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Introduction

Wilson Library owns a wealth of research materials published in large sets in microfiche, microfilm, microcard, and microprint. To make these materials more widely known and to encourage their use, this guide lists and briefly describes those relevant to English and American literature acquired through early 1995.

The sets appear here alphabetically by main entry, preceded by a table showing their chronological span and types of materials. The description of each collection includes a note on its contents, its size, call number, and mention of separate indexes. A brief list of other relevant research collections available to us from the Center for Research Libraries follows our holdings.

Five other guides will aid scholars using microform materials. The first two identify local holdings. Microform Research Collections: An Annotated Directory by Vern Harman and Barbara Walden (Wilson Reference quarto Z733 .0104 .015 1981) describes microforms in all disciplines held in Wilson Library. Microform Research Collections for Historical Research in Twin Cities Libraries: An Annotated Guide, compiled by Barbara Walden (Wilson Reference quarto Z1033 .M5 W35x 1989) describes microform sets in history owned by libraries in the Twin Cities. Three others list sets more widely available. Bibliographic Guide to Microform Publications (Wilson Reference quarto Z1033 .M5 B53x 1987, 1988) lists microforms cataloged annually at the Library of Congress and the New York Public Library. Index to Microform Collections by Ann Niles (Wilson Reference quarto Z1033 .M5 I83 1984) provides an author and title index to the individual books comprising 26 microform collections. Microform Research Collections: A Guide by Suzanne Dodson, 1984 (Wilson Reference quarto Z1033 .M5 D64 1984) lists about 375 research collections in microform, some of which we own.

Microforms and reading machines are located in the Periodicals/Newspaper Room in the basement level of Wilson Library. The photocopy service, also in the basement of Wilson, can make paper copies from both microfilm and microfiche. Please direct comments on this guide or on our microform holdings in literature to Marcia Pankake, 170 B Wilson Library, (612) 624-7099.

Contents

Item Number Collections
1 Afro-American Rare Book Collection
33 American Autobiographies
34 American Children's Books
2 American Council of Learned Societies Devoted to Humanistic Studies. British Manuscripts Project
3, 35 American Culture Series
36 American Fiction, 1774-1900
37 American Literary Annuals and Gift Books 1825-1865
38 American Literature of the 19th Century
4, 39 American Periodicals
40 American Travels
41 Archives of British Publishers
5 Bell, John. British Theatre
42 British Culture Series
44 British Periodicals in the Creative Arts
43 British Periodicals, General and Literary, 1660-1900
5 British Theatre (see Bell)
6 Burghley, William Cecil. Politics and Administration of Tudor England
45 Charles Dickens Research Collection
7 Courtesy Books from Collections in the Newberry Library
46 Covent Garden Prompt Books, 1710-1824
8 Dibdin, Thomas John. The London Theatre
9 Dickinson, Emily. Manuscripts
10 Dime Novels, Escape Fiction of the 19th Century
11 Dodsley, Robert. A Select Collection of Old English Plays
12 Early American Imprints, 1639-1800
13 Early American Periodicals Index to 1850
14 Early Americana
15 Early English Books, 1641-1700
16 Eighteenth Century, The
47 English and American Drama of the 19th Century
48 English Books, 1475-1640
17 English Cartoons and Satirical Prints 1320-1822
49 English Gift Books and Literary Annuals 1823-1857
50 English Literary Periodicals, 17th to 19th Centuries
51 English Religious Pamphlets, 1622-1880
18 Federal Writers Project. Slave Narratives
19 First Line Index of Manuscript Poetry in the Huntington Library
20 Franklin, Benjamin. Benjamin Franklin's Account Books
21 Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States
22 Literature of Folklore
52 Minor Fiction of the Later 19th and Early 20th Centuries
23 New York Theater 1919-1961
53 Nineteenth Century Theatre Periodicals
54 Non-Profit North American Repertory Theatres. Playbills, 1958-1975
55 Playbills and Programmes from the London Theatres, 1801-1900
24 Popular Literature in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Britain
25 Ridder Colored Films and Slides of Illuminated Manuscripts
26 Selected Americana from Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana
56 Shakespeare Promptbooks in the Folger Library
57 Sotheby Sale Catalogues
27 Source Materials in the Field of Theatre
28 Thomason Tracts
31 Three Centuries of Drama (see Wells)
58 Trinity College Cambridge Medieval Manuscripts Collection
59 Trinity College Dublin Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Collection
29, 30 Venezky, Richard L. A Microfiche Concordance to Old English
31 Wells, Henry Willis. Three Centuries of Drama
32 Women Advising Women

Time Maps of Microform Sets

Time Map of Selected Microform Sets at the Center for Research Libraires

Time Map of Selected Microform Sets at the University of Minnesota

Index to Types of Materials in the Research Sets

Archives and Munscripts Books, Pamphlets, Broadsides Plays Reference Materials Visual Materials Periodicals
American Council of Learned Soc Afro-American Rare Book Coll. Bell. British Theatre Early American Periodicals Index English Cartoons American Popular Magazines
Archives of British Publishers American Autobiographies Covent Garden Prompt Books First Line Index of Manuscript Poetry in Huntington Library New York Theater American Periodicals Ser.
Burghley American Children's Books Dibdin Sotheby Sale Catalogues Non-profit North American... British Periodicals, General
Dickinson American Culture Series Dodsley Venezky Playbills and Programmes British Periodicals...Creative
Federal Writers Project American Fiction English and American Drama   Ridder Colored Films English Literary Periodicals
Franklin American Literary Annuals Shakespeare Promptbooks     Nineteenth Century Theatre
Linguistic Atlas American Literature of the 19th        
Ridder Colored Films American Travels        
Trinity College Cambridge British Culture Series        
Trinity College Dublin Dime Novels        
  Early American Imprints        
  Early Americana        
  Early English Books        
  Eighteenth Century        
  English Gift Books        
  English Religious Pamphlets        
  Literature of Folklore        
  Minor Fiction        
  Popular Literature in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Britain        
  Selected Americana        
  Selected Materials in ... Theatre        

Bibliography of Microform Sets

1. Afro-American Rare Book Collection. Denver: Information Resources, 1977.
Location: Wilson Mfiche 200
Format: Microfiche, 11 x 15 cm. 535 sheets.
Arrangement: At head of the fiche: Rare Books.
Contents: Selected from the holdings of the Western States Black Research Center, Los Angeles, California.
Guides/Indexes:
  • Clayton, Mayme A. Index to the Afro-American Rare Book Collection, compiled and edited by Mayme A. Clayton and Kathleen S. Allen. Denver: Information Resources. 1977. 61 pp. (Wilson Reference E185 .C58x 1977)
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: No

