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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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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).

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. --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.--Argentina, 1612-1944

3 Boxes (3 standard) Collection ID: LMC 1605
The Latin American mss. Argentina, 1612-1944, consist of material principally about the independence period of Argentina for the years 1806-1823.

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. 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.

Art mss., 1740-1993

19.3 Linear Feet (5 boxes, 31 volumes, 81 folios) Collection ID: LMC 2443
The Art mss., 1740-1993, consists of drawings, sketches, etchings, illustrations, and other works of art acquired individually from various artists.

U.S. History mss., 1612-1977

17.2 linear feet (551 items) Collection ID: LMC 2029
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.

Lincoln mss., 1798-1959

490 Items Collection ID: LMC 1664
The Lincoln mss., ca. 1798-1959, consist of letters, documents, and facsimile copies of documents by and about Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, his ancestors, immediate family, members of his cabinet, and other persons closely connected with him.

Yanez mss., 1597-1831

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 collection consists of historical documents pertaining to Colonial Ecuador.

Jonathan Krause Rare Newspaper and Magazine Collection, 1648-1881

1000 items(ca.) Collection ID: E302.1 .J76
The Jonathan Krause Rare Newspaper and Magazine Collection consists of approximately 900 original issues of historical newspapers and magazines, with a focus on late 18th- and early 19th-century American publications.

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.

Indiana History mss., 1725-1973

108.9 Linear Feet (14 boxes, 57 volumes, 40 oversize) Collection ID: LMC 1544
The Indiana History mss., 1725-1973, consists of individual items related to the history of the state of Indiana, acquired separately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety of sources.

Music mss., 1755-1974

3 Linear Feet (1 box, 7 bound, 1 folio) Collection ID: LMC 1781
The Music mss., 1755-1974, consist of various items related to music acquired by gift or purchase at various times.

American Literature mss., 1789-2000

7 Linear Feet (4 boxes, 76 volumes, 9 folios) Collection ID: LMC 1016
The American literature mss., 1789-2000, consists of an ongoing collection of individual items related to American literature.

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.

Woodward, S.C. mss., 1767-1961

1 folio (oversize) Collection ID: LMC 2207
The Woodward, S.C. mss., 1767-1961, consist of correspondence, autographs and pictures of actors, actresses, managers, dramatists, musicians, and other persons connected with the theatre from the collection of Sidney C. Woodward, journalist.

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.

Woodburn mss., 1795-1942

3 Boxes (3 standard) Collection ID: LMC 2092
The Woodburn mss., 1795-1942, consist of letters and papers of four generations of the Woodburn family, James Woodburn, 1748-1812, farmer; Dorrance Beatty Woodburn, 1786- 1856, farmer and teacher; James Woodburn, 1817-1865, teacher; and James Albert Woodburn, 1856-1943, historian.

Williams, Jonathan mss., 1738-1869

7203 Items Collection ID: LMC 2441
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.

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.

Scrimgeour mss., 1968-1981

5 Boxes Collection ID: LMC 2116
The Scrimgeour mss., 1968-1981, consists of the correspondence and manuscripts of author Gary James Scrimgeour, 1934-2011, primarily relating to the writing and publication of his first novel, A Woman of Her Times (1982).

Williams, W. mss., 1788-1857

1 Box (1 standard) Collection ID: LMC 2078
The Williams, W. mss., 1788-1857, consist of the letters and The Journal of Penrose, Seaman by William Williams, 1727-1791, painter and novelist.

Williams, Samuel mss., 1796-1919

6 Boxes (6 standard) Collection ID: LMC 2081
The Williams, Samuel mss., 1796-1919, consist of letters and papers of Samuel Williams, 1786-1859, and his son, Samuel Wesley Williams, 1827-1928.

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.

Ireland mss., 1777-1835

1 Box (1 custom) Collection ID: LMC 1542
The Ireland mss., 1777-1835, consists of the papers of forger William Henry Ireland, 1777-1835.

English Legal Documents mss. II, 1621-1699

1 Box (custom) Collection ID: LMC 1331
The English Legal Documents mss. II, 1621-1699, consist of seven documents concerning a shop and adjacent property on Holborn Hill near Holborn Bridge.

