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Home » Academics » University Libraries » Collections and Departments » Archives and Special Collections » Archival Collections » Rare Books and Manuscripts » Research Tools » Finding Aids

Finding Aids

Use the Archives and Special Collections finding aids to research rare books and manuscript collections. A finding aid is a descriptive tool that includes the contents and arrangement of materials in a collection. Finding aids can help you determine whether or not a collection is relevant to your research needs.

Finding aids are detailed inventories, registers, indexes, and guides to describe collections of primary source materials. They provide a comprehensive overview of a collection's scope and contents. They define the conditions under which a collection may be accessed or copied, explain its provenance, and contain histories of individuals and organizations connected with the collection.

Please cite the collection number (e.g. SPEC. 003) and the box number (e.g. Boxes 1 and 2) to request specific materials.

John Steinbeck Collections

  • SPEC 003 Stephen K. George
  • SPEC 012 Hayashi Steinbeck Collection and Archives
  • SPEC 022 Roy Simmonds Papers
  • SPEC 047 John H. Timmerman Papers

376th Bombardment Group Archive

  • SPEC 037 Richard W. Ulbrich Papers and Photographs
  • SPEC 038 Richard Kellogg Flight Navigation Logs
  • SPEC 039 Charles Dyas Diary
  • SPEC 040 Charles Andrew Military Records and Memoir
  • SPEC 041 Harold Anthony Niner Family Papers
  • SPEC 044 Richard Dzwigalski Papers
  • SPEC 050 William G. Nunn Flight Logs
  • V 259 376th Bombardment Group Oral Histories

Manuscript Collections

  • MSS 156 Congressman Phillip R. Sharp Papers
  • MSS 179 Richard Roller Papers
  • SM 001 Sheet Music Collection, 1871-1943
  • SM 003 Smith Sheet Music Collection, 1885-1981
  • SPEC 001 United States Volleyball Association
  • SPEC 002 Gene Wierbach American Almanac Collection
  • SPEC 004 Conservative Collection
  • SPEC 005 Nazi Collection
  • SPEC 006 Frederick W. Goudy Collection
  • SPEC 008 French Revolution Pamphlets
  • SPEC 009 John Graas Library
  • SPEC 010 Sir Norman Angell Papers
  • SPEC 013 Indiana Orchestra Consortium Records
  • SPEC 014 National Association for Interpretation, Great Lakes Region Records
  • SPEC 016 Uppercase and Lower Case: The International Journal of Typographics
  • SPEC 018 Physical Culture Magazine
  • SPEC 019 Kilner Jar Collection
  • SPEC 020 Baby Book Collection
  • SPEC 023 Rotary Distric 6560
  • SPEC.034 Benjamin B. Janney Collection
  • SPEC 036 Stanley H. Huseland Research Files and Audio Recordings
  • SPEC 042 Dr. Otis R. Bowen Papers
  • SPEC 043 Altrusa District 6 Records
  • SPEC 045 Foreign Language Phrasebooks & Polyglots
  • SPEC 051 Larry Engleman Railroad History Publications
  • SPEC 058 Academic Libraries of Indiana Records
  • SPEC 061 John Bowers and the Healthy House Records and Photographs
  • SPEC 067 Indiana Online Users Group Records 
  • SPEC 069 Grady Franklin Collection
  • SPEC 082 Raymond E. White Western Collection

 

 

 

 

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