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Manuscript Collections

Augmenting the University's official records are manuscript collections. These include personal papers, records by other organizations, and a handful of subject-area collections that either help document the history of the university or support its research and educational mission. Collection titles that appear as links connect users to finding aids available through the Tufts Digital Library search engine. Collections that are not linked do not have finding aids. Please contact the DCA for more information about these collections.

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• Personal Papers

• Organizational Records

• Subject Collections

Personal Papers

• Anderson, Nancy W., papers, 1970-1997 (MS112)
• Anderson, T. J., papers, 1955-1997 (MS006)
• Bacon, Preston George, papers, 1930-1939 (MS047)
• Bedau, Hugo, papers, 1973-1987 (MS027)
• Ballou family, papers, 1801-1915 (MS037)
• Barney, Charles Neal, papers, ca. 1900 (MS097)
• Barnum, Phineas Taylor, papers, 1818-1993 (MS002)
• Ruhl Bartlett, papers, 1890-1975 (MS042)
• Bentley, William, papers, ca. 1783-1819 (MS009)
• Binner, Beatrice, papers, 1956-1967 (MS026)
• Blake, E. W., papers, 1900-1945 (MS063)
• Bliss, Edward, papers, 1938-1961 (MS125)
• Bolles, Edwin C., papers, ca. 1768-1921 (MS004) (Click here to go to the website for this collection)
• Bowen, Eugene B. and Charles Plimpton Stevens, papers, 1870-1877 (MS030)
• Brooks, W.G., papers, ca. 1925 (MS092)
• Brosius, Otto, papers, 1911-1912 (MS032)
• Bullard, F.F., papers, 1920-1940 (MS014)
• Carpenter, Russell, papers, 1878-2001 (MS041)
• Coerne, L. A., papers, 1900-1945 (MS065)
• Cormack, Allan, papers, 1909-1997 (MS018)
• Cabot, John Moors, papers,1929-1980 (MS110)
• Cohen, Jonathan, papers, 1960 (MS111)
• Crowe, Philip K., papers, 1950-1975 (MS109)
• Crowell, G.E., papers, 1924-1928 (MS045)
• Cutting, Ralph C. Jr., photographs, ca 1950-1960 (MS113)
• Davidson, Gustav, papers, 1800-1964 (MS038)
• Davis, Henry L., papers, 1914-1984 (MS051)
• Dennison, E. B., papers, 1938-1947 (MS073)
• Dolbear, Amos E., papers, 1877-1910 (MS016)
• Drury, Virginia, papers, 1919-1930 (MS033)
• Eyges, Doris Holmes, papers, 1957-2000 (MS079)
• Farnsworth, Frederick T., papers, 1866-1926 (MS116)
• Fletcher, Austin Barclay, papers, 1910-1923 (MS121)
• Fowle, Frank E., papers, 1855-1980 (MS089)
• Fuller, Lena, papers, 1909-1912 (MS106)
• Gilder, J. F., papers, 1900-1945 (MS062)
• Givler, Robert C., papers, 1918-1952 (MS048)
• Gioler, R.C., papers, 1900-1945 (MS059)
• Goiran, Henri, papers, 1827-1952 (MS049)
• Gowing Fred, papers, 1881-1921 (MS098)
• Gray, Bernard Elbert, papers, 1927-1983 (MS020)
• Green, Martin, papers, 1960-2000 (MS085)
• Hairston, Jester, papers, 1903-1975 (MS040)
• Hart, Tom, photographs, 1966-1983 (MS093)
• Haverly, Raymond, papers, ca 1906-1960 (MS119)
• Hayes, Elliot W., papers, 1890-1910 (MS017)
• Hemenway, Russel G., papers, ca. 1910 (MS107)
• Henning, Roslyn Brogue, papers, ca. 1950-1960 (MS077)
• Hersey, William, papers, 1931-1895 (MS039)
• Holmes, John A., papers, 1813-1976 (MS007) (Click here to go to the website for this collection)
• Huhn, Bruno, papers, 1900-1945 (MS064)
• Ingalls, Jeremy, papers, ca. 1960 (MS052)
• Ingalls, Nowell, papers, 1898-1902 (MS072)
• Johnson, W. A., papers, 1900-1945 (MS071)
• Klema, Ernest, papers, 1950-1963 (MS044)
• Knowler, E. A., papers, 1900-1945 (MS061)
• Lamont, R. R., papers, 1920-40 (MS015)
• Lane, Alfred Church, papers (MS127)
• Lewis, Leo R., papers, 1900-1940 (MS012)
• Lewis, P. B., papers, 1920-1940 (MS022)
• Lincoln, David, papers, 1930-1980 (MS035)
• Locke, David, papers, 1988-2000 (MS122)
• Loomis, S., papers, 1910-1920 (MS069)
• MacJannet, Donald and Charlotte, papers, 1825-1999 (MS024) (Click here to go to the website for this collection)
• Masse, Frederick Grimes, papers, 1890-1975 (MS043)
• Merrell, M. H., papers, 1890-1900 (MS068)
• Miller, Russel E., papers, 1853-1986 (MS117)
• Moore, Willis A., papers, 1900-1945 (MS058)
• Morickton, Lionel, papers, 1900-1945 (MS066)
• Morton, J. W., papers, 1900-1945 (MS060)
• Moustakis, Constantine C. and Christy C., papers, 1909-1998 (MS082)
• Munro, Melville S., papers, 1908-1945 (MS036)
• Murrow, Edward R., papers, 1927-1965 (MS025)
• Nelson, Fred T., papers, 1887-1890 (MS103)
• Odell, Ruth, papers, 1936-1990 (MS028)
• Packard Sylvanus family papers, 1824-1904 (MS021)
• Palmer Jr., Edwin J., papers, 1934-1938 (MS034)
• Pearson Family papers, ca. 1900 (MS105)
• Persico, Joseph E., papers, 1983-1985 (MS 126)
• Porter, Henry Y., papers, 1760-1984 (MS003)
• Richthofen, Else von, papers, 1898-1985 (MS008)
• Ritter, Frederick Louis music collection, 1700-1920 (MS096)
• Robbins, Robert, papers, 1958-1965 (MS046)
• Rollin Shipman, William, papers, 1860-1875 (MS086)
• Rollins, Edwin B., papers, 1860-1976 (MS054)
• Root, Waverly, papers, 1946-1982 (MS081)
• Row, Arthur W., papers, 1893-1938 (MS090)
• Shapard Bruns, Roberta, papers, ca 1948-1952 (MS114)
• Shipman, William Rollin, papers, 1860-1875 (MS086)
• Shira, Robert D., papers, 1941-1981 (MS087)
• Simches, Seymour O., 1300 (MS101)
• Small, Rose, poetry collection, 1970-1980 (MS056)
• Shepard, Sumner Ware, papers, 1916-1921 (MS031)
• Stearns, Albert Warren, papers, ca. 1890-1950 (MS078)
• Taylor, Gavin A., photo collection, 1917-1921 (MS095)
• Tufts family, papers, 1930-1960 (MS050)
• Waldo, George Curtis, papers, ca 1851-1857 (MS118)
• Walker, William J., papers, 1861-1909 (MS120)
• Warren, Wilmot, papers, 1871-1877 (MS104)
• Watson, W.W., papers, 1900-1945 (MS070)
• Welch, W. F., collection, ca. 2500 BCE-1966 (MS094)
• White, Zebulon, papers, 1872-1889 (MS100)
• Williams, A.T., papers, 1915-1919 (MS067)
• Winslow, Guy, journal and album, 1895-1902 (MS099)
• Wriston, Walter B., 1918-2006 (MS034)
• Young, Edward J., papers, 1851-1883 (MS108)
• Young, Don T., photographs, 1963-1976 (MS088)

