Subject Guides

Humanities, Literature and the Arts

American Periodical Series. Series 1: 18th C., 33 reels; 89 titles. Series 2: 1800-1850, 1,966 reels, 911 titles (MICROFILM 051.AM351). Finding aid; American Periodicals, 1741-1900 : An Index to the Microfilm Collections, edited by Jean Hoornstra and Trudy Heath (REFERENCE Z6951 .H65).

American Women's Diaries. 32 reels (MICROFILM HQ1438.A17A47). Many pioneer diaries are included . Finding aid: American Women's Diaries (Contents) (REFERENCE HQ1438.A17A47).

Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts in Microfiche Facsimile. 204 fiches (MICROFICHE DA 150 .A75 1994). vols. 1-5. Series still in production as of this writing. Finding aid: Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts in Microfiche Facsimile, Phillip Pulsiano, general editor (REFERENCE DA 150 .A75 1994).

Architectural Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum. 23 reels (HUM 542). Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington. Architecture, designs and plans. [Wakefield, Yorkshire] Micro Methods 1td, circa 1970. Finding aid: Index (REFERENCE Z5944.G7V5).

Author Index of Byzantine Studies. 267 fiche. (MICROFICHE DF 501 .B992). Index of works in Greek to 1500. Finding aid: ( REFERENCE DF 501 .B992.)

Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary of the Italian Humanists and of the World of Classical Scholarship in Italy: 1300-1800. 20 reels [16mm] (MICROFILM DEWEY 928.1 C82).

British and Continental Rhetoric and Elocution. 12 reels. (MICROFILM DEWEY 808 B777). 12 reels of a 16 reel set. Mostly 17th and 18th century. Speech Association of America publication. Finding aid: Index (REFERENCE PN 6121 .B7 Index), 2 copies.

British Architectural Library Unpublished Manuscripts. 16 reels (MICROFILM HUMANITIES 725). Architecture. Great Britain. Sources. Finding aid: REFERENCE Z5944.G7 R6 Index.

British Literary Manuscripts from Cambridge University Library. Series One, The Medieval Age, c1150-c1500. 49 reels (MICROFORM Z 6611 .L7 B69 1984). Manuscripts are primarily in English, with some in Latin and French. Contents: 1. reels 1-17. Dd.i.1-Ff.iv. 55 of the "Two-Letter" series -- pt. 2. reels 18-34. Gg.i. 1-Ii. vi. 55 -- pt. 3. reels 35-49. Kk. i. 3-Oo. v1. 110 and additional manuscripts 443-6864. Finding aid: Guide (REFERENCE Z6611.L7B69 1984).

British Periodical in the Creative Arts. 224 reels (MICROFILM NX 1.B75). Finding aid: British Periodicals in the Creative Arts : an Index to the Microfilm Collection (REFERENCE NX 1 .B75).

The Cecil Sharp Autograph Notebook Collection. 9 reels (MICROFILM M1740.S5 C4 1990). Folk words, folk tunes, folk dance notes. Reels 1-3. Folk words, v. 1-19 -- Reels 4-8. Folk tunes, v. 1-23 --Reel 8. Folk dance notes, v.1-4 -- Reel 9. Index[es], v. A-D. Finding aid: indexes, Reel 9.

Concordances and Texts of the Royal Scriptorium Manuscripts of Alfonso X, el Sabio. 112 fiche (MICROFICHE PQ6273.A2A1 1978). Spanish series ; no. 2. Complete set consists of 42x microfiches representing some 20,000 p. of text. Finding aid: Concordances and Texts of the Royal Scriptorium Manuscripts of Alfonso X, el Sabio, ed. Lloyd Kasten and John Nitti ; director of computing, Jean Anderson, Jurgen Patau; associate editors, David Mackenzie ... [et al.] (REFERENCE PQ 6273. A2A1 1978 Guide).

Denkmaler Deutscher Tonkunst. 9 reels (MICROFILM DEWEY 780.8 D417). bd 1-65. Denkmaler Tonkunst In Bayern. 7 reels (Microfilm DEWEY 780.8 D417b). bd. 1-9, jarhg. 10-30.