2. American Council of Learned Societies Devoted to Humanistic Studies. #424 - British Manuscripts Project. Bath (Longleat House); #425 - British Manuscripts Project. Cambridge; #667-723 - Sackville Papers; #2850 - British Manuscripts Project. 1 reel only, (Rawlinson Papers).
Location: Wilson Mfilm 424, 425 2850
Format: Microfilm (positive), 35 mm.
#424 - 70 reels
#425 - 57 reels [in 58] (reels: 667-707. 708A-B, 709-723)
#2850 - 1 reel (reel: 65) Rawlinson manuscripts in Bodleian Library.
Arrangement: See contents statement on catalog cards in public union catalog (under American Council of Learned Societies. British Manuscripts Project) for reel lists. Middlesex papers (1st Earl of) #425 are reels 667-671 and 674-682.
Contents: #425 includes Coventry, Dudley and DeVereux manuscripts; royal autographs, diplomatic correspondence, home correspondence, various church papers and correspondence, Irish correspondence particularly from Lords Essex and Ormonde. #425 contains mainly Middlesex, Greville, Dorset, Sackville and Knole Park Papers.
Guides/Indexes:
  • Library of Congress. Processing Dept. British Manuscripts Project: A Checklist of the Microfilms Prepared in England and Wales for the American Council of Learned Societies 1941-1945. Compiled by Lester K. Born. Washington: Library of Congress, 1955. (Wilson Reference quarto Z6620 .G7U5)
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: No.

3. American Culture Series. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International. See also American Culture Series. Series I
Location: Wilson Mfilm 59 (closed stacks)
Format: Microfilm, 35 mm. We have only Series I, no. 1-253 (1493-1806). 252 vols. on 26 reels. The rest of the set is at the Center for Research Libraries.
Arrangement: Chronological order. A checklist of contents begins each reel.
Contents: Primary sources on early American literature, printing, travel, religion, autobiography, and other subjects.
Guides/Indexes:
  • American Culture Series, 1493-1875, A Cumulative Guide to the Microfilm Collection. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1979. (Wilson quarto E156 .A43x 1979; also quarto 016.973 Am32)
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: Yes.

4. American Periodical Series (1800-1850 Series II). Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International [1959?]. See also American Periodical Series (1741-1800)
Location: Wilson Mfilm 1867
Format: Microfilm, 35 mm. Reels 483-486 only. The bulk of the set is at the Center for Research Libraries and is added here only in special circumstances.
Arrangement: No particular order of filming has been followed (items were selected to make complete reels) so access depends upon the printed reel guides and title listings.
Contents: Some nine hundred titles reflect the expansion of publication in this period. Subjects include the anti-slavery movement, early American agriculture, science and medicine, a growing social conscience, ethnic publications, and emergent technology. The University of Minnesota has only the periodical Literary World, v.1-13, Feb. 5, 1847 - Dec. 31, 1853. New York: Osgood & Co., 1847-1853. 13 v. Other items in this series are at the Center for Research Libraries and may be requested through the Interlibrary Loan Office, 110 Wilson Library.
Guides/Indexes:
  • American Periodicals, 1800-1850: A Guide to the Microfilm Collection. Ann Arbor, MI: Xerox University Microfilms, 1947-. Includes a bibliography for the microfilm series and title listing by series year. (Wilson Reference quarto PN4877 .H6x 1979)
  • American Periodicals, 1850-1900: Civil War and Reconstruction: A Guide to the Microfilm Collection. Years 1-15; reels 1-493. Ann Arbor, MI: Xerox University Microfilms, 1973. 3 v. in 1. Includes a bibliography for the microfilm series and title listing by series year. (Wilson Reference quarto PN4877 .H6x 1979)
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: Yes, for the one item we have.

5. Bell, John, 1745-1831. British Theatre. London: J. Bell, 1791-1802. 36 v. (34 v.?) West Salem, WI: NCR Microcard Editions, 1970[?].
Location: Wilson Mcard 36
Format: Microcard, 206 cards.
Arrangement: By date of publication of the play in hard copy. Each play is filed separately by author in microcard drawers in PER. The Collection is not kept together but is interfiled with other microcard holdings.
Contents: 140 plays issued separately, each with a special title page, an engraved general title page representing a scene from the play, and frontispiece, showing an actor in a leading part. Most of the plays are preceded by biographical sketches of the authors, criticism of the play, etc. and dramatis personae, giving the names of the players.
Guides/Indexes: None.
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: Yes.

6. Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598. Politics and the Administration of Tudor England. Lord Burghley Mfilm Papers in the British Library of London, produced in their entirety from the Landsdowne Collections, ed. by Michael Hawkins. Hassocks, Sussex, England: The Harvester Press, 1976.
Location: Wilson Mfilm 2837
Format: Microfilm, 35 mm. 43 reels covering 122 volumes.
Arrangement: See below.
Contents: The Burghley Papers comprise v. 1-122 of the manuscripts in the Landsdowne Collection, held in the British Library, Reference Division, Department of Manuscripts, London. This is part 1 of the "Politics and Administration Series" which makes available collections important for the study of Tudor and Stuart England. Lord Burghley (William Cecil, 1520-1598), often known as the power behind Queen Elizabeth I, had enormous influence on Elizabethan policy, particularly during the first ten years of Elizabeth's reign, and was Secretary of State and from 1572 Lord High Treasurer. The main part of the collection is the correspondence and working papers of Lord Burghley covering the years 1538-1600, with a concentration in the 1580s-90s. Some of the domestic affairs covered concerned government, finance, parliamentary taxes, wardship, purveyance, royal debts, credits and expenses, and court politics. Economic topics deal with European trade of every commodity, commercial licensing and frauds, shipping, customs, excise. Social topics cover vagrancy, enclosure riots, poor relief, plague, theatres. Religious topics are present, particularly the Reformation and Counter Reformation. Also, foreign and defense topics are well represented: army and navy, local militia, fortifications and ordnance as well as privateering and piracy, affairs with Scotland, France, Spain, the Low Countries and questions of public security with Ireland and Wales.
Guides/Indexes:
  • British Museum. Department of Manuscripts. A Catalogue of the Lansdowne Manuscripts in the British Museum with indexes of persons, places and matters. London: H. & R. Taylor, 1819. 690pp. (Wilson folio Z6621 .B85 L3)
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: No.

