Manuscript Collections Sorted by Type

Modern manuscripts are defined as archival materials dating from the year 1600 and comprise an estimated 10,000 linear feet, including about 250 oral histories. The lists were generated from queries to a MS Access shelflist database.

For manuscript collections with finding aids, full text HTML versions of EAD (Encoded Archival Description) encoded finding aids are available. Future projects include the addition of a searchable database of finding aids.

Each list is searchable, to some extent, by using your computer's "Find" function ("Ctrl F" for Windows; "Apple key F" for Macintosh).

For more detailed information about manuscript materials without finding aids, consult the NLM on-line catalog LocatorPlus, or the in-house collection guides.

All Manuscript Collections

Consists of typical archival materials including personal papers, organizational and institutional records or artificial collections. HTML versions of EAD (Encoded Archival Description) encoded finding aids to selected collections are also available here.

Alphabetical List of Finding Aids

NLM Archives

Oral History Collections Sorted By Call Number

Consists of Oral history tapes and transcripts.

New Accessions

Consists of unprocessed collections of all types and newer accessions which have not received call numbers. These materials often do not have information in the NLM on-line catalog or have restrictions regarding their retrieval and use. Please consult the HMD Reference Staff for information regarding these collctions.

Last updated: 11 August 2004
First published: 01 January 2001
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