List of Collections. The links given for some collections will take one to existing web pages for that collection, to a fuller listing of the collection based on printed/written in-house files, or to a full finding aid for archival collections. In some cases, (for example, the Medieval Manuscripts Collection or the Papyri Collection) additional scanned images are available of selected items.

1. Almanac Collection
2. Aeronautical Collection--
In the "Basic" search option in the Libraries' catalog MNCAT, use a title keyword search for "aeronautical collection" to locate items in this collection.
3. Elmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen Collection--
In the "Command" search option in the Libraries' catalog MNCAT, type the command string "wsc=tandrare" to locate items in this collection.
4. Anthology Collection
5. Rutherford G. Aris Paleography Collection
6. Artifact Collection
Ballooning Collections--A card file for this collection is found in the Reading Room.
7. ----Piccard Collection
8. ----Scholl Collection
9. ----Winzen Collection
10. ----U of M Collection
11. Maeve Butler Beck Bloomsbury Collection
12. The Gary and Shirley Best Collection of Charles Dana Gibson
13. Bieler Press Archive
14. Erskine Caldwell Collection
15. Chess Collection
16. Courlandes Collection
17. Cuneiform Collection
18. Curie Collection
19. Tell G. Dahllöf Collection of Swedish Americana
20. Isak Dinesen Collection
21. Dickens/Drood Collection
--A card file for this collection is found in the Reading Room.
22. Judith Duncan Papers (finding aid)
23. Dutch Law Collection
24. Ekman Typography Collection
--A card file for this collection is found in the Reading Room.
25. M. D. Elevitch Collection
The collection consists of materials representing the full scope of Elevitch’s writing and editing career, from his early student writings to manuscripts and production materials for his published works. The collection also includes correspondence and other materials relating to Elevitch’s activities in editing and publishing literary magazines, and his participation in the founding of the Association of Literary Magazines of America (ALMA), as well as Elevitch’s personal collection of literary magazines and anthologies, focusing on his interest in experimental forms of contemporary writing. The Collection is important for the general subjects of literary and 'little' magazines, small press publishing, Minnesota authors, and contemporary literature. Rare issues of 'little' magazines such as F.M. Ford's transatlantic review, Cyril Connolly's Horizon, complete runs of Saul Bellow's Noble Savage and Gordon Lish's Genesis West are found in the Collection. Eary work of noted authors such as Don De Lillo, Joyce Carol Oates in Epoch and Philip Roth in The Paris Review are also found in the Collection. Numerous special issues and retrospectives devoted to authors such as F.M. Ford and Edward Dahlberg are present.
Access Note--Non-circulating; available for research in the Special Collections and Rare Books reading room.
Note--This collection is protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Note--Morton D. Elevitch was born in Duluth, Minnesota and received B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Minnesota, where he was a writer, cartoonist and editor for several student publications. After spending some time teaching and travelling, Elevitch founded the literary magazine First Person, and was a founding member of the Association of Literary Magazines of America (ALMA). First Person was the first and only publication of its kind, focusing on letters, diaries, journals, the memoir, and the personal narrative. It is very well documented in the Collection along with hundreds of other distinctive journals. Elevitch’s published works include the novels Grips (1972) and Americans at Home (1976) and the anthology Green Eternal Go (1991), as well as numerous short stories, essays, and reviews. Elevitch’s writing is characterized by its inventive wordplay along with a heavy use of humor and satire.

26. English History Collection
English History of the 17th Century is represented by thousands of items, including broadsides, pamphlets, newsletters, and books providing detailed accounts of the struggles between Parliament and Crown, the Civil War and the Restoration. The collection documents the religious controversies through the century, as well as innumerable matters of the changing social and cultural scene. Most of these items are accessible through the Libraries' catalog, MNCAT.
27. Farm Novel Collection
28. Fine Press Collection
29. General Rare Book Collection--
In the "Command" search option in the Libraries' catalog MNCAT, type the command string "(wsl=twils or wsl=tand) and wcl=rar" to locate items in this collection.
30. Archie Givens Sr. Collection of African American Literature
31. ----Countee Cullen Correspondence (finding aid)
32. ----June Jordan and E. Ethelbert Miller Correspondence Collection (finding aid)
33. ----Clarence Major Archives (finding aid)
34. ----Penny Mickelbury Papers (finding aid)
35. Hermetic Press Collection
36. Robert A. Kann Collection of Austrian History and Culture
37. Paul Holmer Kierkegaard Collection
38. David Swenson Kierkegaard Collection
39. Arthur Kleiner Collection of Silent Movie Music
40. Par Lagerkvist Collection
41. Basil Laourdas Modern Greek Collection
42. Lerner Publications Collection
43. Sinclair Lewis Collection
44. Literary Magazine Collection
45. Eugene J. McCarthy Papers
46. E. W. McDiarmid Collection
47. Manuscripts Collections
----Individual Medieval Manuscript Leaves
----Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts (Otto F. Ege Collection)
----Codices

