-1883

7 Boxes (7 standard) Collection ID: LMC 1359
​The Fernández Nodal mss., 16th cent.-1883, consists of the papers of José Fernández Nodal, a Peruvian scholar born in 1822.

Latin American mss. Mexico, 1502-1925

6 Boxes (6 standard) Collection ID: LMC 1620
The Latin American mss. Mexico, 1502-1925, is an extensive collection covering much of Mexican history in depth.

Latin American mss. Peru, 1535-1929

6716 Items Collection ID: LMC 1627
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.

Latin American mss.--Miscellaneous, 1536-1957, 1992-2006

11 Boxes Collection ID: LMC 1623
The Latin American mss.--Miscellaneous 1536-1957 consists of miscellaneous documents from various Latin American countries, compiled from the other Latin American mss., including correspondence, goverment documents, literature, photographs, and other documents.

Baltic mss., 1539-1710

4 bound Collection ID: LMC 1050
The Baltic mss., 1539-1710, consists primarily of Russian and Slavic legal documents.

Latin American mss. --Ecuador, 1546-1866

7 folios (oversize) Collection ID: LMC 1617
The Latin American mss. --Ecuador, 1546-1866, consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety of sources, relating to Ecuador. Additions continue to be made.

Muir mss. II, 1892-1981

11 Boxes Collection ID: LMC 2286
Consists of the correspondence and business papers of Elkin Mathews, firm, booksellers, as well as manuscripts and personal papers of Percival Horace Muir, 1894–1979, bookseller and author.

Latin American mss. --Chile, 1548-1890

3 folios (oversize) Collection ID: LMC 1610
The Latin American mss. --Chile, 1548-1890, consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety of sources, relating to Chile. Additions continue to be made.

German Legal Documents mss., 1549-1660

1 folio (oversize) Collection ID: LMC 1429
The German legal documents are those legal documents in the German language which have been acquired as individual pieces.

Jay mss. II, 1940-2018

73 linear feet Collection ID: LMC 2991
The Jay mss. II, 1940s-2018, consist of the correspondence, research files, and manuscripts of magician Ricky Jay (1946-2018).

Latin American mss. --Colombia, 1558-1890

305 Items Collection ID: LMC 1611
The Latin American mss. --Colombia, 1558-1890, consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety of sources, relating to Colombia. Additions continue to be made.

The Breon Mitchell Collection of Bilingual Dictionaries, 1559-1998

80 Boxes Collection ID: Z7004.D5B7
Consists of a collection formed by Professor Breon Mitchell of first and early editions of bi–lingual dictionaries of languages throughout the world, including the languages of Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific Rim.

Latin American mss. --Mexico II, 1560-1940

7 folios Collection ID: LMC 1621
The Latin American mss. --Mexico II, 1560-1940, consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety of sources, complementing the materials in the Latin American mss. Mexico collection. Additions continue to be made.

Latin American mss. Mexico III, 1563-1855

36 Items Collection ID: LMC 1622 (VAD8170) (VAD8170)
The Latin American mss. Mexico III, 1563-1855, consist of historical documents relating mainly to Mexico's colonial period.

Latin American mss.--Mexico III, 1563-1855

1 Box (1 standard) Collection ID: LMC 1622
The Latin American mss. Mexico III, 1563-1855, consist of historical documents relating mainly to Mexico's colonial period.

Parodies : a collection of several hundred ridiculous rhymes in imitation of known authors and their works, [ca. 1850-1950]

476 Items Collection ID: PN6110 .P3
This is a collection of several hundred ridiculous rhymes in imitation of known authors and their works. It includes parodies of Thomas Moore, Rudyard Kipling, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred Tennyson and William Shakespeare, among others.

Mutis Daza mss., 1568-1936

2 folios (oversize) Collection ID: LMC 1782
The Mutis Daza mss., 1568-1936, except for a small portion, were assembled by Eduardo Posada, 1862- , historian and bibliographer, for Camilo Mutis Daza. Included are a number of outstanding items on Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela during the wars of independence.

Latin American mss.--Guatemala Music, 1570-1635

15 Items Collection ID: LMC 1619 (VAD6654) (VAD6654)
The Latin American mss. Guatemala music manuscripts, late 16th-early 17th centuries (ca. 1570-1635), consists of 13 bound volumes and two fragments.

Latin American mss. --Guatemala, 1578-1823

1 folio (oversize) Collection ID: LMC 1619
The Latin American mss. --Guatemala, 1578-1823, consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety of sources, relating to Guatemala. Additions continue to be made.

Latin American mss. --Panama, 1578-1905

1 folio Collection ID: LMC 1625
The Latin American mss. --Panama, 1578-1905, consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety of sources, relating to Panama. Additions continue to be made.

Bertendona mss., 1581-1667

1 Box (1 standard) Collection ID: LMC 1079
The Bertendona mss., 1581-1667, consists of the papers of Spanish Armada admiral Martín de Bertendona, 1530?-1604.

Latin American mss. --Venezuela, 1581-1880

2 folios (oversize) Collection ID: LMC 1632
The Latin American mss. --Venezuela, 1581-1880, consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety of sources, relating to Venezuela. Additions continue to be made.

Portugal History mss., 1583-1789

8 bound Collection ID: LMC 1877

Philippine mss., 1750-1968

0.4 linear feet (1 box, 1 bound) Collection ID: LMC 1832
The Philippine mss. consist of original documents and transcripts relating to the Philippine Islands and the Spanish Roman Catholic missions in East Asia.

Yanez mss., 1597-1831

2 Boxes (2 standard) Collection ID: LMC 2456
The Yanez mss. collection consists of historical documents pertaining to Colonial Ecuador.

History of the Written Word: Pages from the Past, 2400 BCE-1920 CE

1 linear foot (4 volumes) Collection ID: Z4 .H58
The History of the Written Word: Pages from the Past, 2400 BCE-1920 CE, consist of a collection of original leaves from rare books and manuscripts in limited portfolio sets.

Miscellaneous mss., 2100 BCE-1992

12 boxes 61 bound Collection ID: LMC 1754
The Miscellaneous mss., 2100 BCE-1970, consist of individual items acquired individually either as a gift or purchased from a variety of sources.

Latin American mss., Peru III, 1602-1753

1 Box (1 standard) Collection ID: LMC 2769
The Latin American mss., Peru III, 1602-1753 consists of several documents that trace the historical, economic and social development of what is presently known as Peru, with lesser coverage of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Ecuador.

Aristotle mss., 1603-1704

4 Boxes Collection ID: LMC 1034
The Aristotle mss., 1603-1704, consists of commentaries on the works of Aristotle. At least half of the volumes concentrate on logic, but other subjects are covered as well, including physics and general philosophy.

Latin American mss.--Nicaragua, 1603-1857

1 folio Collection ID: LMC 1624
The Latin American mss. Nicaragua, 1603-1857, consist primarily of items concerning Nicaragua's independence from Spain and its short-lived federation with Mexico.

German mss., 16th century-2004

6 bound Collection ID: LMC 1760
The German mss., ca. 16th century-2004, consist of individually acquired letters, documents, and historical and literary manuscripts written in German, relating to the history, culture, and life of Germany.