7. Courtesy Books from Collections in the Newberry Library. Wooster, OH: MicroPhoto Division, Bell & Howell, 1972[?].
Location: Wilson Mfilm 2179
Format: Microfilm, 35 mm. 19 reels.
Arrangement: Titles are filmed in alphabetical order by author. Newberry Library's catalog cards have been filmed as title blocks preceding each title. Checklist (see below) precedes book 1 on reel 1.
Contents: Over 120 early English courtesy books comprise this collection of literature concerned primarily with deportment and conduct for men and women from 1571 through 1773. The selection here illustrates changing social mores in English history in this minor but popular English literary genre.
Guides/Indexes:
  • Newberry Library. Chicago. A Check List of Courtesy Books in the Newberry Library compiled by Virgil B. Heltzel. Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1942. Describes the style of the courtesy books, its forms, purposes and importance. (Wilson 016.3036 N424 and Mfilm 2179 reel 1)
  • Typed List. Gives brief bibliographic citations in alphabetical order (which is the order in which they appear on the film) but there is no reel index. Periodicals Uncataloged (ask at desk)
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: No.

8. Diedin, Thomas John, 1771-1841. The London Theatre. A Collection of the Most Celebrated Dramatic Pieces. London: Printed for Whittinghouse and Arliss, 1815 [1814-1825]. 12 volumes. [West Salem, WI: NCR/ Microcard Editions, 1970.]
Location: Wilson Mcard 125
Format: Microcards, 13.5 x 7.5 cm. 103 cards covering 12 volumes.
Arrangement: See contents in public union catalog under Dibdin. Each play of the collection is filed by author into total microcard holdings of the University. The collection is not kept together.
Contents: Most of the plays are preceded by a brief history of the plays, dramatis personae, etc. Each play is microcarded separately.
Guides/Indexes: None.
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: Yes.

9. Dickinson, Emily. Manuscripts. Presented by Millicent Todd Bingham to Amherst College, 1956-1957.
Location: Wilson Mfilm 729 (Closed Storage)
Format: Microfilm, 3 reels
Arrangement: See guide below.
Contents: Prepared by Jay Leyda in 1957, the film presents 850 poems in ED's handwriting and 11 letters and drafts with transcripts by Mabel Loomis Todd.
Guides/Indexes:
  • Bingham, Millicent Todd. Guide to the Use of the Microfilm of Emily Dickinson Manuscripts Presented to Amherst College, 1956-1957. Amherst, Mass., 1957


10. Dime Novels, Escape Fiction of the Nineteenth Century. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms. Children's International, 1980-1981.
Location: CLRC (Children's Literature Research Collection, 109 Walter)
Format: Microfilm, 35 mm. Have units 1-5, 47 reels.
Arrangement: Unit 1: 508 titles, Dime Novels, 17 reels.
Unit 2: 307 titles, Pocket Novels, Twenty Cent Novels, American Novels, Starr's American Novels, Standard Library Romance, Dime Tales, Beadle's Fifteen Cent Novels, and the American Library Series.
Unit 3: 960 titles, Starr's New York Library, Dime Library Series.
Unit 4: 295 titles, Boy's Library and Ivers Boys' Series.
Unit 5: 422 titles, Pocket Library Series.
Unit 6: 335 titles, Half Dime Library and Deadwood Dick Series.
Unit 7: 305 titles, Ivers Frontier, Westbrook Frontier, Dime Biographical, Lives of Great Americans, Handbooks, Speakers, Dialogues, and Baseball Player Series.
Contents: In the 1800s the "dime novel" was the major form of escape fiction easily available to the masses. Dime novels were pocket-sized paperbound books, often called "yellowbacks" because some of the earliest ones were bound in yellow wrappers. They cost sometimes a dime, sometimes a nickel, sometimes twenty-five cents. The settings for these novels range from early colonial borders across the Appalachians in Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio to later nineteenth-century frontiers west of the Mississippi. The heroes are trappers, traders, hunters, explorers, adventurers, lumbermen, rangers, emigrants and settlers. Filmed partly from the collections in the Children's Literature Research Collections of Walter Library.
Guides/Indexes:
  • University Microfilms International. Dime Novels: Escape Fiction of the Nineteenth Century. Guide to the Microfilm Collection of the Same Title. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1980. Contains author, title and series/reel number indexes for Unit 1. (CLRC 109 Walter)
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: Yes.

11. Dodsley, Robert. A Select Collection of Old English Plays. 4th ed. London: Reeves and Turner, 1874-76. 15 volumes. [West Salem, WI: NCR/Microcard Editions, 1970.]
Location: Wilson Mcard 129
Format: Microcard, 7.5 x 13.5 cm.
Arrangement:See contents in public union card catalog under Dodsley. "Glossarial index, by Richard Mossis": v. 15, p. [459]-509. Each play of the collection is filed by author into total microcard holdings. The collection is not kept together.
Contents: Each play is on a separate microcard. The Library also owns 3 editions in book form. Dodsley, Robert. A Select Collection of Old English Plays. 4th ed., 1874. Rept. New York: B. Blom, 1964. 15 v. in 7 (Wilson 820.12 D66b)
Guides/Indexes:
  • Peabody Institute, Baltimore. Library. Catalogue of the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City Baltimore. . . Baltimore: I. Friedenwald, 1883-92. 5 v. dictionary catalog paged continuously (5105 p.). A list of titles can be found in this catalog, p. 967. (Wilson quarto 017.1 P31)
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: Yes.

12. Early American Imprints, 1639-1800. Evans Numbers 1 - 49197. Clifford K. Shipton, editor. Worcester, MS: American Antiquarian Society, 1960-68, [New York, NY: Readex Microprint Corp., 1984?]
Location: Mfiche 377
Format: Microfiche, 11 x 15 cm.
Arrangement: Reproduction of the items listed in Charles Evans' American Bibliography. The reproductions are identified and arranged by the chronological Evans numbers. Also included are around eleven thousand titles listed in Bristol's supplement to Evans.
Contents: The reproduction of the complete text of every extant book, pamphlet, and broadside printed in the United States in the years 1639 through 1800 (including more than 42,000 titles) was undertaken by the American Antiquarian Society in January 1955. Although Evans listed serial titles, only non-serial titles are included in the microfiche collection.
Guides/Indexes:
  • Evans, Charles. American Bibliography: A Chronological Dictionary of All Books, Pamphlets, and Periodical Publications Printed in the United States of America From the Genesis of Printing in 1639 Down to and Including the Year 1820. With bibliographical and biographical notes. 14 volumes. 1903-1959. Volumes are arranged chronologically with author, subject, and publisher indexes for each volume. Volume 14 is an author-title index for the set. Covers the period 1639-1800, not 1820 as the title promised. (Wilson Reference Z1215 .E923)
  • Bristol, Roger P. Supplement to Charles Evans' "American Bibliography." Charlottesville: Published for the Bibliographical Society of America and the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, by University of Virginia Press, 1970. Includes an additional eleven thousand titles printed before 1801. "Bibliographies cited" on pages xiii-xvi provide additional possibilities for approaching the material in the collection. (Wilson Reference quarto Z1215 .E92334)
  • Bristol, Roger P. Index to Supplement to Charles Evans' "American Bibliography." Charlottesville: Published for the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia by University Press of Virginia, 1971. Index to authors and titles. (Wilson Reference quarto Z1215 .E92334 Suppl.) <lid>Shipton, Clifford Kenyon. National Index of American Imprints Through 1800; The Short-Title Evans. Worcester, MS: American Antiquarian Society, 1969. A combined alphabetical index to Evans' American bibliography, with corrections, and R. Bristol's not-in-Evans' items. (Wilson Reference Z1215 .S495 V. 1-2)
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: Yes.

