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Historical Collections

Includes descriptions of the French Revolution Collection, Bollinger Lincoln Collection, Ingham Western Americana Collection, Iowa Politics, Western Americana, Voyages and Travels, Railroad History, History of Hydraulics, Culinary Arts, Social Documents Collection, the Early Iowa Imprints Collection, and Chautauqua.

English & American Literature

Includes descriptions of the Brewer-Leigh Hunt Collection, the Edmund Blunden Collection, Late Twentienth Century English Writers, the Thomas Ollive Mabbot-Poe Collection, the Iowa Authors Collection, the Julie Englander Collection of Contemporary Literature, the M. Horvat Science Fiction Fanzine Collection, and Writers' Archives.

History of Books & Bookmaking

Includes descriptions of the John Springer Collection on Typography, the Typographic Laboratory Collection, Private Press holdings, the Charlotte M. Smith Collection of Miniature Books, the Guild of Bookworkers Library, The William Anthony Memorial Collection of Bookbindings, University of Iowa Bookbinding Models, Medieval Manuscripts, Incunabula, Emblem Books, the Mark Ranney Memorial Collection, and Uncataloged Broadsides.

Children's Books

Includes descriptions of the Bernice E. Leary Children's Books, James M. and Christine Wallace Children's Books, G. Robert Carlsen Adolescent Literature Collection.

Twentieth Century Avant-Garde Art

Alternative Traditions in the Contemporary Arts (ATCA) and the International Dada Archive.

The University of Iowa and its history.

Businessmen and Businesses.  Links to manuscript collections in this subject area

The Civil War and Abraham Lincoln.  Links to book and manuscript collections in this subject area.

The Clergy and the Church.  Links to manuscript collections in this subject area.

Film & Television Writing and Directing . Brief descriptions of archival collections that exceed a thousand linear feet and continue to grow; with links to collection finding aids.

The Study of Theatre Arts and Popular Culture. Links to periodicals and manuscript collections in this subject area.

An Introductory Resource Page for Researching Primary Historical Materials.