Manuscript Collections Listing

This is a general index to manuscript collections at the Vermont Historical Society designed to enable browsing. To conduct more complex searches of our manuscript catalog, including keyword searching, go to our online catalog .

This index contains only a small portion of the manuscript collections at the Leahy Library of the Vermont Historical Society.   To use paper-based catalogs for additional manuscripts, photographs, books, and other materials, visit the Vermont History Center in Barre.

This manuscript listing is organized by the last name of the author; to browse by alphabet, click on a letter below:

A - B      C - E      F - H       I - O      P - R      S - Z

Manuscripts A – B

• Abbott, Peter M., 1843-1922. Peter M. Abbott letters, 1862-1865. (view details)
• Account book for a saw and grist mill, 1843-1879. (view details)
• Account book, 1832-1850. (view details)
• Account book, 1846. (view details)
• Account book, 1847. (view details)
• Account book, 1873-1874. (view details)
• Adams, Elliott, 1838-1919. Elliott Adams papers, 1844-1945. (view details)
• Adams, Frank. Frank Adams letters, 1863-1927. (view details)
• Aiken, James H. James H. Aiken diary, January-August, 1863. (view details)
• Ainsworth, C. R. C.R. & G.A. Ainsworth general store daybooks, 1860-1861. (view details)
• Allen family. Allen family of Middlebury and Rutland, Vermont papers, 1804-1910. (view details )
• Allen family. Allen family of Winhall, Vt., papers, 1856-1884. (view details)
• Allen, Elnathan, 1754-1830. Cover letter re: militia cavalry company, 179-? (view details)
• Allen, Robert Willis. Record of the Bigelow family of Burlington (view details)
• American House Hotel register, 1865-69, 1877 (view details)
• Andrew, Nathan L. Nathan L. Andrew journal, 1882. (view details)
• Arnold, David, 1811-1881 General store daybook, 1859. (view details)
• Arnold, Randall R., 1806- Arnold family history. (view details)
• Arsino, Philip, d. 1864. Correspondence of Philip Arsino, 1861-1864. (view details)
• Atkinson, Joseph, 1812-1883. Joseph Atkinson account book, 1846-1864. (view details)
• Atwood, Howland Fay, 1918- Hartland (Vt.) genealogy and history papers (view details)
• Atwood, Howland Fay, 1918- Hartland (Vt.) genealogy and history papers (view details)
• Atwood, Howland Fay, 1918- Hartland (Vt.) genealogy and history papers (view details)
• Atwood, Howland Fay, 1918- Hartland (Vt.) genealogy and history papers (view details)
• Atwood, Howland Fay, 1918- Hartland (Vt.) genealogy and history papers (view details)
• Atwood, Howland Fay, 1918- Hartland (Vt.) genealogy and history papers (view details)
• Atwood, Howland Fay, 1918- Hartland (Vt.) genealogy and history papers (view details)
• Atwood, Howland Fay, 1918- Hartland (Vt.) genealogy and history papers (view details)
• Atwood, Howland Fay, 1918- Hartland (Vt.) genealogy and history papers (view details)
• Austin, Michael L. Carving out a sense of place : the making of the Marble Valley and the Marble City of Vermont (view details)
• Austin, Orlo H., 1838-1893. Diaries of Orlo H. Austin, 1864-1893. (view details)
• Austin, Orlo H., 1838-1893. Returns of Co. A, 1st Vermont Artillery, 1860-1865. (view details)
• Autograph album of Eunice Pierce, 1824-1843. (view details)
• Backus, Charles, Dr. Account book, 1838-1852. (view details)
• Bagley, E. E. Edwin E. Bagley papers, 1979-1984. (view details)
• Bain, George W. (George William), 1901- Reports on verde antique deposits in the Missisquoi valley, Vermont , 1929-1930. (view details )
• Baker, Horatio O. Ancestors and descendants of Orville C. Baker, M.D., 1851-1922 : buried in God's Acre Cemetary, Peru, N.Y. : together with some data on related branches of his family (view details)
• Baldwin, Jay N. (Jay Nathan), 1842-1917. Pension papers of Jay N. Baldwin, 1865-1908. (view details)
• Ballou, William John, 1871-1943. Ballou Panther papers, 1934. (view details)
• Bancroft Inn. Bancroft Inn hotel registers, 1915-1916. (view details)
• Bancroft, Charles F., d. 1862. Charles F. Bancroft Civil War letters, 1861-1864. (view details)