13. Early American Periodicals Index to 1850. New York: Readex Microprint, 1964.
Location: Wilson Mprint 8
Format: Microprint, 15 x 23 cm. ca. 1,100 cards.
Arrangement: A series of several separate indexes arranged as follows, each index given an alphabetical prefix:
A - General Prose
B - Fiction
C - Poetry
D - Book Reviews
E - Songs
F - Subject Files
Contents: The publisher calls this collection "American Periodicals Index" but the collection may be found cited in a number of ways. It previously was listed as ending in 1850 but later descriptive literature identifies the end as 1860. The index is based upon a close analysis of about 340 American magazines published roughly from 1730 to 1860. About 650,000 index cards were produced by the staff of WPA workers. Certain weaknesses are inherent in the index. Inexperience in indexing, deficiencies in grammar and spelling, illegible and faded handwriting cause some of the problems. However, the investigator will discover much illuminating data on American economics, politics, sociology, theatre, music and the fine arts, literature, history and foreign countries.
Guides/Indexes:
  • Readex Microprint Corporation. Index to Early American Periodicals to 1850. Ed. by Nelson F. Adkins. New York: Readex Microprint Corporation, [1973?]. 9 p. (Wilson Reference PN4877 .R4x 1973)
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: No.

14. Early Americana. Boston: Graphic Service Corp., 1940.
Location: Wilson Mfilm 22
Format: Microfilm, 35 mm. 1 reel.
Arrangement: Freeman's Oath; Bay Psalm Book; John Eliot's Indian Bible.
Contents: Filmed from copies in Boston Public Library by Microfilm Educational Publications, with explanatory comments by William Dana Orcutt.
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: Yes.

15. Early English Books, 1641-1700. Wing. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1961-1971. 1st - 11th year.
Location: Wilson Mfilm 1771
Format: Microfilm, 35 mm. 403 reels of 649 available in collection (In storage).
Arrangement:This series of microfilms is based on Donald Wing's Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and British America and of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641-1700. Items on each reel are usually arranged alphabetically and numerically by Wing numbers. However, not all Wing numbers were filmed consecutively. Title access is through printed guides supplied by the publisher.
Contents: Omitted from this collection on the advice of Mr. Wing, who undertook to select titles from his bibliography, are: separate printings of the Bible, separate statutes and proclamations, American imprints found in Evans; books in Welsh, certain of the almanacs, sermons, liturgical works, Quaker tracts, and Irish and Scottish official publications. University Microfilms has stated that additional titles reported since the bibliography was published will also be filmed.
Guides/Indexes:
  • Accessing Early English Books, 1641-1700: A Cumulative Index to Units 1-32 of the Microfilm Collection. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, 1981-82. Indexes the reels by author, title, subject and Wing number. (Wilson Reference quarto Z2002 .U586 1981)
  • Wing, Donald Goddard. A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English Books Printed in Other Countries 1641-1700. 2nd ed. rev. and enl. 3 vols. New York: Index Committee of the Modern Language Association of America, 1972-1988. (Wilson Reference quarto Z2002 .W52 v. 1-3)
  • Arrangement: Alphabetical by main entry and each item has been given an alphanumeric identification code, i.e. P67 or S67, based on the first letter of the entry. Names of libraries or other owners of the originals are given.
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: Yes, including many not held in Wilson Library. Bibliographic records for the complete set were added to MNCAT.

16. The Eighteenth Century. Research Publications, Inc. 1983-.
Location: Wilson Mfilm 3290
Format: Microfilm, 35 mm. As of October 1994, the library owns only the first 420 reels.
Arrangement: Titles are filmed as they are located in libraries, with the first units being holdings of the British Library.
Contents: The Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), computerized and available to us through the RLIN database by our membership in the Research Libraries Group, aims to catalog and locate all extant publications printed in English or in Britain and its possessions from 1701 to 1800. It is estimated that when completed ESTC will comprise 500,000 titles, including variant editions. About 200,000 titles will be microfilmed as The Eighteenth Century.
Guides/Indexes:
  • The Eighteenth Century, Guide to the Microfilm Collection. Units 1-122. Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications, Inc., 1984. Lists titles for the first 350 reels of film under main entry, title, and broad subjects. (Wilson Reference quarto Z2002 .E33x 1984)
  • Eighteenth Century: A Guide to the Microfilm Collection: Title Listing, Contents Listing. Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications, Inc. [1983- .] Lists alphabetically by author or main entry works as they are filmed. When filming is completed, these lists will be superceded by a cumulation similar to the cumulations for Units 1-10 listed above. (Wilson Reference quarto Z2002 .E33x Suppl 1&2)
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: No, but they are listed in RLIN, in the special database ESTC.

17. English Cartoons and Satirical Prints, 1320-1832, in the British Museum. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey; Teaneck, NJ: Somerset House, 1978
Location: Wilson Mfilm 3320
Format: Microfilm 35 mm. 21 reels.
Arrangement: Chronologically.
Contents: 17,400 prints separately published, or in books, pamphlets, and manuscripts, from holdings of the British Museum.
Guides/Indexes:
  • British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings. B77cp Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. Division I. Satirical Subjects. London, 1870-1954. Library owns 9 of 11 volumes. (Wilson 769 B77cp)
Individual Items in MNCAT: No.

18. Federal Writers' Project. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves. Washington, 1941. NY: Adronicus Pub, 1970
Location: Wilson Mfiche 30
Format: Microfiche, 10.5 x 14.5 cm. 168 cards, of 17 vols (in 33).
Arrangement: Organized alphabetically by state.
Contents: Slave narratives, a history of slavery in the United States from interviews with former slaves. Typewritten records prepared by the Federal Writers' Projects, 1936-1938, assembled by the Library of Congress project, Works Progress Administration, for the District of Columbia, 1941. See also: The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography edited by George P. Rawick. Westport, CN: Greenwood Publ. Co., 1972. (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies, No. 11) 19 vols. of which 2-17 are Federal Writers' Project 1936-1938 transcriptions. (Wilson 326.9/Am35)
Guides/Indexes: None.
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: No.

