Manuscript collections that are highlighted in bold are completed and open for research; the rest are currently being processed. Finding aids for completed collections are available online in the rare book reading room.
MS-1: Carl Van Vechten - Mark Lutz Collection
MS-2: Ernest Lee Bolling Collection
MS-3: Edward Henry Peple Collection
MS-4: Lt. Henry S. Kinsey Papers
MS-5: Historic Maps Collection
MS-6: Commander Horace Elmer Papers
MS-7: Fred O. Seibel Cartoon Collection
MS-8: World War I & World War II Pamphlet Collection
MS-9: Marguerite Roberts Papers
MS-10: Calvin Robinson Scrapbook
MS-11: Gresham Incunabula Collection
MS-12: James Rachels Papers
MS-13: Civil War Collection
MS-14: Gresham Papers
MS-15: Garnett Ryland Papers
MS-16 Miscellaneous Correspondence Collection
MS-17 Richmond Print Collection
MS-18 Martin Staples Shockley Collection
MS-19 Claudia Stevens Collection (held at Parsons Music Library Special Collections)
MS-20 Congressman Watkins Moorman Abbitt Papers
MS-21 Jack Welsh Collection
MS-22 Richmond Civil War Photographs
MS-23 W.H. Brown Botanical Drawings
MS-24 Rev. and Mrs. Wyatt Tee Walker Collection
MS-25 UR's 175th Anniversary Collection
MS-26 Civil War Era Naval Correspondence Collection
MS-27 Rose Poetry Collection
MS-28 Harleigh Bridges Schultz Collection
MS-29 Dr. Jack Welsh Scrapbook Collection
MS-30 Modlin Center Scrapbook Collection
MS-31 Robert Ray Martin Collection
MS-32 Hazel Paris Cederborg Collection
MS-34 Frederic W. Boatwright Collection
MS-35 Dave Clinger Collection
MS-36 Fletcher Stiers, Jr. Collection
MS-37 (anonymous) Collection
MS-38 Virginia Screenwriters Forum Collection
MS-39 Dr. George M. Modlin Book Award Collection
MS-40 Irina Rogova Civil Rights at UR Collection
MS-41 Earl & Jewell Ratliff Collection
MS-42 Cheryl Pierce Craddock Theater Design Collection
MS-43 James Jackson Award for Excellence in Library Research Award Collection
MS-44 Gary McDowell Collection
MS-45 Charles Meredith Civil War Broadsides Collection
MS-46 University of Richmond COVID-19 Collection
MS-47 Willis Andrew Shell Collection
MS-48 Stereograph & Stereoscope Collection
MS-49 Phyllis Laskey Renick Law School Papers
MS-50 Black Student Coalition Collecton
MS-51 Westhampton Time Capsule Collection
MS-52 Fred Basye Corr Scrapbook
MS-53 Richmond Female Institute Scrapbook
MS-54 Lucille Burnett Scrapbook
MS-55 Westhampton College Class of 1947 50th Reunion Scrapbook
MS-56 University of Richmond Student Organizations Activities Collection
MS-57 Partners in the Arts Collection
MS-58 Ronald A. Crutcher Papers
MS-59 Steven Barza Poetry Collection
MS-60 Perry Jester Diplomatic Collection
MS-61 David E. Howard Papers
MS-62 Edward Ayers Collection
MS-63 Charles Hamilton Smith Print Collection
MS-64 Boatwright Memorial Library Collection
MS-65 Carolyn F. Baker Collection
MS-66 Jasper Hunter Jr. Photographic Collection
MS-67 Peple Family Collection
MS-68 British Parliamentary Pamphlets Collectoin
MS-69 Leland Melvin Collection
MS-70 william Roxburgh Botanical Print Collection
MS-71 John Gould Ornithological Lithograph Collection
MS-72 John Gould Ornithological Proof Print Collection
MS-73 Christine Chenowith King Collection
SC-1: Journal of a Whaling Voyage
SC-2: Kenyan Fabric
SC-3: Maps of Jerusalem
SC-4: C.F. James Diary
SC-5: Bail Bond of Jefferson Davis
SC-6 Receipt for US Direct Taxes 1866
SC-7 Diary of Thomas Eugene Massie, Randolph Macon College
SC-8 Alfred Dunhill Tobacco Patents and Product List
SC-9 Edward E. Reavely - USS Chester 1917
SC-10 Edward Paul Duffy - US Flagship Trenton 1880
The Book Arts collection combines technical manuals, descriptive and historical works, and artists' book and creations. Book Arts technical manuals are currently housed in the Book Arts studio, while more general descriptive and historical works are located in the circulating collection. Artists' book are housed in the Rare Book Room. All are noted as part of the Book Arts Collection, so that the collection may be searched as a whole in the library catalog.