• Bancroft, Henry K. Bancroft family letters, 1845-1866. (view details)
• Bancroft, Smiley, 1808-1874. Smiley Bancroft papers, 1840-1885. (view details)
• Baptist Church in Middletown (Vt.). Middletown (Vt.) Baptist Church Records, 1784-1931. (view details)
• Baptist Church of Danville (Vt.) Baptist Church of Danville records, 1833-1841. (view details)
• Barclay, William, 1877-1956. Personal diaries of William Barclay, Jr., 1892-1946 [microform]. (view details)
• Bardwell, Wealthy G., b.1831. Sarah S. Bardwell documents, 1852-1855. (view details)
• Barker, Dan, 1837-1865. Letter : from Dan Barker, Senaca Mills, to John [?], 1862 October 25. (view details)
• Barker, Lillian L., 1868-1958. Memories of Hathaway's Point. (view details)
• Barlow, Claude W. Descendants of Samuel Bartlett of Stafford, Conn. (view details)
• Barney, Valentine G. Papers of Valentine G. Barney, 1864-1876. (view details)
• Barney, Valentine G. Valentine G. Barney letters, 1861-1865. (view details)
• Barre Saw Plant (Vt.) Barre Saw Plant ledgers, 1957-1964. (view details)
• Barre-Montpelier Airport records, 1950-1968. (view details)
• Barrett, George M. General store account books, 1834-1835, 1838-1839. (view details)
• Barrett, George M. General store daybook, 1852. (view details)
• Bartlett, Thomas, 1808-1876. Docket of Thomas Bartlett, 1848-1876. (view details)
• Bartley, Scott A. (Scott Andrew) "Vermont Families in 1791" project records, 1990-1997. (view details)
• Barton family. Barton family letters, 1861-1865. (view details)
• Batchelder, Alfred H., 1845-1930. Discharge of Alfred Batchelder, 1865 June 13. (view details)
• Bates family. Bates family papers, ca. 1850-1920. (view details)
• Baxter, J. N. (John Nevers), 1822-1898. Vermont Marble Company collection, 1860-1913. (view details)
• Bean, Watson D., b. ca. 1822. Enlistment certificate of Watson D. Bean, 1864 August 23. (view details)
• Beard family. Beard family papers, 1831-1945. (view details)
• Beattie family. Beattie family papers, 1814-1884. (view details)
• Bedford, Richard, Jr. Marriages and baptisms performed by Richard Bedford, Jr., 1836-1848. (view details)
• Bell, Charles J., Gov. Charles J. Bell Mary Rogers affair letters, 1905-1906. (view details)
• Bell, Charles J., 1845-1909. Papers of Charles J. Bell, 1863-1894. (view details)
• Benedict, G. G., (George Grenville), 1826-1907. Letters to the Burlington Free Press from the 12th Regiment correspondent, 1862-1863. (view details)
• Benjamin and Doris Whitney papers, 1948-1969. (view details)
• Bennington county clerk account book, 1850-1853. (view details)
• Benson (Vt.) Military papers of Benson, Vt., 1862-1866. (view details)
• Bent, David P., 1842-1862. David P. Bent letters, 1862. (view details)
• Bentley, Lloyd C., 1872-1961. Lloyd C. Bentley letters, 1885-1896. (view details)
• Benton, Dorothy Gilchrist, 1919-1980. Benton-Gilchrist genealogy research papers, 1972-1980. (view details)
• Berkshire (Vt.) Berkshire (Vt.) records, 1802-1853. (view details)
• Bethel Manufacturing Company. Bethel Manufacturing Company account book, 1815-1827. (view details)
• Bianchi, Claire F. Spaulding High School class of 1953 scrapbook, 1950-1953. (view details)
• Bicentennial Committee (Shrewsbury, Vt.) Shrewsbury, Vt., Bicentennial Committee Papers, 1989-1992. (view details)
• Bierly, William C. Battle of Funkstown, July 10, 1863, notes, 1962-1974. (view details)
• Bigwood, Jessie Lafountain, 1874-1953. Jessie Lafountain Bigwood papers, 1886-1988. (view details)
• Billings, Frank. Hardware store ledger, 1882-1883. (view details)
• Bishop, Ira Elmore, 1905-1979. "The Bishop Family in America" collection, 1903-1982. (view details)
• Bixby family. Bixby family of Chelsea, Vermont papers, 1851-1905. (view details)
• Blair family. Blair family papers, 1784-ca. 1895. (view details)
• Blake, Alson H., 1841-1921. Alson H. Blake papers, 1855-1921. (view details)
• Blanchard family collection, 1989-1993. (view details)
• Bliss, Hobart E. Hobart E. Bliss diary, 1863. (view details)