19. First Line Index of Manuscript Poetry in the Huntington Library. Marlborough, England: Adam Matthew Publications, 1992.
Location: Wilson Reference Mfiche 101
Format: Microfiche 15 sheets
Arrangement: Alphabetical by first lines.
Contents: The 2500 entries of the card file index to "poetic manuscripts" of more than 1000 writers, including Donne, Swift, Poe, and others.
Guides/Indexes:
  • First Line Index of Manuscript Poetry in the Huntington Library. (Wilson Reference on Microfiche Cabinet)
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: No

20. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Benjamin Franklin's Account Books. Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, 1977.
Location: Wilson Mfilm 3029
Format: Microfilm, 35 mm. 3 reels.
Arrangement: Reel 1. Domestic accounts 1743-1787. Business accounts 1730-1757.
Reel 2. Business accounts 1748-1766. Post Office Books 1737-1767.
Reel 3. Post Office Books 1767-1768. London 1757-1776. Paris 1777(79) Loan Books 1776-1784. Miscellaneous accounts 1714-1786. Accounts of administration of Benjamin Franklin's property in Philadelphia 1820-1974.
Contents: Filmed by the American Philosophical Society, owner of the collection. The Society and Yale University Press have embarked on a project of publishing almost everything written by or to Franklin. The account books (which are not published in The Papers) provide additional information about Franklin himself and the daily routines of eighteenth-century society on both sides of the Atlantic.
Guides/Indexes:
  • Guide to the Microfilm Editions of Benjamin Franklin's Account Books. Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, 1977. 17pp. Includes bibliographical references. (Wilson Reference E302.6 .F8 G83x)
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: No.

21. Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1981.
Location: Wilson Mfilm 3221, 3222
Format:Microfilm and microfiche. Protocols of field research on 54 reels of film (FC 3221) with an additional 3 reels of Urban Supplements (FC 3222). "Basic materials" on 1199 microfiches. (Wilson Mfiche 232)
Arrangement: The protocols and urban supplements are arranged geographically on the fiche and rearranged on the film to allow comparisons of single items.
Contents: Data gathered by interviews in eight states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas) between 1968 and 1980 on phonological problems, morphosyntactic contexts, lexical items, and semantic variables. See fiche 1 for table of contents, fiches 2-4 for "A Manual for Dialect Research in the Southern States," and fiche 1198 for an index to topics, tables, and maps.
Guides/Indexes:
  • Smith, Vicki L. Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States: The Basic Materials. An introduction and guide to the microfiche collection. Compiled by Vicki L. Smith and Jean Hoornstra. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1981. 11p. (Wlson Reference PE2921 .S6)
Individual Items Listed In MNCAT: No.

22. Literature of Folklore. Cambridge, MS: General Microfilm Corp., 1974.
Location: Wilson Mfilm 2593
Format: Microfilm, 35 mm. 22 reels (reel 359-380 of the collection)
Arrangement: Collection is based on the bibliographies listed below. Titles were not filmed in any order but as they became available.
Contents: This series contains folklore of Great Britain, the United States, France, Spain, Latin America and other parts of the world.
Guides/Indexes:
  • Bolte, Johannes and Polivka, Georg. Anmerkungen zu den Kinder und Hausma"rchen der Bru"der Grimm. 5 vols. Leipzig: Dieterich'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1913-1932. (Wilson 834G88 OKiB63)
  • Handwšrterbuch des Deutschen Aberglaubens. 10 vols. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1927-1942. (Wilson Reference GR 166 .H3)
  • Verband der Vereine fr Volkskunde hrsg. Will-Erich Peuckert. Gšttingen: Vanderhoeck und Ruprecht, 1961-1963. Lfg. 1-3 (A-Aufur...). (Wilson 303.8 V581)
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: Yes.

23. New York Theater, 1919-1961. Cambridge, England and Teaneck, NJ: Chadwyck-Healey, Ltd., 1980
Location: Wilson Mfiche 233
Format: Monochrome Microfiche, 877 60-frame fiche.
Arrangement: Seven units: Great American Drama, Musicals, Modern European Drama, Shakespeare, O'Neill, Expressionist Theater, Landmarks in American Stage Design.
Contents: This set draws on the Vandamm collection of photographs held in the New York Public Library, illustrating Broadway theater from the 1920s to 1960. Photographs include set designs, actors and actresses, and sometimes document complete productions. The New York Public Library will sell 8x10 photographs from the fiche inexpensively.
Guides/Indexes:
  • New York Theatre 1919-1961: Handlist of Stage Productions in the Vandamm Collection. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1981. Indexes photographs by play title and "personality." (Wilson Reference PN2277 .N5 N42x 1981)
Individual Items Listed In MNCAT: No.

24. Popular Literature in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Britain. Part 2: The Sabine Baring-Gould and Thomas Crampton Collections from the British Library. Reading England; Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications; Brighton, England: Harvester Press Microform Ltd., 1985-1990.
Location: Wilson Mfilm 3877
Format: Microfilm, 35mm. 7 reels
Arrangement: The two collections, Baring-Gould and Crampton, are filmed separately.
Contents: Several thousand printed ballads and broadsides, reflecting traditional and popular street literature of Britain, useful for the study of Victorian literature, social history, folklore, music, and language. The guide lists ballads by title and by first line.
Guides/Indexes
  • Popular Literature in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Britain. Part 2: The Sabine Baring-Gould and Thomas Crampton Collections From the British Library, London. A Listing and Guide to the Research Publications Collection. (Wilson Reference PR149 .P66 P67x 1990)
Individual items listed in MNCAT: No.

