Manuscripts
Online Finding Aids
The following manuscript collections have contents lists or collection
guides online.
The Society holds over 1,400 mansucript collections, most of which
have been cataloged online. For a more
complete
listing of these holdings, search
the online catalog.
| Filing Name |
Collection |
Finding Aid |
| Abbot |
Ephraim Abbot, Papers,
1801-1904 |
contents
list |
| Account |
Account Books
(Unidentified)
Collection,
1703-1836 |
contents
list |
| Adams, A. |
Abigail Adams, Letters,
1784-1816 |
contents
list |
| Adams Family |
Adams Family, Letters,
1673-1954
|
contents
list |
| Allen Family |
Allen Family, Collection,
1718-1838
|
contents
list |
| Allen-Johnson
Family |
Allen-Johnson Family, Papers,
1759-1992
|
contents
list |
| Apostles Club |
Apostles Club (Worcester,
Mass.),
Records,
1890-1931 |
contents
list |
| Atwater |
Caleb Atwater, Letters and
Drawings,
1818-1835
|
contents
list |
| Austin |
Samuel Austin, Papers,
1787-1825
|
contents
list |
| Bush |
John Bush, Papers, 1809-1848 |
contents
list |
| Case Brothers |
Case Brothers, Papers,
1863-1899
|
contents
list |
| Chapin |
Henry Chapin, Papers, 1839-1880
|
contents
list |
| Charlton |
Charlton (Mass.), Records,
1738-1869
|
contents
list |
| Coffin |
Edward Francis Coffin, Correspondence, 1912-1915
|
contents
list |
| Cook |
Ichabod Cook, Diary, 1827-1848
|
contents
list |
| Cooper |
Guide to the Papers of James
Fenimore Cooper,
1792-1884 |
collection
guide |
| Craggin and Andrews |
Craggin and Andrews, Account Book,
1820-1827
|
contents
list |
| Craigie |
Andrew Cragie, Papers,
1717-1834
|
contents list |
| DeWolf |
DeWolf-Lawrence Family,
Correspondence, 1912-1915
|
contents
list |
| Diaries |
Diaries (Unidentified)
Collection,
1760-1855
|
contents
list |
| First Church
|
First Church (Worcester, Mass.),
Records, 1724-1920 |
contents
list |
| Indentures |
Indentures Collection, 1666;
1750-1850 |
contents
list |
| Louisiana |
Louisiana Papers, 1779-1937
|
contents
list |
| M'Carty |
M'Carty & Davis, Papers, 1816-1842
|
contents
list |
| Poetry |
Poetry Collection
|
contents
list |
| Remy |
Henri Re´my, Papers,
1837-1840; 1861
|
contents
list |
| Sibley |
Lucretia Carter Sibley,
Correspondence,
1841-1876 |
contents
list |
| Salisbury |
Salisbury Family, Papers, 1674-1916
|
contents
list |
| Shays' Rebellion |
Shays' Rebellion
Collection,
1786-1787 |
contents list |
| Slavery |
Slavery in the United States
Collection,
1703 - 1905 |
contents
list |
| Washington |
George Washington (1732-1799),
Papers, 1754-1958
|
contents
list |
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Collection descriptions for every processed manuscript collection are
filed in binders in the AAS reading room. They often contain useful
information that goes beyond the descriptions provided in the online
catalog or the printed catalog, and therefore it is essential that readers
wishing to use manuscripts consult the collection descriptions before
requesting collections. The descriptions contain the following
information: collection name, size, location, finding aids, source,
biographical information, and content description. If a collection is
available on microfilm, that information is stamped on the collection
description. Large collections have longer collection descriptions, which
often include contents lists.
Contents lists itemize collections at the
box, folder, or volume level, providing more specific access to the
information contained within collections. Handwritten card indexes to the
correspondence in several collections not item-cataloged are available in
the manuscripts department. When these exist, they are mentioned in the
collection descriptions.
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