MicroFinder Titles

Adam, Robert, 1728-1792. The Drawings of Robert & James Adam in Sir John Soane's Museum. Cambridge, England. Teaneck, N.J. : Chadwyck-Healey Ltd; Somerset House, 1978

Call number: Microfilm A134

Guide: Catalog of the Drawings and Designs of Robert and James Adam in Sir John Soane's Museum
Call number: NA2707.A3A4 1979

Note: 11 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: Robert Adam was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland in 1728. Educated at Edinburgh and in Italy (1754 to 1758), He established himself as an architect by establishing an architectural firm with his brother in London in 1758. Together, the brothers grew famous by transforming the then popular Palladian fashion in architecture through the use of classical styles.

This collection reproduces over 10,000 of Robert Adam's drawings of architecture, interiors, ceilings, furniture, woodwork, metalwork and textiles that have been in Sir John Soane's Museum since 1833. The collection contains ten reels of monochrome microfilm (including catalogue) with the addition of two color microfilm reels.

A guide to the collection is available. It contains a contents list of the reels, index of subjects, list of color illustrations, topographical index and an index of the Adams' clients.

Subjects: Adams, Robert; Adams, James; Architectural Drawings; Great Britain (18th Century)

American History and Culture. Mid-Atlantic Region, Research Studies by the National Park Service, 1935-1984. Alexandria, Va., Chadwyck-Healey, 1986 -

Call number: Micro 4 NPS

Guide: The Cultural Resources Management Bibliography (CRBIB)
Call number: Micro 4 NPS

Note: 1266 microfiche

Description: Since 1930 the National Park Service has sponsored or acquired thousands of archaeological, architectural, ethnographic, museum collections management and historical research reports exploring the riches of the American heritage. This collection contains reproductions of those reports. The entire collection contains 5,554 reports including maps, photographs, architectural plans, drawings, letters, diaries and other primary documentation. The collection available in Microforms at the Pennsylvania State University contains only those documents dealing with the Mid-Atlantic Region.

Accompanying the collection is the Cultural Resources Management Bibliography(CRBIB), also on microfiche, giving swift access to the reports by geographic location, subject, author, title and date. The reference number assigned to each report by the index may be found in the upper right hand corner of the corresponding fiche. It should be noted that while the CRBIB covers the entire collection, the only section of the collection available at Penn State are those records contained in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Subjects: National parks and reserves; Middle Atlantic States; Historic Sites; Historic buildings; Architecture

Archives De La Linguistique Française : Collection E. Documents Relatifs à la Langue Française Publiés entre 1500 et 1900. Micro-réédités sous la direction de Bernard Quemada. Paris : France-Expansion, [1974]

Call number: Micro 4 ALF

Guide: Archives de la Linguistique Française
Call number: Z2175.A2A73

Note: 6,385 microfiche

Description: This collection contains reproductions of texts dealing with the French language. It includes linguistic treatises, essays, glossaries, dictionaries, etc. Which date from the 1500s to the 1900s.

There is a guide available, written in French. It includes author and subject indexes.

Subjects: French Language; Grammar

Archives of Elkin Mathews, 1811-1938. Ian Fletcher, editor. Bishops Stortford [Eng.] : Chadwyck-Healey, 1973

Call number: Microfilm A105

Guide: No guide available

Note: 1 reel 35 mm. microfilm

Description: Associated with John Lane during the 1890s, the period The Yellow Book was founded, Elkin Mathews continued as a publisher into the twentieth century gaining a reputation for taking on authors who were eventually to become famous. These archives provide an illuminating record of the publication of minority literature, with prominent correspondents including Yeats, Joyce and Pound.

The collection contains correspondence, drawings, announcements, catalogs, cuttings, photos and other documents that remain available.

No printed guide is available, however biographical notes and a reel index are available at the beginning of the reel.

Subjects: Mathews, Charles Elkin; Mathews Ltd. Booksellers; Great Britain (19th Century); Great Britain (20th Century); Booksellers; Publishing

Archives of Richard Bentley & Son, 1829-1898. Cambridge, England. Teaneck, N.J. : Chadwyck-Healy; Somerset House, 1976

Call number: Microfilm A114

Guide: Index to the Archives of Richard Bentley & Son, 1829-1898
Call number: Z325.B4515

Note: 116 reels 35 mm. microfilm. Originals in the British Library, University of Illinois, and University of California Collections.

Description: In 1837, the English publishing house of Bentley's Miscellany was founded. The firm lasted, later under the management of Richard Bentley's son, until it was absorbed by the larger Macmillan publishing house in 1898.

Richard Bentley & Son became extremely well known for their Standard Novel series together with two very successful periodicals. Among their authors were Dickens, Bulwer-Lytton, Wilkie Collins, Marie Corelli and Mrs. Henry Wood.

The collection is divided into three segments based on the current location of the Bentley documents; in the British Library, at the University of Illinois and at the University of California.

A guide to the collection is available which contains a reel index of each section as well as a general index of subjects and people.

Subjects: Bentley, Ricard; Richard Bentley and Son, London; Publishing; Great Britain (19th Century)

Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. Boyle Letters. Vol. 5. London, Royal Society, 1980

Call number: Microfilm A294

Guide: No guide available

Note: 2 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: Robert Boyle, born in Lismore, Munster in 1627, was educated at Eton. In 1639, he began travels that took him through France, Geneva and Italy. On these travels he studied philosophy, religion and natural science. He also had an encounter with the writings of Galileo while in Italy. It was during these travels that the English Civil War broke out, temporarily stretching his family's fortune, but when things calmed down, Boyle was once again able to return to England where he continued his writing career.

In late 1655 or early 1656, he moved to Oxford and joined the growing circle of natural philosophers that were located there. In 1660, with the Stuart restoration, many of these scholars moved to London where they officially founded and chartered the Royal Society for the Improving of Natural Knowledge. Boyle delayed his departure for London until 1668, but upon arrival, took up a leading role in the Society. He lived and worked in London until his death in 1691.

One of the founders of the Royal Society, the oldest national scientific academy in the world with a continuous existence, Robert Boyle published over 40 works, and played a seminal role in the development of English science from the 1660s until his death in 1691. This collection reproduces a selection of Boyle's correspondence.

No guide is available, but an index of correspondents is available at the beginning of the reels.

Subjects: Boyle, Robert; Science (17th Century); Great Britain (17th Century); Scientists (Personal Papers); History of Science; Correspondence (17th Century)

Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. Letters and Papers of Robert Boyle. Frederick, Md. : University Publications of America, c1990

Call number: Microfilm A274

Guide: Letters and Papers of Robert Boyle. A Guide to the Manuscripts and Microfilm
Call number: Q163.B77A4 1990

Note: 16 reels 35 mm. microfilm

One of the founders of the Royal Society, the oldest national scientific academy in the world with a continuous existence, Robert Boyle published over 40 works, and played a seminal role in the development of English science from the 1660s until his death in 1691. This microfilm collection reproduces the Boyle letters and papers housed at the archives of the Royal Society.

