Guide to English Language & Literature

Manuscripts & Rare Books

Most manuscript and rare book collections at UT are housed in Special Collections at the Hoskins Library. Manuscript collections in Hoskins Library include files of writers James Agee, Alex Haley and Evelyn Scott, among others. The rare book collection includes important collections of William Congreve and Jane Austen and is strong in 19th century American literature. The following works can be valuable aids in finding manuscript materials. Also search the UT Libraries catalog for the subject manuscripts.

• ArchivesUSA

Online directory of over 5,480 manuscript repositories and more than 132,000 collections of primary source material across the United States. First place to look.

• American Literary Manuscripts : A Checklist of Holdings . . . / J. Albert Robbins.
  HODGES Reference PS 88 .M63 1977


• British Literary Manuscripts from Cambridge University Library - Microfilm.
  DOCMIC PR 1120 .B75 1984


• British Literary Manuscripts from the British Library, London - Microfilm.
  DOCMIC PR 1134 .B75


• British Literary Manuscripts from the National Library of Scotland Edinburgh - Microfilm.
  DOCMIC PR 8633 .B75


• The Bronte Manuscripts, Literary Manuscripts and Correspondence of the Bronte Family - Microfilm.
  DOCMIC PR 408 .P67 P64


• Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada / Seymour de Ricci
  HODGES Stacks Z 6620 .U5 R5


• The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections.
  HODGES Reference CD 3022 .N37
  HOSKINS Special Collections CD 3022 .N37


• Subject Collections : a Guide to Special Book Collections . . .
  HOSKINS Special Collections Z 731 A78 1993
  HODGES Reference Z 731 .A78 1985