Drury Lane under Sheridan, 1776-1812: Manuscript Plays and Managerial Correspondence from the British Library, London. 16 reels (MICROFILM PR1269 .D78). A collection of 130 plays submitted to Richard Brinsley Sheridan during his proprietorship at the theatre. Also includes legal documents, correspondence, etc. British Library. Manuscript. Additional 25906-26036, 35118, 42720-42723. Egerton 1975-1976. Finding aid: Guide, missing.

Early American Imprints, 1639-1819. Microprint. Books listed in American Bibliography by Charles Evans (MICROPRINT 810.8 Ea76 ). Finding aid: American Bibliography (1639-1800) by Charles Evans (REFERENCE Z1215.E923). See also American Bibliography: A Preliminary Checklist (1800 - 1819) by Ralph Shaw and Richard Shoemaker (REFERENCE Z1215.S48).

Early English Books, 1475-1640. 2043 reels. (MICROFILM AC1.E5). Finding aids: Short Title Catalog, English Books, 1475-1640 (REFERENCE Z 2002 .P77). This three-volume set lists the contents of the reels in reel order. Individual titles are listed in the Title and Author Card Catalogs on the second floor of the Knight Library. See also A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475-1640, first compiled by A.W. Pollard & G.R. Redgrave (REFERENCE Z2002.P77 1976). A similar set of microfilms, for 1641-1700, based on Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641-1700, Wing (REFERENCE Z2002.W5 1972), is available through SUMMIT from Portland State University.

Eighteenth Century Provincial Newspapers (England). 123 reels. Includes:

Bath Papers

The Bath Journal,

The Bath Advertiser,

The Bath Chronicle, or, Universal Register,

Martin's Bath Chronicle,

Farley's Bath Journal,

Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette,

Salmon's Mercury, or, Entertaining Repository,

The Bath Register and Western Advertiser,

The Bath Herald,

The Derby Post-man,

The British Spy, or, Derby Post-man

The Derby Mercury,

Harrison's Derby Journal,

The Derby Herald,

The Ipswich Journal, or The Weekly Mercury,

The Ipswich Gazette,

The Ipswich Journal,

English and American Drama of the Nineteeth Century. (MICROFICHE PR1271.N56, PS632.N56 and MICROPRINT PR 1271.E5). This is still being published, with an aim of collecting 28,000 plays The finding aid currently available indexes English titles only: English Drama of the Nineteenth Century : An Index and Finding Guide, James Ellis et al. (REFERENCE Z2014.D7E5 1985).

Escritoras Espanolas. ca. 2000 microfiches MICROFICHE PQ6173.5.W66 E82 1991). Microfiche of titles in the Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid. Pt. 1. Siglos XVI-XVIII (539 microfiche) -- Pt. 2 Siglo XIX (ca. 1500 microfiche) Finding aids: 2 Catalogs, ed. Ma. del Carmen Simon Palmer. (REFERENCE PQ6173.5.W66 E82 1991 Guide)

Four Centuries of Spanish Drama. 10,460 Microcards (MICROCARD 862).

German Baroque Literature. 656 reels (MICROFILM HUMANITIES 750). Finding aids; Bibliography on reels 655 and 656, and German Baroque Literature; A Catalogue of the Collection in the Yale University Library, Curt von Faber du Faur, 3 vols. (REFERENCE Z2232 .Y35).

German Baroque Literature. The Harold Jantz Collection. 611 reels (MICROFILM PT 1126.G4). Finding aid: German Baroque Literature : a Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Harold Jantz and a Guide to the Collection on Microfilm (REFERENCE Z2232.G47).

German Drama Prior to the Twentieth Century. 4532 Microcards (MICROCARD 832).

Handel Werke. 12 reels (MICROFILM DEWEY 780.81 H118). Musical compositions of Georg Freidrich Handel.

Humanities Microfilm. These are accession numbered microfilms, mostly dissertations, with record numbers from 1 to 750. Several of the sets described on this page, such as the German Baroque Literature (above), are located within this collection. Inventory.

Index to Rimes in American and English Poetry, 1500-1900. 404 Microcards (MICROCARD PE 1519). Typescript. Microcard Foundation, 1959.