25. Ridder Colored Films and Slides of Illuminated Manuscripts, etc. Series A. (Holkam Hall) Series B. (Oxford University, largely Bodleian) Prepared for Mr. B. H. Ridder and the Bremer Foundation of St. Paul.
Location: Wilson Mfilm 983,984 PER
Format: Microfilm, 35 mm. (and slides). #983, 31 reels Series A. Holkam Hall. #984, 212 reels Series B. Oxford University, largely Bodleian.
Arrangement: Title supplied. Reel numbers have been arbitrarily supplied by University of Minnesota and must not be confused with "roll" numbers at times assigned at source. Contents are listed by reel number by main entry cards (under Ridder Colored Films and Slides) in Wilson Library's public union card catalog. Mimeographed descriptive lists are being cataloged. Fragments in single boxes are counted as one reel per box. Contents list on catalog cards is very complete. The slides are on permanent loan to the Art History Department's Slide Library.
Contents: The Holkam manuscripts are acknowledged to be the finest historic collection in private hands in England. The majority of the volumes were collected by Thomas Coke who was to become the first Lord Leicester. During his "Grand Tour" of the continent in 1712-1718 he purchased large numbers of books from great continental collections. A large proportion of the manuscripts are from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, but some can be dated as early as the eleventh. Many are beautifully illustrated with illuminated initials, decorative borders and medallions.
Guides/Indexes: Material relating to the collection such as finding lists and correspondence are being cataloged.
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: Partially: use a key word search, k=ridder and slides. Note: These materials are in the Preservation Officer's care.
26. Selected Americana from Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana. Dictionary of Books Relating to America from its Discovery to the Present Times. Louisville, KY: Lost Cause Press, n.d.
Location: Wilson Mfiche 10
Format: Microfiche, 7.5 x 12.5 cm. 2,000 fiche of 29,000 available.
Arrangement: Fiche are filed alphabetically by author within collection #10. Fiche have eye-legible author/title information on header strips.
Contents: Lost Cause Press has been issuing this collection, first in microcard and then in microfiche, at the rate of some 600/year, and anticipates continuing the project for some fifty years. By July 1976 about 29,000 fiche covering some 5,000 volumes had been issued. The publisher's policy is to include books relating to the Americas which are "textually significant, with primary emphasis on North America. Thus many translations and subsequent editions are being omitted." Sabin originally intended to cover everything dealing with the political, governmental, military, economic, social and religious history of the Western Hemisphere from the discovery of the New World to the present. In 1929 it was determined necessary to fix end-dates for the various subjects included, and they range from 1800 to 1876. There is no main entry for the collection, nor series entry, nor set entry. Each item is separately cataloged. One must consult Sabin to determine what items one wants and then consult MNCAT for each item to see if it is actually available.
Guides/Indexes:
  • Molnar, John Edgar. Author-Title Index to Joseph Sabin's "Dictionary of Books Relating to America." 3 v. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1974. (Wilson Reference Z1201 .S222 v. 1-3)
  • Sabin, Joseph. Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America from its Discovery to the Present Time. 29 v. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1868-1936; rpt. Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1961. (Wilson Reference Z1201 .S22x 1961 v. 1-29)
  • Thompson, Lawrence S. The New Sabin: Books Described by Joseph Sabin and his Successors, Now Described Again on the Basis of Examination of Originals, and Fully Indexed by Title, Subject, Joint Authors, and Institutions and Agencies. Troy, NY: Whitson, 1974. (Wilson Reference Z1201 .T45 E18 v. 1-10)


27. Source Materials in the Field of Theatre. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1956.
Location: Wilson Mfilm 1782
Format: Microfilm, 35 mm. 22 reels covering 87 titles.
Arrangement: Arranged according to broad subject area, then alphabetically by main entry. Items numbered consecutively through all reels. Each work in the collection is preceded by an entry card containing brief bibliographic information.
Acting: Reels 1, 2, 3, through item 19.
Ballet and Opera: Reel 3, items 20-22.
Dictionaries and Directories: Reel 4 and 5 through item 28.
History: Reel 5, item 29 through Reel 12, item 46.
Theory and Criticism: Reel 12, item 47 through Reel 13, item 55.
Production and Stagecraft: Reel 31, item 56 through Reel 16.
Periodicals: Reel 17 through Reel 22.
Contents: The majority of the material--some 48,000 pages--is in French, German and Italian; approximately one quarter is in English. Although very few of the foreign titles are available in English, some use is made of translated portions of books to be found in American theses and dissertations. The collection contains 87 titles, primary and secondary sources selected for historical and critical importance, ranging from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
Guides/Indexes:
  • Source Materials in the Field of Theatre: A Guide to the Microfilm Collection. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1956[?]. 10pp. Reel lists identifying the books filmed, listed alphabetically by author and under broad subjects. (Wilson 016.792 So84)
  • Angotti, Vincent L. Source Materials in the Field of Theatre: An Annotated Bibliography and Subject Index to the Microfilm Collection, by Vincent L. Angotti. Ann Arbor, MI: XEROX, Education Division, University Microfilm Library Services, 1967, 73pp. A guide to the microfilm collection compiled for the producer. A list in one alphabet by author with abstracts of the books filmed. (Wilson Reference PN 2037 .A595x 1967)
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: Yes.

28. The Thomason Tracts. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1977-1979.
Location: Wilson Mfilm 3042
Format: Microfilm, 35 mm. Units 1-8. Reels 1-238.
Arrangement: Access is by the indexes listed below.
Contents: George Thomason, a London publisher and bookseller, sensed he was living through historic times and so determined to save copies of literally everything being published in England from 1640-1661, everything from single broadsides to substantial dissertations. The number of items he collected is today reckoned at almost 22,000; the Dictionary of National Biography says this represents four-fifths of all publishing between 1640 and 1661. This collection has been used by many scholars of mid-17th century subjects for generations and even today seems an almost inexhaustible fund of material.
Guides/Indexes:
  • British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books. Thomason Collection. Catalogue of the Pamphlets, Books, Newspapers, and Manuscripts Relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, Collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661. London: British Museum, 1908. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1977. 2 vols. (Wilson quarto 016.942 B77 v. 1:1-2 v. 2:1-2)
  • The Thomason Tracts, 1640-1661: An Index to the Microfilm Edition of the Thomason Collection of the British Library: Covering Tracts E1(1) - E669f27(20) in units 1-9, reels 1-256. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1981. v. 1 Thomason Tracts Index; v. 2 Wing Cross-Index (Wilson Reference DA405 T56x 1981)
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: No.

29. Venezky, Richard L. A Microfiche Concordance to Old English, compiled by Richard L. Venezky and Antonette Di Paolo Healey. Newark, Del.: University of Delaware, 1980. See also A Microfiche Concordance to Old English.
Location: Mfiche 360
Format: Microfiche, 10 x 15 cm. 418 sheets.
Contents:Microfiches 01 to 03 consist of: A Microfiche Concordance to Old English: the list of texts and index of editions / compiled by Antonette Di Paolo Healey and Richard L. Venezky -- [Toronto]: Dictionary of Old English Project, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, 1980.
Guides/Indexes:
  • Healey, Antonette Di Paolo. A Microfiche Concordance to Old English: the list of texts and index of editions, compiled by Antonette Di Paolo and Richard L. Venezky. Toronto: Dictionary of Old English Project, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, c1980. (Wilson Reference quarto PE 279 .H42x 1980)


30. Venezky, Richard L. A Microfiche Concordance to Old English, the High-Frequency Words, compiled by Richard L. Venezky and Sharon Butler. Toronto, Ont.: Published for the Dictionary of Old English Project, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto by the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, c1985.
Location: Mfiche 361
Format: Microfiche, 11x15 cm. 253 sheets.
Guides/Indexes:
  • Venezky, Richard L. A Microfiche Concordance to Old English: the High-Frequency Words: [guide] compiled by Richard L. Venezky and Sharon Butler. Toronto, Ont.: Published for the Dictionary of Old English Project, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto by the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1985. (Wilson Reference quarto PE279 .V42x 1985)
Individual Items Listed In MNCAT: No.