Reels one and two contain the Boyle letters in seven volumes. Volumes one through five are foliated volumes arranged alphabetically by author (with corresponding responses from Boyle immediately after the letter to which it refers). Volumes six and seven are arranged chronologically where volume six holds letters dating from 1648 to 1688 and volume seven, 1649 to 1689.

Reels three through fourteen contain the Boyle Papers. This collection maintains the Society's 19th-century classification of the materials in a 46-volume sequence under the headings Theology, Philosophy, Science, Physiology and Miscellaneous. Included are notes on experiments, drafts of published treatises, unpublished writings and writing fragments, juvenilia, Latin translations of Boyle's books, miscellaneous letters, etc..

Reels fifteen and sixteen reproduce the Boyle notebooks and contain manuscript materials Boyle collected on a broad range of ideas and topics. While most of the surviving notebooks date from Boyle's later years, some earlier notebooks contain experimental results or weather notes particularly valued by Boyle.

A printed guide to the collection is available. It contains a detailed index to the contents of all of the reels. Also included are a detailed biography of Boyle and a history of his papers. The guide should be consulted for explanations of arrangement (especially for the Papers which deal with numerous topics and are difficult to organize) and for the location of specific documents.

Subjects: Boyle, Robert; Royal Society (Great Britain); Science (17th Century); Great Britain (17th Century); Correspondence (17th Century)

Browder, Earl Russell, 1891-1973. Speeches and Pamphlets. Madison : State Historical Society of Wisconsin, [1959]

Call number:Microfilm D135

Guide: No guide available

Note: 1 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: Earl Browder served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the United States during its period of largest membership and greatest influence (1930 to 1946). In 1946 he was ousted from the party by rivals, but he continued to serve as the Soviet publishing Representative in the United States, until 1950, much to the embarrassment of communists in this country. After this period, he worked as a lecturer and author on communism and the Communist party in the United States.

This collection is a series of pamphlets, published by the Communist party and reproduced by their current holder, the Historical Society of Wisconsin, which contain speeches delivered by Browder between the years of 1920 and 1959.

There is no guide available for the collection.

Subjects: Browder, Earl Russell; Communism; Pamphlets (20th Century); Speeches (20th Century)

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868. Buchanan Papers [1813-1862]. Philadelphia : Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 19??

Call number: Microfilm A222

Guide: No guide available

Note: 8 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States, was born in Stony Batter, near Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College in 1809, moved to Lancaster to study law and set up a law practice there in 1813. In 1819, after the death (possible suicide) of his fianc,, Buchanan's friends "removed" him from the area so that he could avoid the blame that his fianc,'s parents had laid on him. Buchanan's friends' idea of removal was to nominate him to Congress where he ended up serving five terms on the Federalist and later Jacksonian tickets.

Buchanan also served as Minister to Britain from 1853 until 1856 when he returned to the United States. He ran in and won the 1856 Presidential election.

Buchanan served as the Nation's President during a period marked by great internal strife. He attempted to keep the issues from polarizing into the North/South debates that he saw as drawing this nation into Civil War. His Presidency ended in 1860, with the election of Abraham Lincoln and the secession of South Carolina. Afterwards, Buchanan urged the new administration toward a peaceful solution, however, with the attack on Fort Sumpter, Buchanan switched strides and fully backed the Lincoln War effort.

Buchanan retired and returned to Lancaster where he died on June 1, 1868.

This collection, part of the much larger Buchanan Papers collection available at the Pennsylvania Historical Society, contains eight reels reproducing some of the Buchanan correspondence. The collection is broken up as follows:

Reels 1 - 3 : Correspondence 1831 - March 1838
Reel 4 : Letters and Drafts 1813 - 1847
Reel 5 : Letters from John Slidell to Buchanan 1844 - 1861
Reel 6 : retakes of nine letters to Buchanan 1842 - 1848
Reel 7 : nine miscellaneous Buchanan letters
Reel 8 : miscellaneous correspondence 1823 - 1856

No guide to the collection is available.

Subjects: Buchanan, James; Presidents (Personal Papers); Politics and Government (19th Century)

Index (Soundex) to the Population Schedules of the Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Pennsylvania. Washington, National Archives and Records Service, 1962

Call number: HA216.P4

Guide: Federal Population Census, 1790 - 1890 : A Catalog of Microfilm Copies of the Schedules
Call number: HA37.U548 F44

Note: 168 reels 16 mm. microfilm

Description: The Soundex filing system is an index system to the census which keeps together surnames of the same or similar sounds, but with variant spellings. Each name is coded according to its initial letter and a three digit code determined by subsequent letters/sounds within the name.

A specific guide is not available for this collection. However, Federal Population Census, 1790 - 1890 contains a description of the Soundex filing system. Also, A sheet available at the "Genealogy Sources" table in Microforms contains the same information.

Subjects: Pennsylvania (19th Century); Census (1880); Population; Genealogy

Index (Soundex) to the Population Schedules of the Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Pennsylvania. Washington, National Archives and Records Service, [1978?]

Call number: HA216.P4

Guide: 1900 Federal Population Census, A Catalog of Microfilm Copies of the Schedules
Call number: HA37.U548 F442

Note: 611 reels 16mm. microfilm

A guide is available which contains a description of the Soundex filing system. Also, A sheet available at the "Genealogy Sources" table in Microforms contains the same information.

Subjects: Pennsylvania (20th Century); Census (1900); Population; Genealogy

Index (Miracode) to the Population Schedules of the Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C., National Archives and Record Service, 19??

Call number: HA216.P4

Guide: The 1910 Federal Population Census
Call number: HA37.U548 F443 1982

Note: 688 reels 16 mm. microfilm. National Archives Microfilm Publication T1274.

Description: The Soundex filing system is an index system to the census which keeps together surnames of the same or similar sounds, but with variant spellings. The Miracode filing system is identical to the Soundex filing system. Each name is coded according to its initial letter and a three digit code determined by subsequent letters/sounds within the name.

A guide is available which contains a description of the Soundex filing system. Also, A sheet and photocopied index available at the "Genealogy Sources" table in Microforms contains the same information.

Subjects: Pennsylvania (20th Century); Census (1910); Population; Genealogy

Index (Soundex) to the Population Schedules of the 14th Census of the United States, 1920. Pennsylvania. Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration, 1992

Call number: HA216.P4

Guide: No guide available

Note: 712 reels 16 mm. microfilm. National Archives Microfilm Publication Microcopy M1584.

No guide is available, however, a sheet available at the "Genealogy Sources" table in Microforms contains a description of the Soundex filing system.

