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American Literary Manuscripts

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Databases

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections available through ArchivesUSA
A union catalog of collections of manuscripts held in public libraries, archives, historical societies, museums and other institutions in the United States. It is not a catalog of individual manuscripts, but of collections of papers formed about an individual, subject or organization or by an individual, group or institution.

Reference Books

American Literary Manuscripts.
Lockwoow Reference Z6620. U5M6 1977
A finding list of manuscripts including journals, diaries, correspondence, galley and page proofs, documents, audio and video recordings, books with marginalia and memorabilia held in the United States.

American Literary Manuscripts: A Checklist of Holdings in Academic, Historical, and Public Libraries, Museums, and Authors' Homes in the United States .
LOCKWOOD Book Collection Z6620.U5 M6 1977

Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada
LOCKWOOD Book Collection Z6620.U5 R5

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