48. Joseph S. Mertle Collection on the History of Photomechanics
49. Arthur Miller Collection
50. Modern Library Collection
51. Morny Collection
52. Papyri and Ostraka Collection
53. Pentagram Press Collection
54. Postcard Collection
55. Die Presse, newspaper collection
56. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection of Olivia Irvine Dodge
57. Gaylord Schanilec Collection
58. Sherlock Holmes Collections
59. ----Willard Crakes Collection (finding aid)
60. ----Hammer Collection
61. ----Paulette Greene Collection (finding aid)
62. ----Howard Haycraft Papers (finding aid)
63. ----Philip S. Hench Collection (finding aid)
64. ----Iraldi Collection
65. ----Jack D. Key Collection (finding aid)
66. ----McDiarmid Collection
67. ----Meiser Collection
68. ----Paton Collection
69. ----W. T. Rabe Collection (finding aid)
70. ----Papers, Essays, and Miscellanea from the Collection of John Bennett Shaw (finding aid)
71. ----Sherlockian Periodicals (finding aid)
72. ----Starrett Collection
73. Raymond Shove Paperback Collection
74. Small Press Collection
75. John Steinbeck Collection
76. August Strindberg Collection
--A card file for this collection is found in the Reading Room.
77. Sumac Press Collection
78. Swedish Document Collection
79. Swedish Thesis Collection
80. Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies
81. ----Jim Chalgren Collection
82. ----Amazon Bookstore Corporate Records (finding aid)
83. ----GLBT Task Force Records (finding aid)
84. ----Philip Lee Papers (finding aid)
85. ----Toni McNaron Papers (finding aid)
86. ----Tobias Schneebaum Collection
87. ----Select Committee for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Concerns Records (finding aid)
88. ----Klaus Wowereit Collection (finding aid)
89. Typography Collection
The Typography Collection houses books created as works of art as well as mercantile items. The collection contains books from the more famous presses, such as Kelmscott, Vale, Ashendene, Doves, Gregynog, and Golden Cockerel, as well as productions of hobby printers. The Rare Books Division maintains a special catalog of these presses and of the names of typographers, designers and illustrators. Most of these items also are accessible through the Libraries' catalog, MNCAT.
90. Vienna Revolution/1848 Collection
91. Willey Whaling Collection
--In the "Basic" search option in the Libraries' catalog MNCAT, use a "Series begins..." browse search for "Willey Whaling" to locate items in this collection.
92. Wheeler Bookplate Collection
93. Whittington Press Archive
94. Edmund Wilson Collection
95. Thomas Wolfe Collection
96. World War I Pamphet Collection
Summary: Comprises approximately 5,500 items published worldwide, in all the major languages of the world. The pamphlets treat a broad spectrum of subjects: war, peace, social, political and ethical issues, economic and military concerns, legislation, relief organizations, army training, returning vetrans, neutrality. It includes such formats as maps, journals, posters, and scrap books. The pamphlets are written by organizations as varied as the American Library Association, the Catholic Church, the Red Cross, the National War Garden Commission, the New York Public Library and the League of Nations. Individuals as diverse as Cristabel Pankhurst, Clarence Seward Darrow, Leon Trotskii, Rudyard Kipling, Jan Christian Smuts and Lord Asquith are represented.
Indexes/User Aid: Author, title and subject listing (4 drawers) can be found in the Special Collections Reading Room card catalog.
97. Emerson Wulling Collection