31. Wells, Henry Willis, ed. Three Centuries of Drama. New York: Readex Microprint, 1952-1954.
Location: Wilson Mprint 3
Format: Microprint, positive, 23 x 15 cm. 29 boxes, 26 cm. 5,500 cards.
Arrangement: Plays are arranged in separate chronological groups:
1516-1641 Elizabethan, Shakespeare, Jacobean.
1642-1700 Restoration Drama.
1701-1750 Early 18th Century.
1751-1800 Late 18th Century.
1737-1800 Larpent MS Plays.
1714-1830 American.
Cards within each group are arranged alphabetically by playwright, or title if authorship is unknown. Eye-legible headers give authors and titles. A printed index is included with collection. See Bergquist below.
Contents: Also known as "Three Centuries of English and American Plays 1500-1830." This collection of more than 5,000 plays includes every important play published in the English language in England from the year 1500 through 1800 and in the United States from 1714 through 1830, together with manuscripts never before published. Care was taken to be as inclusive as possible, obtaining the earliest editions available and including editions valuable for their texts, dating, rarity, and literary significance.
Guides/Indexes:
  • Bergquist, G. William. Three Centuries of English and American Plays: A Checklist: England 1500-1800: United States 1714-1830. New York: Hafner, 1963. (Wilson Reference Quartro PR625 .B4x 1963)
  • Greg, Walter Wilson. A Bibliography of the English Printed Drama to the Restoration. Illustrated monographs, no. 24. 4 vols. London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society of the University Press, Oxford, 1929-35. (Wilson Reference quarto PR625 .G7x 1970)
  • Hill, Frank Pierce. American Plays Printed 1714-1830: A Bibliographical Record. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1934. (Wilson Reference PS332 .H54x 1934)
  • Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Catalogue of the Larpent Plays in the Huntington Library. Library Lists, no. 4. San Marino, CA: 1939. (Wilson 016.82 qH396c)
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: Yes. One also may find many titles in contemporary and later editions catalogued separately for the book collections.

32. Women Advising Women. Marlborough, England: Adam Mathew, 1992--.
Location: Wilson Mfilm 3753 Part 1
Format: Microfilm, 35mm. 17 reels.
Arrangement: Chronological, beginning with the oldest book, The Courtyear (1577), ending with The Phrenologist (1833).
Contents: We own Part 1: Early Women's Journals, c.1700-1832, from the Bodleian Library. Forty books and periodicals, titles such as The Ladies Mercury (1693), The Female Tatler (1709), and The Ladies Monthly Museum (1798).
Guides/Indexes: Wilson Reference PN5124 .W6 W66x 1992
Individual Items Listed in MNCAT: No.

Center for Research Libraries

The University of Minnesota Libraries hold membership in the Center for Research Libraries, a non-profit cooperative located in Chicago. The CRL collections augment ours and include the microform collections listed below. Description of the collections are adapted and reprinted here by permission. (Call numbers for the bibliographies cited for each collection are for Wilson Library.) CRL materials are available for extended periods of time on interlibrary loan. Make all inquiries through the Interlibrary Loan office, 4 Wilson Library, 624-1806 (8:00-5:00, Monday-Friday). The Catalog for the Center for Research Libraries, which lists individual works in some but not all of the sets below, is in the Reference Room (Ref. Mfiche 11). Many individual volumes of the original publications are, of course, also in the book collections in Wilson Library.

33. American Autobiographies. (Brookhaven Press.) The Center has microfiche copies of the material for 1826-1850 as listed in Kaplan, Louis, A Bibliography of American Autobiographies (Madison, 1962) (Wilson Reference CT25 .K37x 1961). The Center did not acquire the material for 1676-1825 due to duplication with other microform projects. These titles will appear in supplements to the Center's Catalog.

34. American Children's Books.A collection of over 40,000 volumes, in original format, of books forchildren and juveniles published since about 1950 (a few are of earlier date). No serials are included in the collection. Most titles are in English and most were published in the U.S. The collection is formed primarily of those books received for review by the Center for Children's Books at the University of Chicago, which deposits periodically the books that it does not choose to retain in its own collection. None of the titles have been entered in the Center's Catalog. Ask the Center for any title in scope.

35. American Culture Series. (University Microfilms.) Series I. 1493-1799. Series II. 1800-1876. Microfilm copies of works published before 1876 important for an understanding of American culture. About 5,200 are included. Most of the titles are in English and were written and published in the United States. The collection is divided into three major categories: humanities, social sciences, and natural and physical sciences. Some tiles have been cataloged and are listed in the Center's Catalog under main entry. The microfilm collection is based on the Bibliography of American Culture compiled by David R. Weimer (Ann Arbor, 1957) (016.973/Am353), and is listed in its entirety in American Culture Series, 1493-1875, A Cumulative Guide to the Microfilm Collection . . . with Author, Title, Subject and Reel Numbers Indexes . . . Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1979. (Wilson quarto E156 .A43x 1979)

36. American Fiction, 1774-1900 (Wright). (Research Publications, Inc.) Microfilm copies of titles included in the bibliographies by Lyle Wright, American Fiction, 1774-1850 (PS371 .W7x 1969), American Fiction, 1851-1875 (PS371 .W72x 1965), and American Fiction, 1876-1900 (PS371 .W73x 1966). About 12,000 titles are included. All titles appear in the Center's Catalog.

37. American Literary Annuals and Gift Books, 1825-1865. (Research Publications, Inc.) Microfilm copies of the titles listed in Ralph Thompson's American Literary Annuals and Gift Books, 1825-1865 (Wilson Reference AY10 .T5). The collection includes 469 titles, all of which appear in the Center's Catalog.

38. American Literature of the 19th Century. (Lost Cause Press.) Microcard copies of a selection of American books of the 19th century. Emphasis is on literary works but important related works are included. Approximately 800 titles have been received at the Center. Some of these are listed in the Center's Catalog, and all will be included in future supplements. In the meantime, ask the Center for any title in scope. Note: Though this is a continuing project, the Center cancelled its subscription in 1971 because the project heavily duplicated materials in other collections being received.