Subjects: Pennsylvania (20th Century); Census (1920); Genealogy

Federal Population Censuses, 1800-1880. Pennsylvania. [Washington DC, The national Archives, 19??]

Call number: HA217.U5P4

Guide: Federal Population Censuses, 1790-1890 : A Catalog of Microfilm Copies of the Schedules. Also, see separate indexes.
Call number: HA37.U548 F44

Note: 496 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: The Federal decennial population census schedules contain more information on individuals and families who lived during the 1800's than any other source. In addition to their obvious value to genealogists, the census schedules are important for historians and social scientists. They contain information for historians interested in westward expansion, the status of freed and enslaved African Americans, regional and local history, immigration, etc. The schedules for 1790 through 1840 show the names of enumerated heads of families only, with other family members being simply tallied by age groups, sex and race. All subsequent enumerations list each individual in a household by name. The 1850 census was the first to record by name as well as by age, occupation if over fifteen and place of birth, each member of the family. The 1870 schedule indicates if the parents of a person were of foreign birth. The 1880 census lists the relationship of each individual to the head of the family.

Separate indexes are available in Microforms for the 1800 through 1870 censuses (Call number: HA601.P45). Also, a Soundex file for the 1880 census is available as a separate microfilm collection (Call number: Microfilm D21). It should be noted that the Soundex file for the 1880 census lists only those households including a child over the age of ten.

Subjects: Pennsylvania; Census (1800), Census (1810), Census (1820), Census (1830), Census (1840), Census (1850), Census (1860), Census (1870), Census (1880); Population; Genealogy

Eleventh Census of the United States, 1890. Pennsylvania : Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Washington DC, The National Archives, 1948

Call number: HA217.U5P4

Guide: Federal Population Censuses, 1790-1890 : A Catalog of Microfilm Copies of the Schedules
Call number: HA37.U548 F44

Note: 14 reels 35 mm. microfilm. National Archives and Records Service Microfilm Publications M123.

Description: All of the 1890 population schedules for the state of Pennsylvania were destroyed or badly damaged by fire. The 1890 special census of Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War gives information about the military service of each veteran named and the post office address of each listed person who was alive at the time of the enumeration.

The Federal Population Censuses, 1790-1890 guide provides information on the records and can be used in the absence of a specific collection guide.

United States. Bureau of the Census. 12th Census of Population, 1900. Pennsylvania. Washington, D.C., National Archives of the United States, 1978

Call number: HA217.U5P4

Guide: 1900 Federal Population Census : A Catalog of Microfilm Copies of the Schedules
Call number: HA37.U548 F442

Note: 150 reels 35 mm. microfilm. National Archives and Records Service Microfilm Publication T623.

Description: The 1900 Census consisted, originally, of seven schedules. The two schedules available cover the population; one on Native Americans and the other one on all other residents. The other five schedules cover areas of agriculture, manufacturers, mortality and crime and are not part of this collection.

The 1900 census is even more detailed than the censuses that preceded it. It gives, for each person, name; address; relationship to the head of the household; color or race; sex; month and year of birth; age at last birthday; marital status; if a wife is listed, then the number of years married, number of children born and number of children living are also provided; places of birth of each individual and of each individual's parents; citizenship; if foreign born, the year of immigration and number of years in the United States are given; citizenship of all individuals over 21; occupation; whether or not person can read, write or speak English; whether home is owned or rented; whether or not home is a farm; and whether or not home is mortgaged.

A Soundex for the 1900 census is also available as a separate collection (Microfilm D21a), as is a printed guide to the national census.

Subjects: Pennsylvania (20th Century); Census (1900); Population; Genealogy

United States. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 - Population. Pennsylvania. Washington, D.C., Micro-Film Lab., Bureau of Census, [19??]

Call number: HA217.U5P4

Guide: The 1910 Federal Population Census
Call number: HA37.U548 F443 1982

Note: 144 reels 35 mm. microfilm. National Archives Microfilm Publication T1274.

Description: The 1910 continues the detailed descriptive process established during the 1900 census. It gives, for each person, name; address; relationship to the head of the household; color or race; sex; month and year of birth; age at last birthday; marital status; if a wife is listed, then the number of years married, number of children born and number of children living are also provided; places of birth of each individual and of each individual's parents; citizenship; if foreign born, the year of immigration and number of years in the United States are given; citizenship of all individuals over 21; occupation; whether or not person can read, write or speak English; whether home is owned or rented; whether or not home is a farm; and whether or not home is mortgaged.

A Miracode for the 1910 census is also available as a separate collection (Microfilm D21b), as is a printed guide.

Subjects: Pennsylvania (20th Century); Census (1910); Population; Genealogy

Census Descriptions of Geographic Subdivisions and Enumeration Districts, 1830-1950. [1910. Pennsylvania]. [Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Service], 1978

Call number: Microfilm D22cc

Guide: No guide available

Note: 1 reel 35 mm. microfilm. National Archives Microfilm Publication T1224.

Description: This Microfilm roll is roll 37 (volumes 37 and 38) of descriptions of geographic subdivisions (enumeration districts) that were used in the decennial United States census from 1830 - 1950. The census subdivisions served as a basic geographic breakdown for the census enumerator. Each district or subdivision was the area that one census enumerator could cover and varies in size depending on population density.

This collection covers the Pennsylvania Supervisor's districts 1 through 23 for the thirteenth census (1910).

Subjects: Pennsylvania (19th Century); Census (20th Century); Population; Genealogy; Census (1830); Census (1840); Census (1850); Census (1860); Census (1870); Census (1880); Census (1890); Census (1900); Census (1910); Census (1920); Census (1930); Census (1940); Census (1950)

Fourteenth Census of United States, 1920. Population of Pennsylvania. Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration, 1990

Call number: HA217.U5P4

Guide: Index (Soundex) to the Population Schedules of the 14th Census of the United States, 1920. Pennsylvania
Call number: Microfilm D21

Note: 163 reels 35 mm. microfilm. National Archives Microfilm Publications Microcopy T625.

Description: The 1920 continues the detailed descriptive process established during the 1900 census. It gives, for each person, name; address; relationship to the head of the household; color or race; sex; month and year of birth; age at last birthday; marital status; if a wife is listed, then the number of years married, number of children born and number of children living are also provided; places of birth of each individual and of each individual's parents; citizenship; if foreign born, the year of immigration and number of years in the United States are given; citizenship of all individuals over 21; occupation; whether or not person can read, write or speak English; whether home is owned or rented; whether or not home is a farm; and whether or not home is mortgaged.

A Soundex for the 1920 census is also available as a separate collection (Microfilm D21c), and acts as a guide for the collection.