Les Femmes: Rare Works from France on Microfiche from the Bibliotheque Nationale. 481 fiche. (MICROFICHE HQ1613 .F46 1975 ) "In this collection of 129 titles dating from the 17th to the 20th century, every aspect of women's lives is subjected to scrutiny and is rigorously defined." Finding aid: Guide (REFERENCE HQ1613 .F46 1975).

The Ludwig Wittgenstein Papers. 28 reels (MICROFILM HUMANITIES 560). Finding aids: The Wittgenstein Papers: A Catalogue, Cornell University Libraries (REFERENCE Z8979.4 .W5), and The Wittgenstein Papers : A Catalog, Wright, G. H. von (Georg Henrik), Ed. (REFERENCE Z8979.4.W5 1982); include list of roll nos. in Cornell microfilm of the papers, the catalogue items they contain, and references to their location in the bound vols. of copy made from the film.

Mendelssohn Werke. 6 reels (MICROFILM DEWEY 780.81 M522). Felix Menelssohn Bartholdy's Werke. Kritisch durchgeshene Ausgabe Von Julius Rietz. Mit Genehmigung der Originalverleger.

Merezhkovsky, Dmitry Sergeyevich, 1865-1941. Polnoe sobranie sochinenii D.S. Merezhkovskago (Works). 153 fiches (MICROFICHE PG3467.M4 1980)

A Microfiche Concordance to Old English. 417 fiche. (MICROFICHE PE274.A5V4 1980)Finding aid: A Microfiche Concordance to Old English, Richard L. Venezky and Antonette diPaolo Healey, ed. (REFERENCE PE274.A5V4 1980 Guide).

Michigan Early Modern English Materials ( MICROFICHE PE895.M53). "More than 38,000 excerpts from Renaissance texts...arranged according to the lemma or entry word for which the selection was extracted." Finding aid: Michigan Early Modern English Materials, ed. Richard W. Bailey, James W. Downer, Jay L. Robinson, with Patricia V. Lehman (REFERENCE PE895.M53 Guide).

Mikhailovskii, N. K. (Nikolai Konstantinovich), 1842-1904. Sochineniia N.K. Mikhailovskago (Works. 1906). 103 fiches (MICROFICHE PG3467.M49 1906). Izd. 4-e. S.-Peterburg : Kn-vo "Russkoe bogatstvo," 1906-1914. 8 v. T. 2-8 have title: Polnoe sobranie sochinenii N.K.

Mozart Werke. 11 reels (MICROFILM DEWEY 780.81 M877). Mozart, Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Werke. Kritisch durchgesehene Gesammtausgabe. Leipzig, Verlag von Breitkopf & Hartel.

Musical Dictionaries. Series I 565 fiche. (MICROFICHE ML100 .M87 1976 f.1-565). Includes dictionaries in various European languages published 1494-1922.

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594. Works (Werke). 116 fiches (MICROFICHE M3.P175 1968). Leipzig : Brietkopf & Hartel, [1862-1907] Score (33 v.) Masses -- Motets.

The Peale Family Papers. 449 fiche. (MICROFICHE ND237.P27C6 1980) Finding aid: The Collected Papers of Charles Willson Peale and His Family, 1735 -1885: Guide and Index Lillian B. Miller, ed. (REFERENCE ND237.P27C6 1980 Guide).

Playbills from the Harvard Theatre Collection. 100 reels (MICROFILM PN2596.L6 P52). Finding aid: Playbills from the Harvard Theatre Collection (REFERENCE PN2596.L6P52 1981 Guide).

Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism. 1917-1985. 56 reels (MICROFILM PN4726.P82). Includes text of award-winning writings. Finding aid: : The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, 1917-1985 : A Guide to the Microfilm Edition, Mary E. Morrison (REFERENCE PN4726.P82 1985 Guide).

Renaissance Rhetoric. 152 fiches (MICROFICHE PN185.R46 1983). Key texts from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 1479-1602 Finding aids; a fiche index is kept with the collection. Print guide: Renaissance Rhetoric: A Microfiche Collection of Key Texts A.D. 1472 -1602 from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, edited by James J. Murphy (REFERENCE PN185.R46 1983).

Schubert Werke. 9 reels (MICROFILM DEWEY 780.81 Sch78). Schubert, Franz (Peter), 1797-1828. Works. Kritisch durchgesehene Gesammtausgabe. Leipzig, Verlag von Breitkopf & Hartel.

