Finding Aids
Some the Special Collections in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division are best organized through Encoded Archival Description or commonly called finding aids.
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A
- American communist, socialist, and anarchist literature of the late 19th and 20th centuries.
- Autographs of European notables. 1422-1879.
B
- Batchelder, John Davis, 1872-1958. John Davis Batchelder ephemera and special collections, 2200 BCE-1948.
- Boazio, Baptista. Map and views illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage, 1585-6. 1589.
- Bruce Rogers materials, 1200-1957.
E
- Early American Paper Money Collection, 1746-1865.
- Ellison, Ralph. Ralph Ellison papers.
- Ellison, Ralph. Ralph Ellison personal library and ephemera, 1937-2010.
G
H
- Hamady collection.
- Hamady, Walter Samuel Haatoum, 1940-2019. Walter Hamady and The Perishable Press collection, 1895-2019.
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935. Manuscript holdings from the Library of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. : ca. 1450-1935.
J
- Janus Press archive.
- Jay I. Kislak Collection, 2000 BCE-2007 CE.
- Jay I. Kislak collection of the archaeology and history of the early Americas.
- John Davis Batchelder ephemera and special collections, 2200 BCE-1948.
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L
M
- M & S Collection of American radical extremist literature of the 20th century, 1934-1981.
- Magic miscellanea, 1845-1955.
- Mamoulian, Rouben. Rouben Mamoulian papers.
- Manuscript holdings from the Library of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. : ca. 1450-1935.
- Manuscript Plays Collection, Library of Congress Copyright Office drama deposits, 1863-1973.
- McManus-Young clipping collection of materials on magic, 1870-1955.
N
- Nazi party and other early 20th century German history related posters.
- NSDAP posters from the "Kampfzeit".
O
P
- Paul Avrich anarchism collection, 1890-2006.
- Perishable Press collection.
- Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957. Pforzheimer collection of Bruce Rogers materials, 1200-1957.
- Pforzheimer collection of Bruce Rogers materials, 1200-1957.
- Post-World War II posters from Germany, 1945-1947.
- Posters of the German Military Government in the Generalgouvernement Warschau (German occupied Poland) from World War I, 1915-1916.
- Printers' and publishers' marks.
R
- Radical pamphlet collection, 1870-1985.
- Ralph Ellison personal library and ephemera, 1937-2010.
- Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957. Pforzheimer collection of Bruce Rogers materials, 1200-1957.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Theodore Roosevelt Hunting Library, 1566-1926.
- Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius), 1891-1979. Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection archive, 1913-2005.
S
- Schöner, Johann, 1477-1547. Schöner Sammelband. 1516?.
- Scrap books compiled by Thompson and Chesson.
- Scrapbooks compiled by Thompson and Chesson.
- Serials and miscellaneous publications of the underground movements in Europe during World War II, 1936-1945.
- Sylvester and Orphanos Archive collection.
T
- Thacher, John Boyd, 1847-1909. Autographs of European notables. 1422-1879.
- Theater programs, playbills and miscellany from the Rouben Mamoulian Collection, 1942-1982.
- Theodore Roosevelt Hunting Library, 1566-1926.
- Thompson-Chesson scrapbooks.
U
V
- Van Vliet, Claire. Janus Press archive.
- Van Vliet, Claire. King Lear archive.
- Victor Hammer collection.
- Vollbehr collection of printers' and publishers' marks.
- Vollbehr, Otto H. F. (Otto Heinrich Friederich), 1869-1946. Otto H.F. Vollbehr collection of printers' and publishers' marks.