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Manuscripts (documents)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 166 Collections and/or Records:

The José M. Martelli Collection of Savoy Documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/EM 1050
Scope and Contents The José M. Martelli Collection of Savoy Documents compiles medieval and early modern documents (ca. 14th-19th centuries) relating to the House of Savoy and several prominent Savoy families, including the Viale, Valperga, and Santus Berna families. The majority of the documents in this collection can be traced to the Duchy of Savoy, a now defunct Savoyard state run by the House of Savoy between 1416-1847. The House of Savoy documents span the House's transformation from the Counts of Savoy...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1370 - 1904

The Ronald Wells Collection on Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1032
Abstract A collection of materials on peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland, including documents relating to the work of religious organizations. The collection includes papers of a number of religious organizations. The collection includes papers of a number of religious groups that formed between 1990 and 2005 to work towards reconciliation, and also on the work of the Consultative Group on the Past. The collection includes also pamphlets and books. Most of the collection dates from 1984 to...
Dates: circa 1979-2008

Tom O'Flaherty Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1082
Abstract

A collection of papers of Tom O'Flaherty including manuscript and typescript fiction and autobiography, and letters, all apparently written from 1933 to 1935.

Dates: 1932 - 1935

Tommy Armour and Herb Graffis Golf Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10031
Content Description This collection consists of manuscript drafts of articles, columns, and a book about about golf by longtime collaborators golfer Tommy Armour (1896-1968) and sportswriter Herb Graffis (1893-1989). The bulk of the items relate to a regular golfing column titled, "Play Better Golf" that ran for many years under Armour's byline in the Chicago Tribune. In addition to typescript drafts, the materials include publication schedules and some correspondence between...
Dates: 1933; 1957-1968; Majority of material found within 1957 - 1968

Viscount de la Belinaye Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/COL 0503
Abstract

68 manuscript business letters and documents relating mainly to the Saint-Domingue property holdings of Maurice-René, Viscount de la Belinaye as they were managed by a mercantile house under Stanislas Foäche in Cap-Français (modern-day Cap-Haïtien, Haiti) between 1775 and 1790.

Dates: 1764-1792

Vladimir Lifshits, Asya Genkina, and Lev Loseff Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/REE 0016
Abstract

The papers consist of letters, manuscripts, and phototgraphs, as well as book and journal publications, related to Lifshits, Genkina, and Loseff. The collection also includes material of Irina Kichanova-Lifshits, Boris Semenov, and Mikahil Eremin.

Dates: 1890s-2009; Majority of material found within ( 1940-1990)

Watson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 10011
Scope and Contents

This collection contains manuscript material created by or related to the Watson Family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Included are various autograph manuscripts, indenture releases and a mortgage, poetry, legal manuscripts, a passport, two diaries belonging to John and Martha Watson, and a manuscript containing a personal memoir and a Native American speech.

Dates: circa 1700, 1792-1878

Wicker Buydden Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 10034
Scope and Contents This collection centers on the familial correspondence of Clifford Wicker Buydden, Wade James Buydden, Rachel Reno Wicker, and other members of the Wicker and Buydden families in the early twentieth century. Over a third of the collection is devoted to courtship correspondence between Clifford Wicker Buydden and Wade James Buydden. Of particular note within the collection are Clifford’s manuscript on health and food, Wade’s college application materials, Wade’s letters from Masonic...
Dates: 1898-1919; Majority of material found within 1901 - 1909

Will, Benjamin LeGrand, 1736-06-05

 File — Box 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSE/EM 3707-14
Scope and Contents

Copy of the will of Benjamin LeGrand, which wills property in All Saints, Canterbury, to his son, William LeGrand.

Dates: 1736-06-05

Will, James Wallis, 1706-08-22

 File — Box 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSE/EM 3707-12
Scope and Contents

Copy of the will of James Wallis, which wills thebrewhouse, hops, and hopgrounds in All Saints, Canterbury, to his wife, Mary.

Dates: 1706-08-22

Will, Mary Loffrey, 1717-06-28

 File — Box 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSE/EM 3707-13
Scope and Contents

Copy of the will of Mary Loffrey, widow of James Wallis, which wills various properties in All Saints, Canterbury, to her Stephen Durant, with rents payable to her son, James Leffroy.

Dates: 1717-06-28

Will, William LeGrand, 1757-11-26

 File — Box 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: MSE/EM 3707-15
Scope and Contents

Copy of the will of William Legrand, which wills his property to his sister Anne. An addition to the copy states Anne LeGrand died without heirs and left the said property to her two brothers, George LeGrand and Robert LeGrand

Dates: 1757-11-26

William Judson Howe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 1015
Abstract

The Civil War letters, wartime manuscripts and postwar family papers of William Judson Howe (1838-1925) of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, who served in Company C of the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry from 1862 to 1865.

Dates: 1857-1993; Majority of material found in 1861-1865

William Pfaff Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 10026
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of journalist William Pfaff. Pfaff’s professional materials include his writings from each stage of the writing process, such as research notes, drafts, proofs, and published materials. The collection also contains conference materials and speeches, financial records, and materials from Pfaff’s work at the Hudson Institute, a non-profit research center on public policy. Also included are Pfaff’s personal papers which consist of...
Dates: 1942-2015; Majority of material found in 1965-2015

William S. Wetmore Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 0509
Abstract

The greater part of this collection consists of business and some personal correspondence of the American mercantile trader William S. Wetmore (1801-1862). Many of the 360-odd manuscript letters date from the 1820s, when Wetmore was establishing himself in trade on the west coast of South America

Dates: 1819-1837

Williams Family Land Deeds

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/COL 1000
Scope and Contents

A group of 28 deeds of sale recording land purchases made by Ephraim Williams (1691-1761) and his son, Captain Elias Williams (1718-1798), of Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. The transactions involved many different individuals, though 24 of the 28 parcels thus acquired were located in Wethersfield. The nine earliest deeds (1726-1758) cite Ephraim Williams as purchaser; all thereafter cite Elias Williams.

Dates: 1726 - 1776