Sogolub, Fyodor. Sobranie Sochinenii (Works, 1913). 107 fiches (MICROFICHE PG3470.T4 1980). Sologub, Fyodor, 1863-1927. Volume 2 is not included. Toma 1. Lazurnyia gory.-- 3. Zemnyia dieti.--4. Razskazy.--5. Voskhozhdeniia.--6. Melkii bies. Izd. 7-oe.--7. Dni pechali.--8. Dramaticheskiia proizvedeniia.--9. Zmieinyia ochi.--10. Skazochki i stat'i.--11. Kniga prevrashchenii.--12. Kniga stremlenii. Izd. 2-oe.--13. Zhemchuzhnyia svietila.--14. Neutolimoe.--15-16. Slashche.

Spanish Drama. Microfiche and MICROPRINT (PQ6217 .S62 1972). A collection of Spanish, Catalonian and Spanish-American plays from the sixteenth century to the present.

Spanish Drama of the Golden Age. 86 reels (MICROFILM PQ6217.S63). Finding aid: : Spanish Drama of the Golden Age, (REFERENCE PQ6217.S63).

The Thomason Tracts. 256 reels (MICROFILM DA 370 .T45). Political pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, throughout the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and the start of the Restoration period. Finding aid: The Thomason Tracts, 1640-1661 : An Index to the Microfilm Edition of the Thomason Collection of the British Library... Covering Tracts E1 (1)-669F27 (20) in units 1-9, reels 1-256 (REFERENCE Z2018.T45 pt.1 and REFERENCE Z2018.T45 pt.2).

Three Centuries of Drama: American. Microprint 812.08 T413. Henry W. Wells, Editor. Finding aid: Three centuries of English and American plays, a checklist. England: 1500-1800, United States: 1714-1830 (REFERENCE Z2014.D7 B45 1963a).

Three Centuries of Drama: English. Microprint 822.08 T413. Henry W. Wells, Editor. Finding aid: Three centuries of English and American plays, a checklist. England: 1500-1800, United States: 1714-1830 (REFERENCE Z2014.D7 B45 1963a).

Three Centuries of French Drama. 6407 Microcards (MICROCARD 842).

Van Gulik Collection: Chinese Books on Microfiche. 1692 fiche (MICROFICHE PL2446 .V36 1982 pt. 1). Collection acquired by the Sinological Institute of the University of Leiden, The Netherlands, in 1977, containing more than 2,500 titles in nearly 10,000 volumes. Pt. 1: folk novels (117 titles on 822 fiches) -- pt. 2: literature and fine arts (132 titles on 670 fiches) -- pt. 3: music scores and music books (53 titles on 200 fiches). Finding aid: Van Gulik Collection: Chinese Books on Microfiche, ed. Joyce Y.T. Wu and John T. Ma (REFERENCE PL2446 .V36 1982 Guide).

The Virginia Woolf Manuscripts. 21 reels (MICROFILM PR6045.O72 A6 1993b). "Filmed from the holdings of the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American literature, New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations." Reel 1-3: Diaries. Reel 4-12: Manuscripts. Reel 13: Reading notebooks. Reel 14-21: correspondence. Finding aids: The Virginia Woolf Manuscripts from the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection at the New York Public Library (REFERENCE PR6045.O72 A6 1993b Index). There also is an inventory by the same title (REFERENCE PR6045.O72 A6 1993b Reel List); both titles are shelved together.

The Virginia Woolf Manuscripts from the Monks House Papers at the University of Sussex. 6 reels (MICROFILM PR6045.O72 A6 1985). Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Includes 17 reading notebooks which provide insights into Virginia Woolf's habits of reading and criticism, sections of manuscript notes compiled in connection with "Three guineas" and with the biography of Roger Fry, 11 unpublished but complete stories and compositions dating from 1909-1930,and 6 unfinished draft stories and sketches. Also includes relevant manuscripts from papers of Leonard Woolf at the University of Sussex and the "Mrs. Dalloway" manuscript from the British Library. Finding aids: "Contents of reels"--Reel 1, and Guide (REFERENCE PR 6045 .072 A6 1985).

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