Subjects: Pennsylvania (20th Century); Census (1920); Genealogy

Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Manufacturers of Pennsylvania. Washington DC

Call number: HD9724.U52P4

Guide: No guide available

Note: 2 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: United States Census of manufacturers in Pennsylvania for the year ending June 1, 1850. No records are filmed for Pike or York counties. Otherwise, the census is arranged alphabetically by county and provides the following information about each of the enumerated industries: name of corporation or company; name of business, manufacture of product; capital invested in real and personal estate in the business; raw materials used; kind of motive power used; average number of employees; wages; and annual products, kinds, quantities and value.

No guide is available for the collection.

Subjects: Pennsylvania (19th Century); Manufacturers; Census (1850); Genealogy

Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Mortality in Pennsylvania. Washington DC

Call number: HB1355.U52P4

Guide: No guide available

Note: 2 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: United States Census Records of mortality in the state of Pennsylvania for the year ending June 1, 1850. Each record also includes a description of the person, place of birth, profession or occupation of the deceased and the cause of death.

No guide is available for the collection.

Subjects: Pennsylvania (19th Century); Census (1850); Genealogy

Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Manufacturers of Pennsylvania. Washington DC

Call number: HD9724.U52P4

Guide: No guide available

Note: 2 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: United States Census of manufacturers in Pennsylvania for the year ending June 1, 1860. The census is arranged alphabetically by county and provides the following information about each of the enumerated industries: name of corporation or company; name of business, manufacture of product; capital invested in real and personal estate in the business; raw materials used; kind of motive power used; average number of employees; wages; and annual products, kinds, quantities and value.

No guide is available for the collection.

Subjects: Pennsylvania (19th Century); Manufacturers; Census (1860); Genealogy

Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Mortality in Pennsylvania. Washington DC

Call number: HB1355.U52P4

Guide: No guide available

Note: 2 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: United States Census Records of mortality in the state of Pennsylvania for the year ending June 1, 1860. Each record also includes a description of the person, place of birth, profession or occupation of the deceased and the cause of death.

No guide is available for the collection.

Subjects: Pennsylvania (19th Century); Census (1860); Genealogy

Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Manufacturers of Pennsylvania. Washington DC

Call number: HD9724.U52P4

Guide: No guide available

Note: 4 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: United States Census of manufacturers in Pennsylvania for the year ending June 1, 1870. The census is arranged alphabetically by county and provides the following information about each of the enumerated industries: name of corporation or company; name of business, manufacture of product; capital invested in real and personal estate in the business; raw materials used; kind of motive power used; average number of employees; wages; and annual products, kinds, quantities and value.

No guide is available for the collection.

Subjects: Pennsylvania (19th Century); Manufacturers; Industries; Census (1870); Genealogy

Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Mortality in Pennsylvania. Washington DC

Call number: HB1355.U52P4

Guide: No guide available

Note: 3 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: United States Census Records of mortality in the state of Pennsylvania for the year ending June 1, 1870. Each record also includes a description of the person, place of birth, profession or occupation of the deceased and the cause of death.

No guide is available for the collection.

Subjects: Pennsylvania (19th Century); Census (1870); Genealogy; Population

Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Manufacturers of Pennsylvania. Washington DC

Call number: HD9724.U52P4

Guide: No guide available

Note: 5 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: United States Census of manufacturers in Pennsylvania for the year ending May 31, 1880. The census is arranged alphabetically by county and provides the following information about each of the enumerated industries: name of corporation or company; name of business, manufacture of product; capital invested in real and personal estate in the business; raw materials used; kind of motive power used; average number of employees; wages; and annual products, kinds, quantities and value.

No guide is available for the collection.

Subjects: Pennsylvania (19th Century); Manufacturers; Industries; Census (1880); Genealogy

Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Mortality in Pennsylvania. Washington DC

Call number: HB1355.U52P4

Guide: No guide available

Note: 4 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: United States Census Records of mortality in the state of Pennsylvania for the year ending May 31, 1880. Each record also includes a description of the person, place of birth, profession or occupation of the deceased and the cause of death.

No guide is available for the collection.

Subjects: Pennsylvania (19th Century); Census (1880); Genealogy; Population

Index (Soundex) to the Population Schedules of the Tenth Census of the United States: Ohio 1880

Call number: HA216.O3 1880

Guide: No guide available

Note: 143 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: Only the 1880 schedules for the state of Ohio are available at The Pennsylvania State University. The Federal decennial population census schedules contain more information on individuals and families who lived in the 19th century than any other source.

The Soundex index to the 1880 census lists only those families which include a child under the age of ten. For more information on the census, please consult the collections relating to Pennsylvania.

Subjects: Ohio (19th Century); Census (1880); Genealogy; Population

Records of the 1820 Census of Manufactures. Schedules for Pennsylvania. Washington, D.C., National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1964

Call number: HD9724.U52P4

Guide: Records of the 1820 census of manufactures
Call number: HD9724.U54 1967

Note: 4 reels 35 mm. microfilm. National Archives Microfilm Publications M279.

Description: A description of the contents of the collection can be found at the beginning of the reels. The reference numbers found in the index at the beginning of the reel refer to the document number (found in the upper right corner) and not the frame numbers.

Subjects: Pennsylvania (19th Century); Manufactures; Industries; Census (1820); Genealogy

City Directories of the United States Through 1860. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1967 -

Call number: Micro 4 CDUS

Guide: Bibliography of American Directories through 1860
Call number: Z5771.S7

Note: 6,292 microfiche

Description: City Directories are a way for researchers, especially genealogists to locate information on specific people. Directories contain lists of people as well as lists of their occupations and addresses. They also contain other information. For example: names and locations of churches, schools, benevolent institutions and city offices. Many directories also include information on banking and commerce.

The collection of directories is divided by date into three segments. This collection, segment I, covers the years before 1860. The guide for the collection is arranged alphabetically by city and then chronologically. The guide covers all three segments so care should be taken when attempting to locate a specific directory (Note: only segments I and II are available in the Microfilm collection at this time).

Subjects: Directories; United States

City Directories of the United States, 1861-1881. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1974

Call number: Microfilm D265.N48A43

Guide: City Directories of the United States, 1860-1901, A Guide to the Microfilm Collection
Call number: Z5771.2.C5

Note: 369 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: City Directories are a way for researchers, especially genealogists to locate information on specific people. Directories contain lists of people as well as lists of their occupations and addresses. They also contain ither information. For example: names and locations of churches, schools, benevolent institutions and city offices. Many directories also include information on banking and commerce.

The collection of directories is divided by date into three segments. This collection, segment II, covers the years between 1861 and 1881. The guide for the collection is arranged alphabetically by city and then chronologically. The guide covers all three segments so care should be taken when attempting to locate a specific directory (Note: only segments I and II are available in the Microfilm collection at this time).

