Finding aids for eleven newly cataloged collections, three substantially revised finding aids, and a preliminary box list for one collection were added to the OASIS database this month, including substantial work in preparation for an ongoing project to digitize much of Houghton’s holdings of Colonial American history.
Processed by Irina Klyagin:
George Barbier Costume Designs, undated (MS Thr 1092)
Collection of Set and Costume Designs for Ballet, 1942-2004 (MS Thr 1093)
Processed by Jennifer Lyons:
Victorian Plays and Librettos, 1770-1928 (MS Thr 1094)
Processed by Ashley M. Nary:
Americana Scrapbook, 1782-1902 (MS Am 889.435)
Processed by Bonnie B. Salt:
John Jeffries Papers, 1768-1963 [reformatted old cataloging] (MS Am 1220, 1220.9-.13)
Paul Mascarene Papers, 1728-1745 (MS Am 813)
Phillips Brooks and Brooks Family Papers, 1750-1917 [reformatted and expanded old cataloging] (MS Am 2022)
Increase Moseley Diaries, 1780-1794 (MS Am 1902)
Benjamin Wadsworth Sermons, 1710 (MS Am 1173)
Henry Hulton Letter Books, 1768-1780 (MS Can 16)
Ebenezer Bridge Papers, 1740-1792 (MS Am 1186)
John Clarke Estate and Other Papers, 1752-1922 (MS Am 888)
Melville Family Papers, 1787-1863 [reformatted and expanded old cataloging] (MS Am 1233)
Processed by Susan Wyssen:
T. E. Lawrence Correspondence with Siegfried Sassoon and E. M. Forster, 1919-1935 (MS Eng 1773)
The following collections have new preliminary box-lists now on OASIS:
Processed by Melanie Wisner:
Randall Thompson Papers and Family Papers, circa 1903-1980 (85M-62, 85M-69, 85M-70, 98M-29)