Below is a list of major manuscript collections, some with links to finding aids. However, this list is by no means exhaustive; hundreds of smaller collections, not listed here, are indexed and described in a card catalog in the department.

Terminology

• Collection: Refers to an artificial, often growing body of materials from diverse sources.
• Papers: Refers to materials that were created by one family or individual
• Records: Refers to official records created and maintained by an organization or business.

Major Manuscript Collections

Description	Type
Amherst, Lord Jeffery, 1717-1797	Papers
Amherst Authors Collection	Collection
Amherst Record Photograph Archive. See Photograph Collections	Collection
Baker, Ray Stannard ("David Grayson"), 1870-1946	Papers
Barnes, Lincoln, 1879-1966. See Photograph Collections	Collection
Boltwood Historical and Genealogical Collections	Collection
Boltwood, Lucius Manlius, 1825-1905	Papers
Burgess, John William, 1844-1931 and Burgess Ruth Payne, 1865-1934	Papers
Dakin, Winthrop S. and Janet Wilder Papers	Papers
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886	Collection
Field Family Papers, 1820-1949	Papers
Francis, Robert, 1901-1987	Collection
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963	Collection
Gates, Winifred Carpenter. See Photograph Collections	Collection
Goodell/Goodale Family Papers, ca. 1750-1905	Papers
Grayson, David see Baker, Ray Stannard	Papers
Green, Charles R. 1876-1968	Collection
Hardy, Donald E. 1883-1979	Papers
Howes Brothers. See Photograph Collections	Collection
Howland Family Photographs	Collection
Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885	Papers
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940	Collection
Jones Family Papers	Papers
Jones Library Collection	Records
Lacroix, Donald, 1899- . See Photograph Collections	Collection
Lankes, J. J. 1884-1960	Collection
Lester, Julius, 1939-	Collection
Lovell, John L. 1825-1903. See Photograph Collections	Collection
McClung, Robert M. 1916-2006. 1925-1997	Papers
Newspaper Collection	Collection
Nutting Family Papers, 1833-1957	Papers
Photograph Collections	Collection
Puffer, Stephen. See Photograph Collections	Collection
Rand, Frank Prentice, 1899-1971. See Photograph Collections	Collection
Scott, Edgar, 1858-1940. See Photograph Collections	Collection
South Congregational Church. 1824-	Records
Stone Family Papers, 1891-1991	Papers
Tilley, Nathan S. See Photograph Collections	Collection
Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst. 1894-	Records
Walker Family Collection	Collection
Waugh, Frank, 1869-1943. See also Photograph Collections	Collection
Waugh, Sidney Biehler, 1904-1963	Papers
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843	Collection