Subjects: Cities and Towns

Columbus and Related Family Papers 1451 to 1902. [University Park, Pa.] : Pennsylvania State University Libraries Photoduplication Department, [1974]

Call number:Microfilm A55

Guide: Columbus and Related Family Papers, 1451-1902 : An Inventory of the Boal Collection
Call number: CD1879.5.C64G37

Note: 120 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: This collection is a reproductin of the family papers of the Columbus family. The originals, housed at the Colubus Family Chapel in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, are those documents inherited by Theodore and Mathilde Boal. Mathilde Boal, born Mathilde Denis de Lagarde, was a niece of Victoria Montalvo, wife of Diego Santiage Col¢n. The will of Victoria stipulated the dispersal of her estate between the children of her sister and it was through this inheritence that the Boals came into possession of the Papers as well as the Chapel (tranported from Europe) in which they are housed.

The collection was originally organized alphabetically by family name and this is how they have been filmed (with a few minor exceptions). There are eleven families represented: Col¢n, Cabeza de Vaca Puga, Garc¡a de Sierra, Garc¡a de Villalpardo Cort,s y Reynoso, Ladr¢n de Guerva, Montalvo y Vinader, Riva de Neyra, Salcedo y Arteaga, Sarr¡a, (Viana) Tepa and Zea. Under each family name, the documents are divided into bundles, or legajos, and sometimes further divided into expediente, or documents grouped together under a common subject.

A guide to the collection is available which gives a detailed history of the families and the papers. It also describes the organization of the documents. A reel guide is available and should be consulted for the arrangement of the families as well as each document within the families' papers. The guide also contains name and place indexes.

Subjects: Colon Family; Boal Family

Crime and Juvenile Delinquency. Glen Rock, N. J. : Microfilming Corp. of America, 1976 -

Call number: Micro 4 CJD

Guide: Crime and Juvenile Delinquency : A Bibliographic Guide
Call number: Z5118.C9C75

Description: The material for this collection comes from the Criminal Justice / National Council for Crime and Delinquency collection (NCCD).

The collection contains documents selected by the publisher for their research value. They include municipal, county, state, federal and privately generated documents and reports from 1950 to current years.

Guides to the collection are made available as supplements each time the collection is updated. The guides, original and supplements, each contain brief descriptive notes as well as indexes to the collection. The documents within the collection are arranged according to a collection specific classification system. This system is described and indexed in the guides.

Subjects: Crime; Criminology; Juvenile Delinquency; Corrections

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Original Letters of Charles Dickens in the Dickens House, 48 Doughty Street, London, W.C.1: Reproduced By Permission of the Trustees. East Ardley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England: EP Microform, [19??]

Call number: Microfilm A189

Guide: No guide available

Note: 1 reel 16 mm. microfilm. Originals in Dickens House.

Description: Charles Dickens was born in Landport in 1812. He became a renowned English author and is famous for works which, at times, draw heavily from his own experiences as a young man and the trials of poverty in 19th century England. Some of his more well known titles include: Oliver Twist (1837 - 1839), Nicholas Nickleby (1838 - 1839), A Christmas Carol (1843), David Copperfield (1849 - 1850), A Tale of Two Cities (1859), and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870, unfinished).

This collection reproduces the personal letters of Charles Dickens that are housed at the Dickens House. They are divided into nine sections according to either the recipient of the letter or the person who donated the letters in a segment to the Dickens House. The sections are: Letters to Thomas Beard, Letters to Frank Beard, Letters presented by Count de Suzanet (a well known collector of Dickens articles), Letters to Bradbury and Evans, Letters presented by Mrs. W. Dexter, Miscellaneous letters, Letters to Mrs. Gaskell, Letters to Georgina Hogarth and Letters in Sir Henry Irving's Copy of Forester's "Life of Dickens".

Subjects: Dickens, Charles; English Literature (19th Century); Manuscripts; Great Britain (19th Century); Correspondence (19th Century)

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. The Original Manuscripts and Papers of Thomas Hardy : The Thomas Hardy Memorial Collection At the Dorset County Museum. East Ardsley, England : EP Microform, 1975

Call number: Microfilm A191

Guide: No guide available

Note: 18 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: Thomas Hardy, English author, port and dramatist, was born in Upper Bockhampton in 1840. Educated as an architect, he preferred a chosen profession as a journalist and later novelist. By the time of his marriage in 1874, he had already published four novels. His marriage to Emma, was not idyllic in any way so it is deemed ironic that some of his most successful and acclaimed love poetry was written after she died in 1912. His most well known works, Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1891) and Jude the Obscure (1895), were attacked at the time of their publication, but have since become established as classics of literature.

This collection reproduces the manuscripts of Thomas Hardy housed at the Dorset County Museum. These include: The Woodlanders and Ann Proofs (Reel 1); Novels and Dramatizations (reels 2 - 4); Poetry, Essays and Short Stories (reel 5); Scrapbooks and miscellaneous materials (reel 6); Drafts for a biography (reel 7 - 8); Memoranda, Diaries and Notebooks (reel 9); Music Books, Paintings and drawings (reel 10); The Trumpet Major (reel 11); Tess of the D'Urbervilles (reel 12); The Dynasts (reel 13 - 14); The Return of the Native (reel 15); Jude the Obscure (reel 16); Times Laughing Stock (reel 17); Winter Words, Poems Past and Present, Wessex poems and An Imaginative Woman (reel 18).

Subjects: Hardy, Thomas; English Literature; English Fiction; Manuscripts

History of Photography Monographs. Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications, [1980?-1982?]

Call number: Microfilm D309

Guide: History of Photography. Bibliography and Reel Guide to the Microfilm Collection
Call number: TR15.H573 1982

Note: 202 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: This collection is a comprehensive collection of early texts and out of print reference material on the history of photography. It contains material ranging from the purely theoretical and technical to rare photographs by pioneers of the field.

The core of the collection is reproduced from the holdings of the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House. It also draws from other collections like the New York Public Library and Columbia University's Epstean Collection.

The guide is arranged, like the film, alphabetically with the reel and location numbers immediately following each entry. An alphabetical list of periodicals with publication dates and reel numbers is also included with a separate listing for those reels containing multiple titles.

Subjects: Photography

Liberia. Supreme Court. Decisions of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Liberia 1861-1898. Bedford, N.Y. : African Imprint Library Services, 1974

Call number: Microfilm A94

Guide: No guide available

Note: 1 reel 35 mm. microfilm

Description: The collection reproduces the decisions of the Supreme Court of Liberia between the dates of 1861 and 1889. The decisions are not in any particular order and no guide is available.

Subjects: Liberia

Luis Alberto Sanchez Archives, Gonzalez Prada Correspondence, 1915-1945. University Park, Pa. : The Pennsylvania State University Libraries, Photoduplication Service, 1979

Call number: Microfilm A220

Guide: Luis Alberto Sanchez Archives, Gonzalez Prada Correspondence, 1915-1945, Reel Guide
Call number: Z783.L79

Note: 1 reel 35 mm. microfilm

Description: This collection is comprised of reproduction of the letters between Luis Alberto Sanchez and members of the family of Manuel Gonzalez Prada, his idol and a leading Peruvian intellectual of his time. The principal focus of the letters is on the compilation and publication of Prada's works.

