Uncatalogued Manuscript Control Center

Provisional Institution List

Click on the map or alphabetical list below to see a list of institutions with pre-1600 manuscript holdings for each state, district, or province.

Each institution includes a link to that collection's homepage (if the url is known), where further information about the contents of the collection, location, staff, etc. can be found. If the UMCC has found no URL for the collection, the link will lead to contact information given to the UMCC by that institution. Collections with no link have had contact information withheld by request.  For information regarding these collections, please contact the UMCC directly.

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This page was last updated on 26 November, 2003.

United States

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Washington, D.C. Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky  Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New_Jersey New Mexico New_YorkNevada North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Canada

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon

Puerto_Rico                                                                                          


United States

Alabama

Birmingham Museum of Art
Samford University
University of Alabama

Alaska (none)

Arizona

Arizona State University
Sami I Haddad Memorial Library
University of Arizona

Arkansas (none)

California

Beverly Hills Public Library (3 leaves)
California Baptist University
California State Library
    Sacramento Branch
    Sutro Branch
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Northridge
Claremont College Libraries
Dominican University of California
Edward Dean Museum of Decorative Arts
Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco
Getty Research Institute
Huntington Library
J. Paul Getty Museum of Art
Judah L. Magnes Museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles Public Library
Loyola Marymount University (3 leaves)
Mills College
Mount St. Mary’s College
Norton Simon Museum of Art
Occidental College
Pepperdine University (3 leaves)
San Diego Public Library, Wangenheim Collection
San Francisco State University
Skirball Museum

Stanford University
    Dept. of Special Collections
    Lane Medical Library, Special Collections
The Thacher School (3 leaves)
University of California -- Berkeley
    The Bancroft Library
    Music Library
    Robbins Collection
University of California -- Davis
University of California -- Irvine
University of California -- Los Angeles
    Dept. of Special Collections
    Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana. Arts Library
    Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts
    Music Library, Special Collections
University of California -- Riverside
University of California -- San Diego
University of California – Santa Barbara (3 leaves)
University of California -- Santa Cruz
University of Redlands
University of San Francisco
University of Southern California
Villarreal, Robert (private collection)
Whittier College

Colorado

Colorado College
Colorado State University
Denver Public Library
Regis University
University of Colorado

Connecticut

Connecticut College
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Pequot Library
Trinity College
Wesleyan University Library
Yale University
    Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
    Center for British Art
    Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
    Music Library
    Sterling Memorial Library - Manuscripts and Archives
    Yale Law School
    Yale University Art Gallery

Delaware

The Hagley Museum and Library
University of Delaware

Washington, D.C.

Catholic University
Dominican House of Studies
Dumbarton Oaks
Folger Shakespeare Library
Freer Gallery of Art
Georgetown University
Library of Congress
     Music Division
     Rare Books and Special Collections
National Gallery of Art
St. Anselm's Abbey
Smithsonian Institution Libraries: Dibner Library

Florida

Cummer Museum of Art
Florida State University
The Holy Land Experience
   The Van Kampen Collection (formerly The Scriptorium: Center for Christian Antiquities)
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Museum of Arts & Sciences
Museum of Fine Arts
St. Leo Abbey
Schoenberg, Lawrence J. (private collection)
University of Florida
University of South Florida

Georgia

Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Emory University
    Michael C. Carlos Museum
    Special Collections
University of Georgia

Hawai'i

Honolulu Academy of Arts
Kaua'i Historical Society

Idaho (none)

Illinois

Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Augustana College

Chicago Historical Society
DePaul University
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois State Historical Library
Loyola University of Chicago
     Martin d'Arcy Gallery of Medieval and Renaissance Art
Newberry Library
Northwestern University
     Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
     Special Collections
Peoria Public Library
University of Chicago
University of Illinois -- Urbana-Champaign
    Krannert Art Museum
    Special Collections
    Spurlock Museum of World Cultures
University of St. Mary of the Lake

Indiana

Ball State University
    Museum of Art
Concordia Theological Seminary
Earlham College (3 leaves)
Indiana State University
Indiana University
    Indiana University Art Museum
    Lilly Library
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Old Cathedral Library
University of Notre Dame    
     Snite Museum of Art
     Special Collections

Iowa


Drake University
Grinnell College
Loras College
University of Iowa

Kansas

Baker University
Benedictine College
Saint Mary College
University of Kansas

Kentucky

Abbey of Gethsemani
Berea College
J. B. Speed Art Museum
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Spalding University
Transylvania University
University of Kentucky