Organizational Records

• American Antiquarian Society, Voting records (MS115)
• Center for Health, Environment, and Justice, records, 1978-2001 (MS001)
• Institute for First Amendment Studies, records, 1980-1999 (MS074)
• Mystic River Watershed Association, records, 1967-2001 (MS055) (Click here to go to the website for this collection)
• TheaterWorks, records, 1980-1999 (MS023)
• World Peace Foundation, records, 1899-1993 (MS076)

Subject Collections

• Artifact collection, ca 2500 BCE - (AC)
• Atomic veterans, records, 1953-1987 (MS005)
• Across Generations: Oral histories of Soviet Jewish immigrants in greater Boston, 1998 (MS102)
• Boston Streets, 1845-1960 (MS102)
• Classical Prints of MFA collection material, 1962-1972 (MS053)
• Lost Theatres of Somerville (MS124)
• Max Tennis Playbill collection, 1935-1980 (MS013)
• Memory books, 1875-1950 (MS075)
• NROTC/V-12, memorabilia, 1941-1969 (MS029)
• Ryder collection of Confederate history, 1860-1866 (MS011)
• Theatre Collection, 1867-1981 (MS091)
• Tufts Oral History Project, 2001 (MS080)
• Urban Borderlands, 2002-2003 (MS083)
• West Medford African-American Remembrance Project (MS123)
• World War II posters and publications, 1940-1945 (MS057)