• Bliss, Sylvia Hortense, 1870-1963. Sylvia Hortense Bliss papers, 1868-1984. (view details)
• Bliss, Zenas H. Zenas H. Bliss correspondence, 1863-1864. (view details)
• Bolt, Ann McElfresh. The Prowse sisters : daughters of Wm. Henry & Delia Clemons Prowse & their aunts daughters of Richard & Sarah Drake Prowse (view details)
• Bonynge, Marjorie, 1915-1992. Camp Wynona collection, 1929. (view details)
• Bostwick House (Milton, Vt.) Bostwick House register, 1861-1862. (view details)
• Bowen, Esther Houghton, b. 1794. Bowen family papers, 1811-1874. (view details)
• Boynton, Emerson A., 1839-1864. Civil War letters, 1861-1864 (view details)
• Brackett, Richardson E., ca. 1842-1863. Pay vouchers for Richardson E. Brackett, 1863 June 11. (view details)
• Bradley, Ada G., 1847-1934. Bradley-Sargent family diaries, 1901-1963. (view details)
• Brainerd, Lawrence, 1874-1925. Castle. [A genealogical chart of the paternal ancestry of George Parmelee Castle, for whom it was] compiled by Lawrence Brainerd. (view details)
• Breckenridge, Annie Belle Story, 1886-1959. Storeys of old : historical, biographical, genealogical observations of the Storey and Story families ; prominent members of the same of the four northern counties Northumberland, Cumberland, Durham, and Westmorland, including branches settled in Lancaster and Furness ; Cross Fleury's Journal, January 1909, 1945-1951. (view details )
• Breckenridge, Annie Belle Story, 1886-1959. Vermont Storys, 1947-1848. (view details )
• Brewer, Alson Milo, 1842-1908. Brewer-Mathews family papers, 1860-1908. (view details)
• Bridge, George A., 1847-1937. Some experiences of George A. Bridge during the Civil War, 1917. (view details)
• Bridgewater (Vt.) Assessors. Grand list, 1865. (view details)
• Briggs, George, b. 1844. Diary of George Briggs, 1862 September-December. (view details)
• Brigham, L. Eunice. L. Eunice Brigham notebook, 1912-1915. (view details)
• Brigham, Paul W., 1802-1898. Paul W. Brigham legal papers, 1837-1889. (view details)
• Britell, Orange, b. 1801. Orange Britell account books, 1803-1890 (bulk dates: 1821-1865). (view details)
• Brookfield (Vt.) Miscellaneous town records [microform], 1778-1904. (view details )
• Brown, Abby Keith, 1820-1912. Abby Brown diaries, 1841-1908. (view details)
• Brown, Elijah S., 1840-1863. Letters of Elijah S. Brown, 1861-1863. (view details)
• Brown, F. L. (Ferris L.) F. L. Brown letter, 1910. (view details)
• Brown, Farwell T. (Farwell Tilden), 1910- Rough genealogical notes for the Tilden and related families. (view details)
• Brown, Farwell T. (Farwell Tilden), 1910- Rough genealogical notes for the Tilden and related families. (view details)
• Brown, Hubert C. Hubert C. and Laura Tupper Brown letters, 1863-1886. (view details)
• Brown, Thomas H., 1823-1864. Thomas H. Brown Civil War letters, 1862-1877. (view details)
• Buchanan, David A. Letter : from David A. Buchanan, City Point, to Ellen O. Kneeland, 1865 March 15. (view details)
• Bunnell, Betsy Ann, 1830-1878. Papers of the Jackson, Kinney, and Wood families, 1826-1953 (bulk 1860-1890). (view details)
• Burbank, Nathaniel, 1828-1913. Nathaniel Burbank diary and accounts, 1858-1887 (bulk 1858-1862). (view details)
• Burgess & Powell (Milton, Vt.) Burgess & Powell lumber mill account book, 1839-1846. (view details)
• Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792. Instructions from [sic] Lieut. Col. Baum, 9 August 1777. (view details)
• Burlington (Vt.) Miscellaneous town records [microform], 1787-1908. (view details )
• Burlington Savings Bank (Burlington, Vt.). Burlington Savings Bank records, 1854-1895. (view details)
• Burlington, Vermont account book, 1859-1879. (view details)
• Burnham, Henry P., 1848-1864. Henry P. Burnham papers, 1842-1864. (view details)
• Burt, Bertha Lambert, 1892-1995. Bertha Paisley Lambert Burt diaries, 1926, 1937-1987. (view details)
• Butler family bible records, 1779-1903. (view details)
• Buxton, Charles, 1834-1864. Charles Buxton diary, 1864. (view details)
• Buxton, John O. Descendants of Anthony Buxton (view details)