Louisiana

Tulane University

Maine

Bowdoin College
      Museum of Art
      Special Collections
Center for Maine History
Deana Fowler Collection

Maryland

Baltimore Museum of Art
Johns Hopkins University
    Institute for the History of Medicine
    Special Collections
Maryland Historical Society
Mount St. Mary's College
National Library of Medicine
St. Mary's Seminary
University of Maryland
Walters Art Museum Library

Massachusetts

Amherst College
    Mead Art Museum
    Robert Frost Library
The Art Complex, Duxbury
Berkshire Athenaeum
Boston Athenaeum
Boston College
Boston Public Library
Boston University
Brandeis University
Clark University
Episcopal Divinity School/ Weston Jesuit School of Theology (3 leaves)
Fitchburg State College
Harvard University
     Harvard Business School
     Harvard Law School
     Harvard Medical School, The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
     Houghton Library
Haverhill Public Library

Hebrew College
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Massachusetts Historical Society
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
     Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology
Mount Holyoke College
     Art Museum
     Archives and Special Collections
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Smith College
    Mortimer Rare Book Room
    Smith College Museum of Art
Springfield City Library
University of Massachusetts -- Amherst
Wellesley College
    Davis Museum
    Special Collections
Williams College, Chapin Library
Worcester Art Museum

Michigan

The Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit Public Library
Michigan State University
Muskegon Museum of Art
The Scriptorium: Center for Christian Antiquities (see “The Holy Land Experience,” a Biblical theme park outside
Orlando, FL, where these items have been exhibited since the Summer of 2002)
University of Detroit Mercy
University of Michigan
    Special Collections Library
    Museum of Art
    William L. Clements Library
Western Michigan University
     Institute for Cistercian Studies

Minnesota

The Bakken
College of St. Catherine
Mayo Foundation
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Saint Olaf College
St. John's University
    Hill Monastic Manuscript Library
    Special Collections
University of Minnesota
University of St. Thomas

Mississippi

University of Mississippi -- Oxford

Missouri

Conception Abbey
Concordia Seminary
Missouri Botanical Garden Library
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
The Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis Public Library
St. Louis University
Truman State University
University of Missouri -- Columbia   
    Museum of Art and Archaeology
    Special Collections
University of Missouri -- Kansas City
University of Missouri -- St. Louis
    St. Louis Mercantile Association
Washington University

Montana (none)

Nebraska

Joslyn Art Museum
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Western Heritage Museum

Nevada (none)

New Hampshire

Dartmouth College
    Rauner Special Collections Library
    Hood Museum of Art
Phillips Exeter Academy

New Jersey

Drew University
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
Newark Public Library
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton University
    Art Museum
    Rare Books and Special Collections
    Scheide Library
Rutgers University
Salem County Historical Society

New Mexico

University of New Mexico

New York

Albright-Knox Art Gallery
American Bible Society
Barnard College
Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
Canisius College
Library of Agudas Chassidei Chabad
The Cloisters
Colgate Rochester Divinity School
Colgate University
     Special Collections
     Picker Art Gallery
Columbia University
    Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library
    Law Library
    Rare Books and Special Collections
    Teachers' College
Cornell University
    Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
    Special Collections
Corning Community College
Corning Museum of Glass
Eastman School of Music
Fordham University
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum
General Theological Seminary
Grolier Club of New York
Hamilton College
Hispanic Society of America
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
The Hyde Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary
Livingston Masonic Library
Manhattanville College
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mt. Saint Alphonsus
Munson Williams Proctor Museum
New York Academy of Medicine
New York Historical Society
New York Public Library
    Dorot Jewish Division
    Manuscripts and Archives Division
    Spencer Collection
New York State Library
New York University
    The Fales Library
    Law Library
Niagara University
Pierpont Morgan Library
Rochester Institute of Technology
St. Bonaventure University
St. Lawrence University (3 leaves)
State University of New York -- Binghamton
     SUNY Binghamton Art Museum
State University of New York – Stony Brook
Syracuse University
Union College
Union Theological Seminary
United States Military Academy
University of Rochester
    Medical Center Library
    The Memorial Art Gallery
    Rare Books and Special Collections
Vassar College
    The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
    Special Collections
Yeshiva University

North Carolina

Duke University
    Museum of Art
    Special Collections Library
University of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill
    Ackland Art Museum
    Rare Book Collection
University of North Carolina -- Greensboro

North Dakota (none)