A guide to the collection is available and contains an index arranged alphabetically by correspondent and thereunder by date.

Subjects: Sanchez, Luis Alberto; Gonzalez Prada, Alfredo; Peru; Correspondence (20th Century)

Madden, Frederic. Sir, 1801-1873. The Diaries of Sir Frederic Madden [1819-1873]. London : World Microfilms Publications in association with the Bodleian Library, 1973

Call number: Microfilm A117

Guide: No guide available

Note: 17 reels 35 mm. microfilm. Originals in the Bodleian Library.

Description: Frederic Madden was born in Portsmouth in 1801. An English antiquarian, he became the keeper of manuscripts at the British Museum in 1837 and held the position until 1866. Among others, he edited Havok the Dane, early English versions of the Gesta Romanorum, the Wycliffite version of the Bible, Layamon's Brut and the works of Matthew Paris.

This collection reproduces the personal diaries of Sir Frederic Madden from the year 1819 through the year 1873. The documents include the author's own index for the journals between 1819 and 1826, but no other indexes are available.

Subjects: Madden, Frederic; Diaries (19th Century)

Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. Biblia Americana. Cambridge, Mass., Microreproduction Laboratory, M.I.T., [1968?]

Call number: Microfilm A339

Guide: No guide available

Note: 4 reels 35 mm. microfilm. Microfilm of manuscripts held by the American Antiquarian Society.

Description: Cotton Mather was born in Boston in 1663. He graduated from Harvard and became first a colleague of and then successor to his father at the second church, Boston. He published 382 books, including his Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcraft and Possessions (1685) which served to fuel the fury of the New England community. During the Salem witch hunts, he wrote Wonders of the Invisible World (1692) which he later retracted.

Mather was progressive in his opinions and supported small pox inoculation and other progressive ideas. His Magnalia Christi Americana (1702) contains a wealth of material on church history in New England.

This collection contains a reproduction of Mather's handwritten manuscript of Biblia Americana.

Subjects: Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728; Literary Manuscripts

National Register of Historic Places. Teaneck, N.J. : Chadwyck-Healey, 1984 -

Call number: Micro 4 NRHP

Guide: No guide available

Note: 6497 microfiche

Description: This collection comprises a comprehensive survey of every property or neighborhood recognized by the Federal Government as significant historically, for its architecture, for its cultural importance or as an archaeological site. No other reference work gives so much information on such a wide range of historically important properties including homes, both mansions and homesteads, public buildings, industrial buildings, monuments of civil engineering and artifacts such as sailing ships and fairground carousels. Information on each property is arranged by state.

The microfiche edition reproduces the detailed information and photographs held in the Washington office of the National Register of Historic Places. Nearly 50,000 properties are included with over 200,000 photographs and 260,000 pages of text.

The collection contains all of those properties which were registered prior to December 1982.

Subjects: Historic Buildings; Architecture; Local History; National Register of Historic Places

Occupation of Japan. Bethesda, MD, USA. Tokyo, Japan : Congressional Information Service; Maruzen Pub. Co, c1987-

Call number: Micro 4 Japan

Guide: Occupation of Japan
Call number: DS889.16.I56 1987

Note: 1040 microfiche

Description: During the period after World War II, the United States occupied the nation of Japan. The purpose of the occupation was to democratize, demilitarize and reconstruct the small island nation in an effort to assure future non-aggression and alliance with the Western world, specifically, the United States. During this period, the occupation had little impact on the everyday lives of most Americans. However, American involvement in Japan was the beginning of a deep US involvement with non-Western cultures that carries through into modern US policy. If the occupation of Japan had been a failure, then US influence in the western Pacific would be seriously diminished today. Ironically, it is US policy toward Japan that has created today's trade and economic tensions between the two nations.

This collection is divided into two series. The first series, US Planning Documents, 1942 - 1945, spans the period roughly from US involvement to Japanese surrender. The collection focuses on the formulation of American policy as revealed in formal policy proposals of major governmental units and the more informal comments of key individuals who influenced policy making. Included in the collection are official military, intelligence, diplomatic and foreign policy publications as well as diaries, interviews and minutes of meetings. Only documents dealing with the United States and its policies have been included.

The series is further divided into five parts: Part 1. Early Occupation Policy Research: State Department Planning, 1941 - 1943; Part 2. State Department Policy, 1944; Part 3. Intelligence Information About Japan, 1941 - 1945; Part 4. Military Planning for the Defeat and Occupation of Japan, 1943 - 1945; Part 5. Political Progress Toward Termination of the war Against Japan, 1943 - 1945.

Series two, US and Allied Policy, 1945 - 1952, covers the period of occupation after the defeat of Japan. Documents have been collected from all major relevant US Government bodies, including the White House, Department of State, The State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee and the National Security Council. Documents were also collected from the Far East Commission (FEC) and the Allied Council for Japan (ACJ). The latter two add the views of other Allied powers to the collection.

Series two is further divided into five parts: Part 1. The Truman White House and Japan, 1945 - 1952; Part 2. SWNCC - SFE: Early Occupation Policy, 1945 - 1947; Part 3. National Security Council (NSC) and Policy Planning Staff (PPS): US occupation policy during the early Cold War, 1948 - 1952; Part 4. Far Eastern Commission (FEC), Allied Council for Japan (ACJ) and the International context of the occupation; Part 5. Office of the Executive Secretariat; State Department.

A guide to the collection is available which includes a Review of the collection contents, Bibliography of Documents, a Name and Subject Index and an Index by Document and Meeting Numbers. The guide for the second series also includes a chronological list of the documents.

Subjects: Japan; World War II (1939-1945); Allied Occupation, 1945-1952

Records of Pennsylvania's Revolutionary Governments, 1775-1790 : (record Group 27) in the Pennsylvania State Archives : a Microfilm Project. Harrisburg: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1978

Call number: Microfilm A187

Guide: Guide to the Microfilm of the Records of Pennsylvania's Revolutionary Governments, 1775-1790
Call number: E263.P4P37 1979

Note: 54 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: Following the British attack on the ammunition and weapons stores at Lexington and Concord on June 30, 1775, the Provincial Assembly of Pennsylvania decided to appoint a State-wide Council or Committee of Safety and Defense. This committee and its successors, the Council of Safety, the Second Council of Safety and the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, would serve as the highest executive and military power in the state of Pennsylvania until the adoption of a State Constitution on December 20, 1790, which replaced the Council with a popularly elected governor as the State Executive.