Wilkins mss., 1797-1801

1 folio Collection ID: LMC 2144
The Wilkins mss., 1797-1801, consist of official receipts to John Wilkins, 1761-1816, Quartermaster general of the U.S. Army, 1796-1812.

Wigglesworth mss., 1656-1762

1 folio Collection ID: LMC 2074
The Wigglesworth mss., 1656-1762, consist of the letters and autobiography of Michael Wigglesworth, 1631-1705, clergyman.

Piercy mss., 1911-1942

2 Boxes (2 standard) Collection ID: LMC 1835
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.

Bingham, W. mss., 1752-1891

9 Linear Feet (5 boxes, 1 oversize) Collection ID: LMC 2442
The Bingham, W. mss., 1752-1891, consist of the correspondence, writings, personal and business papers of American statesman William Bingham, 1752-1804.

Gilder mss., 1781-1984

23000 items(ca.) (37 boxes) Collection ID: LMC 2345
The Gilder mss., 1781-1984 consists of correspondence and papers of poet, editor Richard Watson Gilder and his wife, the artist Helena de Kay Gilder, and their family.

English literature mss., 1630-1993

906 Items Collection ID: LMC 1334
Consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety of sources, relating to English literature. Additions continue to be made.

Wensinger, Arthur S. mss., ca. 1798-2007

7 Boxes Collection ID: LMC 2877
The Wensinger, Arthur S. mss., 1798-2007, consists of the papers of translator and academic Arthur S. Wensinger, 1926- .

Indiana Sesquicentennial mss., 1786-1967

4 Boxes Collection ID: LMC 1618
The Indiana Sesquicentennial mss., 1786-1967, consists of photocopies or microfilm copies of manuscripts collected throughout Indiana relating to the state's 150 years of historical development.

Warwick mss., 1680-1683

1 Box (1 standard) Collection ID: LMC 2129
The Warwick mss., 1680-1683, consists of a letter book of writer and politician Sir Philip Warwick, 1609-1683.

War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879

12 Boxes (12 standard) Collection ID: LMC 2439
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.

Walpole mss., 1715-1781

1 Box (1 standard) Collection ID: LMC 2054
The Walpole mss., 1715-1781, consists of the correspondence of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, 1678-1757, to his brother-in-law, Charles Townshend, 2nd viscount Townshend, 1674-1738.

Vorontsov mss., 1764-1814

1 Box (1 standard) Collection ID: LMC 2041
The Vorontsov mss., 1764-1814, consists of the correspondence of several members of the Vorontsov family to their bankers in London.

Cookery mss., circa 1660-circa 1918

61 Items Collection ID: LMC 2435
The Cookery mss., circa 1660–circa 1918, consists of bound and individual writings, often on the topic of cookery, of persons involved with cooking by practice or trade.

French Literature mss., ca. 1750-1977

6 folios Collection ID: LMC 1391
Consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift or purchased from a variety of sources, relating to or by French literary figures. Additions continue to be made.

Chesterfield mss., 1740-1777

2 Boxes Collection ID: LMC 1184
The Chesterfield mss., 1740-1777, consists of letters and papers of Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield, 1694-1773, statesman, and his godson, Philip Stanhope, 5th earl of Chesterfield, 1755-1815, master of the horse.

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.

Portugal History mss., 1583-1789

8 bound Collection ID: LMC 1877

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.

Scientific Articles Collected by Ian Fleming, 1772-1919

132 Items Collection ID: PR6056 .L4
The collection consists of significant periodical articles collected by Ian Fleming, removed from the periodical issues, and separately cased.
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Vernon mss., 1737-1740

1 bound Collection ID: LMC 2038
The Vernon mss., 1737-1740, consists of contemporary copies and extracts of the correspondence between Admiral Edward Vernon, 1684-1757, and the Great Britain Navy Board.

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.

U.S. Secretaries of Treasury mss., 1750-1961

1 folio (oversize) Collection ID: LMC 2027
The U.S. Secretaries of Treasury mss., 1750-1961, consist of letters, documents, and autographs of secretaries of the treasury, government officials, and other prominent people collected by Walter N. Eastburn, 179 South Harrison Street, East Orange, New Jersey.

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.