Ohio

Bowling Green State University (3 leaves)
Canton Museum of Art
Case Western Reserve University
     Dittrick Medical History Center (Cleveland Medical Library Association)
     Special Collections
Cincinnati Art Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Public Library
College of Wooster
Columbus Museum of Art
Dayton Art Institute
Denison University
Hebrew Union College
Kent State University
Lima Public Library (3 leaves)
Miami University Art Museum
Oberlin College
    Allen Memorial Art Gallery
    Special Collections
Ohio State University
Ohio University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Otterbein College
Pontifical College Josephinum
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Ross County Historical Society
State Library of Ohio
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
Toledo Museum of Art
University of Cincinnati
University of Dayton
University of Toledo
Ursulines of Brown County
Xavier University

Oklahoma

The Gilcrease Museum
Philbrook Museum of Art
Saint Gregory's University
University of Oklahoma
    History of Science Collection
University of Tulsa

Oregon

Mount Angel Abbey
Multnomah County Library
Oregon State University
Portland State University
University of Oregon
University of Portland
Western Baptist College
Willamette University

Pennsylvania

American Philosophical Society
The Barnes Foundation
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University (3 leaves)
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Mellon University
College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Curtis Institute of Music
Dickinson College
     The Trout Gallery
Franklin & Marshall College
Free Library of Philadelphia
The Glencairn Museum
Haverford College
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Lafayette College
Lancaster Theological Seminary
Lehigh University
The Library Company of Philadelphia
Lutheran Theological Seminary (Gettysburg)
Lutheran Theological Seminary (Philadelphia)
Mulhenberg College
Pennsylvania State University
    Palmer Museum of Art
    Special Collections
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Reading Public Museum
Rosenbach Museum & Library
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary
Saint Vincent's College
Schwenkfelder Library
Swarthmore College
Temple University
University of Pennsylvania
    Biddle Law Library
    Center for Judaic Studies
    Special Collections
University of Pittsburgh
    Music Library
    Special Collections
University of Scranton
Villanova University
    Augustinian Historical Institute
    Falvey Memorial Library

Rhode Island

Brown University
John Carter Brown Library
The Providence Athenaeum
Providence College
Providence Public Library
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
The Rhode Island School of Design
    Museum
St. George's School

South Carolina

Bob Jones University (3 leaves)
Charleston Library Society
University of South Carolina

South Dakota (none)

Tennessee

Cheekwood Fine Arts Center
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Rhodes College (3 leaves)
The University of the South
University of Tennessee
Vanderbilt University
     Fine Arts Gallery
     Special Collections

Texas

Amarillo Public Library
Baylor Medical Center
Baylor University
    Guy Crouch Music and Fine Arts Library
Catholic Archdiocese at San Antonio
Dallas Historical Society
Dallas Public Library
Houston Public Library
The Menil Collection
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Southern Methodist University
University of Houston
University of Texas – Austin
   Benson Latin American Collection
   Harry Ransom Humanities Center
University of Texas – San Antonio

Utah

Brigham Young University
University of Utah
Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Utah State University

Vermont

Middlebury College
University of Vermont
    Bailey-Howe Memorial Library
    Robert Hull Fleming Museum

Virginia

The Chrysler Museum
College of William and Mary
Hollins College
Library of Virginia
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Sweet Briar College
     Art Gallery
University of Virginia
Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Washington

Seattle Art Museum
Seattle University
Sisters of Providence Archives
Spokane Public Library
University of Washington
Washington State University

West Virginia

University of Charleston

Wisconsin

Marquette University
Milwaukee Public Library (3 leaves)
St. Francis Seminary
University of Wisconsin - Madison
University of Wisconsin - Milawaukee
    American Geographical Society Collection

Wyoming

University of Wyoming
    American Heritage Center
   


Canada

Alberta

University of Alberta
University of Calgary

British Columbia

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
University of British Columbia
University of Victoria

Manitoba

University of Manitoba

New Brunswick (none)

Newfoundland (none)

Northwest Territories (none)

Nova Scotia

University of King's College

Nunavut (none)

Ontario

Art Gallery of Ontario
Bergendal Collection of Mediaeval Manuscripts
McMaster University
The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Royal Ontario Museum
University of Ottawa
University of Toronto
Victoria University of the University of Toronto
      Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies

Prince Edward Island (none)

Quebec

McCord Museum of Canadian History
McGill UniversityMontreal Museum of Fine Arts

Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan

Yukon (none)



Puerto Rico

Casa del Libro


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