With holdings totaling more than 18,000 linear feet, the Manuscript Division provides extensive documentation of African American life and history. Currently more than 250 collections are available for research. These collections include the correspondence, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, writings and memorabilia of such notables as Alain Locke, E. Franklin Frazier, Frederick Douglass, Mary Church Terrell, Anna J. Cooper, Angelina Grimke, Lois Mailou Jones, Dr. Benjamin Mays and Amiri Baraka

All permission to publish inquiries for Manuscript Division printed materials and photographs are processed through the Prints and Photographs Department. To request information and to learn more about the collections please visit us at the MSRC Webpage. To view our collections digitally, please visit the Manuscript Division Digital Collections. Any manuscript collections that are available on Digital Howard will not be pulled for on-site appointments as they are readily available for viewing on our website.

Please Note: ALL artifacts, oversized and Audio/Visual materials are currently unavailable.

Locate collections alphabetically by last name, organization name, or topic by clicking on the letter corresponding to the collection name (usually the subject's last name or the first word of organizational title) below.

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Smith, Elsie Brown, DPAAC Staff

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SMITH, Gerrit, MSRC Staff

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Smith Jr., J. Clay,, MSRC Staff

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SPAULDING, Myra, MSRC Staff

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SPILLER, Isabele Taliaferro, MSRC Staff

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SPINGARN, Arthur Barnett, MSRC Staff

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SPINGARN, Joel, MSRC Staff

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Spurlock, Jeanne, DPAAC Staff

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STARR, Frederick, MSRC Staff

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STAUPERS, Mabel, MSRC Staff

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STEWART - Flippin Family, MSRC Staff

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Stewart, Ollie, MSRC Staff

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STORER COLLEGE, MSRC Staff

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STRONG, EDWARD, MSRC Staff

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SUMMERS, Henry Howard, MSRC Staff

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SUTTON, John Wesley, MSRC Staff

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SWANSON, Gregory, MSRC Staff

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TAPPAN, Lewis, MSRC Staff

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TATE, Merze Vernie, MSRC Staff

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TERRELL, Mary Church, MSRC Staff

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The Writers Club, Inc., MSRC Staff

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Thomas Jefferson Genealogical Collection, MSRC Staff

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TransAfrica Records, DPAAC Staff

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TRENHOLM, H. Council, MSRC Staff

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TURNER, Edward, MSRC Staff

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TURNER, Geneva Townes, MSRC Staff

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TURNER, Henry McNeal, MSRC Staff

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TURNER, Sara, MSRC Staff

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TURNER, Thomas Wyatt, MSRC Staff

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TYSON, James guy, MSRC Staff

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US Colored Troops Clothing Account Books Collection, MSRC Staff

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VECHTEN, Carl Van, MSRC Staff

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WALKER, William, MSRC Staff

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WARE, CHARLES P., MSRC Staff

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WARING, JULIUS WATIES, MSRC Staff

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WASHINGTON, Booker T., MSRC Staff

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Washington Conservatory of Music Records, MSRC Staff

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Washington, Mary Burke, DPAAC Staff

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Washington, Walter E., DPAAC Staff

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WATERS, Enoch, MSRC Staff

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Watkins, Mark Hanna, DPAAC Staff

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Wesley, Charles H., MSRC Staff

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WEST, CHARLES, MSRC Staff

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WHIPPER, Leigh, MSRC Staff

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WHITE, CLARENCE CAMERON, MSRC Staff

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WHITE, Jacob, MSRC Staff

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WILKINSON, Robert, MSRC Staff

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WILLIAMS, Daniel Hale, MSRC Staff

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Williams, EC Papers Inventory, MSRC Staff

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Williams, Ethel James, DPAAC Staff

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WOODSON, Carter, MSRC Staff

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Works Progress Administration, MSRC Staff

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WRIGHT, James, MSRC Staff

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WRIGHT, Louis, MSRC Staff

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WRIGHT, Richard Robert, MSRC Staff

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YERGAN, MAX, MSRC Staff

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YOUNG, Ralph, MSRC Staff

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Youth Pride, Inc., DPAAC Staff