Manuscript Finding Aids

The Rockefeller Library's Special Collections department owns more than 50,000 manuscript pages. . The form below searches the manuscripts in our collection that have been transcribed.

A portion of our manuscripts have been fully digitized and transcribed and are available in our Digital Library.

Additional finding aids are available through the Virginia Heritage Project: Virginia Heritage: Guides to Manuscript & Archival Collections in Virginia .

A number of manuscripts have been microfilmed and are available through interlibrary loan. Email rocklibrary@cwf.org for more information.

Search for manuscripts:

Title	Number
David Bailey letter to the Friends of Cedar Creek, 1812 March 26	MS 2012.3
David Shepherd Arithmetic Book, 1772-1780	MS 1971.3
Deed of Emancipation of Josiah Cathon's Slaves, 1793 February 2	MS 2001.21
Deed of James Lyon with John Eyre for sixteen slaves, 1809 November 21	MS 2008.9
Deed to Daniel Groom, 1713 April 11	MS 1946.4
Deed to Daniel Parke, 1693 November 8	MS 1940.1.b
Deed to Francis Jerdone, 1752 March 24	MS 1933.5 2X
Deed to John Custis, 1719 Jan 13	MS 1946.1.b
Deed to Lemuel J. Bowden, 1840 January 29	MS 2000.11
Deed to Thomas Nelson, Jr., 1783 September 1	MS 2000.80 1X
Deed to William Sherwood, 1684 Nov 4	MS 1940.1.a
Dell Upton Papers, 1973-1999	MS 1999.13
Delos H. Smith Collection, 1940s-1950s	MS 1990.6
Deneufville Papers, 1785-ca. 1850	MS 1941.2
Diary of Elizabeth McPherson Whitehead, 1853-1855	MS 2005.5
Dismal Swamp Canal Company Records, 1792-1834	MS 1976.3
Dismal Swamp Canal Lottery ticket	MS 1991.8.2
Dixon Family Papers, 1789-1941	MS 1992.3
Documents concerning the sale of Dr. Archer's slaves, 1829-1835	MS 2008.14
Donald Streeter Collection, 1950-1980	MS 1985.4

621 manuscript(s) found

Collection guides:

Guide to Manuscripts (PDF)
Microforms Short Title/Subject Catalog Guide (PDF)
Photocopied Manuscript Collections Guide (PDF)
Transcript Collections Guide (PDF)