Individual artists' books include:
BA-1: Daniel Teoli, Cutters, 2014
BA-2: Daniel Teoli, Wallen, 2015
BA-3: Tom Burtonwood, Orihon 2014
BA-4: Spirit of Armstrong: arm in arm, we are strong 2018
BA-5: Brittany Nelson, Monuments to the Conquerors of Space, 2017
BA-6: DisConnect. Amy Eisner. 2018
BA-7: Inactivity Book: An Activity Book for the Inactive. Celeste Fichter, 2013
BA-8: Napkine: the legendary napkins used by inspired drunks caught without notepads or sketchbooks: cocktail napkins: wipe-up spills and feverishly jot inspired sketches and pithy musings, John Marriott, 2013
BA-9: Sun Boxes, Craig Colorusso, 2013
BA-10: Mani-game = Dem-game. Sandra March, 2016
BA-11: Four 1/32nd scale scenarios. Gary Kachadourian, 2012
BA-12: Greetings from America, James Leonard, 2009
BA-13: Strokephone: Brain phone interface: Uploading knowledge in the human brain, Christine Kermaire, 2014
BA-14: Expurgated, Christine Kermaire, 2013
BA-15: How to. Jen Thomas, 2009
BA-16: Weather Box by Sara Bouchard, 2014
BA-17: After, Josh Hosckensmith, 2018 (alum)
BA-18: True to Life. Julie Chen, 2004
BA-19: Veil is seen only when it is lifted. Carlotta Origoni, 2018
BA-20: Proverbial Book. Jessica Spring, 2002
BA-21: Horse Power. Jessica Spring, 2009
BA-22: Inflammatory Guide: Banned & Challenged Books you should read. Jessica Spring, 2012
BA-23: Blackout. 2017
BA-24: Night Moves. Katharina Pierini, 2017
BA-25: Shelf Life. Related Tactics. 2019
BA-26: Landscapes & Playgrounds. Sable Elyse Smith. 2017
BA-27: Mr. Swift and the Brown Shoes: A Feminist Story. Ellen Roth Deutsch, 1993
BA-28: Crash and Burn. Caren Heft. 1986
BA-29: Power Play. Susan Lowdermilk. 2002
BA-30: Cave Protection Act of 2013. Michelle Ray, 2013
BA-31: Barred Owl. Lauren Faulkenberry, 2016
BA-32: Hundred Years of: Lex Flex. Ruth Laxson, 2003
BA-33: Circular Logic. Pamela Olson, 2014
BA-34: Power Trip. Students in the Typography and Book Arts Class, 2015
BA-35: Roadside Attractions, v.1. Marnie Powers-Torrey, 2017
BA-36: Anchored. Jessica Spring, 2017
BA-37: Fathoming. Jessica Spring, 2015
BA-38: Felt Felt. Sandra March, 2011
BA-39: Storytelling and Social Change. 2018
BA-40: Blaze of Glory: a tale of fortitude and Courage in the face of gravest danger, Eric Leland, 2012
BA-41: Mini Water Lilies, Elizabeth Curren, 2014
BA-42: Black Holes, Magdalena Cordero, 2014
BA-43: Douglas Gordon's The vanity of allegory / [organized by Nancy Spector]. Alternate Title: Vanity of allegory, c2005
BA-44: The Afronauts, Christina De Middel, 2019
BA-45: White Gaze, Michelle Dizon, 2019
BA-46: In the company of Black, Cecil McDonald, 2017
BA-47: Put it in a Letter: 25 Typographic images featuring lyrics from the soundtrack of lives unraveling, Jennifer Farrell, 2018
BA-48: Under the Knife, Krista Franklin, 2018
BA-49: Unleash, Islam Aly, 2017
BA-50: Inland Sea, Mary Clare Butler, 2016
BA-51: Radiant Republic, Sarah Bryant, 2019
BA-52: Light blue desire, Magali Duzant, 2018
BA-53: Thousand starlings, Rhiannon Alpers, 2016
BA-54: A to Z, 2018
BA-55: Uyghur food, Colette Fu, 2020
BA-56: Body Heat, 2019
BA-57: Ultrices, Marianne Dages and Leah Mackin, 2016
BA-58: Read this out loud, sarah Bryant, 2020
BA-59: Riverine
BA-60: Site
BA-61: Wit(h)ness
BA-62: Witch inside me, Rao, 2018
BA-63: Reliquary, Schroeder, 2015