This collection, a reproduction of Record Group 27 at the Pennsylvania Archives, Records of Pennsylvania's Revolutionary Governments, 1775 - 1790, is divided into four sections: (1) the Manuscript Minutes (fair and rough copy) of the Committee of Safety, Council of Safety, (Second) Council of Safety and Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, referred to as the Revolutionary Record, volumes [1-50]; (2) the Executive correspondence of the above councils, 1775 - 1790; (3) records relating to the executive activities of Pennsylvania's Revolutionary Governments (twelve series arranged alphabetically); and (4) the one edition (1853 - 1860) of the corresponding published Minutes and Executive Correspondence of the Revolutionary Councils - known respectively as Colonial Records, the binder's title, and as the Pennsylvania Archives [first series].

A guide to the collection is available with a detailed history of the revolutionary government and list of State and Continental Presidents and Secretaries. Also included are informative sections on provenance, editorial methods and abbreviations, as well as a reel guide. An index to the collection is available as a separate volume, Index to the Guide to the Microfilm of the Records of Pennsylvania's Revolutionary Government, 1775-1790 (call number E263.P4 P37 1979 INDEX).

Subjects: Pennsylvania (18th Century); United States History Revolutionary War (1775-1783); Politics and Government (18th Century)

Renaissance Rhetoric : A Microfiche Collection of Key Texts, A.D. 1455-1600 from the Bodleian Library, Oxford. edited by James J. Murphy. Oxford : Oxford Microform Publications, c1986

Call number: Micro 4 RENAISSANCE

Guide: Renaissance Rhetoric : A Microfiche Collection of Key Texts, A.D. 1472-1602 from the Bodleian Library, Oxford. A Guide
Call number: Z7004.R5M874 1987

Note: 152 microfiche

Description: The importance of Rhetoric in Early Modern Europe and America has been generally recognized. Rhetoric influenced public oratory and preaching as well as such diverse fields as literature, philosophy and political theory.

This collection reproduces, from original printed texts, a collection of texts dealing with Rhetoric. The texts are dated in the period between 1472 and 1602 and represent a wide collection of authors. Although most of the works fall into the period of Renaissance thought, some others represent the importance of certain classical rhetoricians to the Renaissance ideal (e.g. Aristotle and Cicero).

A guide to the collection is available which contains an index to the authors and works included as well as brief biographical sketches of the authors.

Subjects: Rhetoric; Medievel Rhetoric

Royal Society (Great Britain). The Early Letters and Classified Papers, 1660-1740, from the Archives of the Royal Society. Frederick, Md. : University Publications of America, 1990

Call number: Microfilm A271

Guide: The Early Letters and Classified Papers, 1660-1740, from the Archives of the Royal Society.
Call number: Q141.R69 1990

Note: 23 reels 35 mm. microfilm. Originals in the Archives of the Royal Society.

Description: The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge is the oldest national scientific academy in the world with a continuous existence. The origins of the Royal Society date back to 1645, when a group of eminent British thinkers began to meet regularly in London to discuss the new, experimental philosophies of science. They recognized the need to arrive at a fuller understanding of these innovative ideas through open dialogue. The English Civil War and the Cromwellian Protectorate periodically interrupted their meetings, however, and it was not until 1660 that the Royal Society was formally constituted. Having been in the forefront of national and international scientific activity for more than three centuries, the Royal Society houses one of the most precious collections of manuscript records and early printed materials in existence.

This collection, reproduced from the holding of the Royal Society, is titled: The Early Letters and Classified Papers.

The Royal Society's founders were committed to the 17th century's innovative, experimental philosophies of science.Leading scientists from England, Europe, and throughout the world submitted their discoveries, theories, and observations-often in the form of letters or informal reports-to the Society for distribution and discussion. This collection makes available thousands of letters and papers from the world's leading scientific thinkers. While more than half of this material was written in English, many letters and papers appear in French, Latin, German, Italian, Dutch, and other languages. Most of the non-English papers were translated or abstracted by the Society in English. Often drawings supplemented the written reports.

The Early Letters collect the Society's official scientific correspondence from its founding in 1660 to 1740; some 4,237 items recording the often lively debates among scientists concerning new theories and discoveries. Among the many illustrious names of the period represented are Robert Boyle, Magnus Celsius, Edmund Halley, Johannes Hevelius, Robert Hooke, Christian Huygens, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Martin Lister, John Locke, Cotton Mather and Isaac Newton.

A complete list of the letters is provided at the beginning of the microfilm arranged in alphabetical order by the writer's name. The list also indicates the addressee, the place and date of the letter, the language of the letter, remarks (for example, the letter's length), and the letter's location in the collection.

The Classified Papers assemble original papers, letters, and memoranda submitted to the Society. More formal than the letters, this collection includes material dating from 1606 through 1740. The collection preserves 39 guardbooks (volumes of mounted papers) broken into 25 classifications that cover a phenomenal range of early scientific exploration. Among the fields that held members' attention were mathematics, optics, music, mechanics, hydrology, physiology, meteorology, architecture, geography, astronomy, mineralogy, botany, zoology, pharmacy, chemistry, archeology, medicine and others.

For The Classified Papers, the microfilm reproduces a table of contents for all 39 volumes. Arranged chronologically by subject, this gives the author's name, title or subject of the paper, pagination, date, language, and the Philosophical Transactions issue number if published by the Royal Society.

A printed guide for the collection is available and contains an introduction to the collection, a reel guide and a name index.

Subjects: Royal Society (Great Britain); Science (17th Century); Science (18th Century); Great Britain (17th Century); Great Britain (18th Century); Correspondence (17th Century); Correspondence (18th Century)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William, 1775-1851. The Turner Bequest : Water Colours, Pencil and Pastel Sketches. Wakefield, England : Micro Methods, 1968

Call number:Microfilm D191

Guide: A Complete Inventory of the Drawings of the Turner Bequest
Call number: NC242.T9L8

Note: 39 reels 35 mm. microfilm. Originals in the British Museum.

Description: Joseph Turner, an English painter, was born in London in 1775. He began exhibiting his art at the age of fifteen. He quickly became a master at using watercolors and at landscape painting. After 1796, he gradually switched his emphasis to oil painting. His work foreshadowed the work of the Impressionist painters.

When he died in 1851, he bequeathed 300 paintings and 20,000 watercolors to "the Nation".

A catalog of the paintings is available in two volumes. It also contains a history of the collection and of how it came into the possession of the National Gallery.

Subjects: Turner, Joseph Mallord William; Drawings; Great Britain (18th Century); Great Britain (19th Century); Art

Underground & Alternative Press in Britain. [Hassocks near Brighton, England] : The Harvester Press, 1974-

Call number: Micro 4 UAPB & Microfilm F539

Guide: The Underground and Alternative Press in Britain
Call number: Z6944.U5U52

Description: Founded in an era of social upheaval, the Underground Press has attempted to serve as a counter-point to the generally accepted world view. After 1965, many young people found dissatisfaction at being "hand fed" culture and knowledge. The result of this dissatisfaction was the creation of what has come to be known as the "alternative culture" represented by a body of publications that attempt to identify politics and reality as subjective experience instead of objective reality.

