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
Robert Walker Medical Commonplace Book, 1785-1787	MS 1931.24
Robert Walton Pattern Book, ca.1670-1680	MS 1996.17
Robert Wormeley Carter Diary, [1776]	MS 1941.1
Robinson Bill of Lading, 1798 April 10	MS 2000.61
Robinson Family Papers, 1684-1915	MS 1994.6
Rochambeau Speech in Williamsburg, 1782 June 23	MS 1934.2
Rose Family Music Books, 1831	MS 1973.3
Samuel Bettle Ledger, 1761-1778	MS 2014.3
Samuel Griffin letter to John Ambler, 1802 April 4	MS 2010.7
Samuel Marston Daybook, 1766-1774	MS 1980.3.2
Samuel Morris account with Purdie and Dixon, 1766	MS 2011.16
Scrapbook of pressed flowers, 1890-1894	MS 2002.3
Seal of Sir Francis Nicholson, n.d. [c. 1727]	MS 1955.1
Seal of the "Borough of York" [Yorktown, Virginia], c. 1790	MS 1942.1
Servant Indentures, 1750-1754	MS 1970.3
Shirley Plantation Admission Ticket, Undated	MS 1996.51 20C
Shoemaker's Account Book	MS 2002.8
Simon Schermerhorn, Account, of all the Goods, Wares and Merchandize imported, 1798 June 1	MS 1996.13
Singleton Moorehead Research Files, Undated	MS 1996.15 20C
Singleton Peabody Moorehead Collection, 1923-1972	MS 1989.23

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)