39. American Periodicals. (University Microfilms.) Series I. 1741-1800, entire runs of 88 periodicals. Series II. 1801-1900, 923 additional periodicals beginning after 1801. Series III. Civil War and Reconstruction. Microfilm copies of periodicals published in the U.S. from 1741-1910. Newspapers are not included. All titles will ultimately be listed in the Center's Catalog, but many do not yet appear. In the meantime, ask the Center for any title in scope. The bibliography for these series is Hoornstra, Jean. American Periodicals 1741-1900; An Index to the Microfilm Collections. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1979 (Wilson Reference quarto PN4877 .H6x 1979). Note: In actuality, many of the files extend considerably beyond 1900.

40. American Travels, 1607-ca. 1900. (Lost Cause Press.) Microcard copies of all books (about 1,660 volumes) included in the following two bibliographies:

All titles are listed under main entry in the Center's Catalog.

41. Archives of British Publishers. (Chadwyck-Healey, Ltd.) The Center is acquiring this microfilm series which is still in progress. As of now the following material is available from the Center:
George Allen and Company, 1893-1915.
George Routledge & Co., 1853-1902.
Grant Richards, 1897-1948.
Harper & Brothers, 1817-1914.
House of Longman, 1794-1914.
Richard Bentley & Son, 1829-1898.
Cambridge University Press, 1686-1902.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Henry S. King, 1853-1912.
Elkin Mathews, 1811-1938.
Swan Sonnenschein and Co., 1878-1911.
Macmillan & Co., 1854-1924.
Part I. Readers' Reports.
Part II. Correspondence with Authors, 1854-1900.
Copies of guides for these will be loaned by the Center.

42. British Culture Series, 18th and 19th Centuries. (Lost Cause Press.) Microcard copies of an assortment of 18th and 19th century works, including histories, biographies, criticism, and fiction. All titles are listed in the Center's Catalog.
Note: Though this is a continuing project, the Center cancelled its subscription in 1971 after the completion of Part I, because the project heavily duplicated materials held in other collections.

43. British Periodicals, General and Literary, ca. 1660-1900. (University Microfilms.) Microfilm copies of journals, magazines, and other periodicals dealing with politics, economics, philosophy, literature and the social sciences in Great Britain from the Restoration to the turn of the century. Temporary cards are in the Center's Catalog.

44. British Periodicals in the Creative Arts, ca. 1660-1900. (University Microfilms.) Microfilm copies of journals, magazines, and other periodicals dealing with art, music, theatre, dance and drama from the Restoration to the turn of the 19th century. Temporary cards are in the Center's Catalog.

45. The Charles Dickens Research Collection. (Cambridge, Eng.: Chadyck-Healey Ltd.) Seven hundred items, including printed books by and about Charles Dickens, and manuscripts, prints, and drawings, on 105 reels of microfilm. Items come mainly from the John Furber Dexter collection at the British Library. A printed guide can be borrowed from CRL, and another copy has been ordered for Wilson Library.

46. Covent Garden Prompt Books, 1710-1824. (Microphoto.) Microfilm copies of thirty-seven plays, annotated by the prompters of the Covent Garden performances. The originals are in the Newberry Library. These titles will appear in a future supplement to the Center's Catalog. In the meantime, a list of the titles is available from the Center upon request.

47. English and American Drama of the 19th Century. (Readex Microprint Corp.) Microprint copies of English and American plays. Basic reference authorities for the titles included are:

This is a continuing project, with additional titles being received at intervals. None of the titles received are in the Center's Catalog, but all will be included in future supplements. In the meantime, ask the Center for any title in scope.

48. English Books, 1475-1640. (University Microfilms.) Microfilm copies of the titles included in Pollard and Redgrave, A Short-Title Catalogue of English Books, 1475-1640 (RBIB/010.6/qB476p/no.46). None of the approximately 26,000 titles listed in the Center's Catalog, nor is there any plan to include them, since adequate bibliographic access is available through Pollard and Redgrave. Ask the Center for any title in scope.

49. English Gift Books and Literary Annuals, 1823-1857. (Chadwyck-Healey.) Microfiche edition of titles covered in Boyle, Andrew. An Index to the Annuals 1820-1850 (Wilson Reference PR83 .B6x 1967). All titles are in the Center's Catalog.

50. English Literary Periodicals, c. 1660 to 1900. (University Microfilms.) Microfilm copies of 350 periodicals of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. All of these titles have been received at the Center. Some are listed in the Center's Catalog; the remainder will be included in a future supplement. English Literary Periodicals: Bibliography (Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1973) lists titles alphabetically (Wilson Reference PN5124 .P4 E5x 1973). Individual titles are listed in MNCAT under the heading English Literary Periodicals.

51. English Religious Pamphlets, 1622-1880. A collection of approximately 1000 pamphlets. These pamphlets have not been individually cataloged but are arranged chronologically.

52. Minor Fiction of the Later 19th and Early 20th Centuries. Northwestern University has transferred to the Center its collection (approximately 5,000 volumes in original format) of English and American minor fiction of the later 19th and early 20th centuries. Some titles appear in the Center's Catalog; all will be listed in a future supplement. In the meantime, ask the Center for any title in scope.

53. Nineteenth-Century Theatre Periodicals. (Harvester.) Nineteenth century British theater periodicals from the British Library, Bloomsbury and Colindale, the British Library Newspaper Library. Some titles appear in the Center's Catalog, and all will appear in a supplement. Contents list available from the Center on request.

54. Non-Profit North American Repertory Theatres. Playbills, 1958-1975. (Greenwood Press.) A microfiche edition of the collection of the Theatre Communications Group. A bibliography is available on loan.

55. Playbills and Programmes from London Theatres, 1801-1900. (Chadwyck-Healey). Microfiche edition of the collection in the Theatre Museum, London. List of theaters included is available from the Center on request.

56. Shakespeare Promptbooks in the Folger Library.(Harvester.) Microfilm of the collection of Shakespearean promptbooks in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington. In date, the collection runs from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth, but most books are nineteenth century. Hard-copy guide is available for short-term loan.

57. Sotheby Sale Catalogues. (University Microfilms, U.K.) Microfilm edition of the complete collection of sale catalogues of the Sotheby & Co., London, 1773-1945. A copy of the guide to the contents of the microfilm is available for loan from the Center.

58. Trinity College Cambridge. Mediæval Manuscripts Collection. (World Microfilms.) Microfilm set in eight parts: law, medica, mathematica, illuminated manuscripts, general literature, Greek and Latin classics, secular manuscripts, general and historical, biblical texts, biblical studies, theology, general and patristics. A microfilm copy of James, Montague Rhodes, The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge: A Descriptive Catalogue, (4 volumes, Cambridge, 1904) is available for loan from the Center.

59. Trinity College Dublin. Mediæval and Renaissance Manuscript Collection. Part I. The Roman Inquisition and Part 2, A-D. Music, Law, Heraldry and Genealogy, General. (World Microfilms.) Microfilm. A brief guide is available from the Center on request.