This collection reproduces many of the journals and papers that have been published by the underground since its emergence c.1965.

A guide to the collection is available along with two supplements of 1973 and 1975. The guides include lists of participating groups and papers, as well as descriptions of the same. Also, each guide contains an index of the papers and a description on how to use the index. This description should be consulted prior to attempting to locate specific documents.

Subjects: Great Britain (20th Century); Underground Press

United States Army. Army, China Theater. History of the China Theater. [Washington, D.C., Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1975]

Call number: Microfilm A95

Guide: No guide available

Note: 1 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: The history of the Chinese Theater is reproduction of the manuscript of an "official" history of the United State's involvement in China during World War II. It includes charts, maps and photos. Also included are the documents that authorize the downgrading of the material from classified to unclassified.

Subjects: World War II (1939-1945); Japan (20th Century); Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945; China (20th Century)

United States. Army. Far East Command. Statements of Japanese Officials on World War II : (English Translations). Washington, D.C., Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1975

Call number: Microfilm A93

Guide: No guide available

Note: 2 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: This collection reproduces four volumes of statements made by former Japanese officials about World War II. Each volume is arranged alphabetically by the name of the official making the statement. Each volume is also prefaced by a list of the statements included, title or rank of the official giving the statement and a short note on the subject of the statement.

Subjects: World War II (1939-1945); Japan (20th Century)

United States. Army. Forces in the Far East. Japanese Monographs. [Tokyo, 1945-1960]. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service, 1974

Call number: Microfilm D199

Guide: Guide to Japanese Monographs and Japanese Studies on Manchuria, 1945-1960
Call number: Microfilm D198

Note: 14 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: In October of 1945, General Headquarters, Far East Command, directed the Japanese Government to prepare a complete history of the war in the Pacific. The history was prepared with the aid of former Japanese officers in the Japanese military. However, deliberately or not, many of these histories, which were prepared without direct US supervision, were later found to be inaccurate. It was decided that these monographs should be edited. With the help of Japanese researchers, this effort was undertaken, hastily at first, but later with great care.

This collection is a reproduction of the monographs that were prepared (it should be noted that not all of them reach the editing phase, so care should be taken as to accuracy). They serve to illustrate a less Allied biased view of the fighting in the Pacific Theater. In addition to the operational monographs, two other collections were eventually prepared: Japanese Studies in Manchuria and Japanese Night Combat Study. These collection are available separately as call numbers Microfilm D251 and Microfilm D252 respectively.

A guide is available on microfilm (call Microfilm D198) which covers all three collection. Since the monographs cover an extensive amount of information and their format is laid out according to the original Japanese format (Japanese operational areas differed from those of the Allied Forces), it is advisable that the guide be consulted for indexes, lists, maps and further information on the contents of the monographs.

Subjects: Japan (20th Century); World War II (1939-1945)

United States. Army. Forces in the Far East. Japanese Night Combat. [Tokyo, 1955]

Call number: Microfilm D252

Guide: Guide to Japanese Monographs and Japanese Studies on Manchuria, 1945-1960
Call number: Microfilm D198
Location: Microforms

Note: 1 reel 35 mm. microfilm

Description: This collection represents further efforts at a Japanese history of the fighting in the Pacific Theater of World War II.

A guide for the collection is included in the microfilm guide of this collection's predecessor, Japanese Monographs. The guide should be consulted for information on organization and content.

Subjects: World War II (1939-1945); Japan (20th Century)

United States. Army. Forces in the Far East. Japanese Studies on Manchuria. [Tokyo, 1955-1960]

Call number: Microfilm D251

Guide: Guide to Japanese Monographs and Japanese Studies on Manchuria, 1945-1960
Call number: Microfilm D198

Note: 2 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: This collection represents further efforts at a Japanese history of the fighting in the Pacific Theater of World War II.

A guide for the collection is included in the microfilm guide of this collection's predecessor, Japanese Monographs. The guide should be consulted for information on organization and content.

Subjects: World War II (1939-1945); Japan (20th Century)

United States. Office of the Provost Marshal General. History of Military Government Training. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1975

Call number: Microfilm A96

Guide: No guide available

Note: 3 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: This collection serves as a documentary and narrative history of the United States Military Government program. The program was designed to train officers in the proper ways of establishing a military government in the absence or collapse of civilian authority. These methods were designed to work primarily in those areas in which the US military had been the aggressor, yet they were also designed to be used in the case of military invasion and civilian disorder in the United States.

Subjects: Military Government; Military Occupation

American Natural History : Reports of Explorations. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, [1977]

Call number: Microfilm D296

Guide: American Natural History : A Guide to the Microfilm Collection
Call number: Z7408.U5A44

Note: 31 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description:

Subjects: Scientific Expeditions; United States Naval Expedition to Japan, 1852-1854; Arctic Regions; Antarctica; Discovery and Exploration

American Natural History : State Geological and Natural History Surveys. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, [1977]

Call number: Microfilm D295

Guide: American Natural History : A Guide to the Microfilm Collection
Call number: Z7408.U5A44

Note: 30 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description:

Subjects: Geological Surveys; Natural History

Fidel Castro and Cuban Politics : A Pamphlet Collection

Call number: Microfilm D306

Guide: Fidel Castro and Cuban Politics, A Pamphlet Collection, Reel Guide
Call number: Z1511.C5

Note: 1 reel 35 mm. microfilm

Description:

Subjects: Castro, Fidel; Cuba (20th Century); Cuban Revolution; Pamphlets (20th Century); Pamphlets (20th Century)

United States. Consultate (Liverpool, Merseyside). Despatches from United States Consuls in Liverpool, 1790-1906. Washington, D.C., National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1961

Call number: Microfilm A228

Guide: No guide available

Note: 2 reels 35 mm. microfilm. National Archives Microfilm Publication M141.

Description: The library has only 2 reels of this collection covering dispatches from January 4, 1845 to December 20, 1850 and from October 1, 1857 to September 30, 1858.

Subjects: Great Britain (18th Century); Great Britain (19th Century); Great Britain (20th Century); Foreign Relations (18th Century); Foreign Relations (19th Century); Foreign Relations (20th Century)

United States National Archives. Examples of Records in the National Archives Frequently Used in Genealogical Research. Washiington, D.C., The Archives, 1959

Call number: Microfilm A193

Guide: No guide available

Note: 1 reel 35 mm. microfilm. Originals in the Library of Congress.

Description: The film contains examples of various materials that are available from the Archives for genealogical research.

Subjects: Genealogy

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