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There are millions of items in the Newberry collection. These bibliographies, checklists, and collection descriptions can help you find the ones that are most relevant to your research.

Woodcut illustration from a late 15th-century edition of the plays of Terence. Call number: Inc. 8602

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A Guide to American Indian and Indigenous Studies Collections

Adoption Research

African American Genealogy

African American Studies

Alabama Genealogy

American History

American History – Colonial Period, Revolutionary Era, and Early Republic

American History – Publications about the Newberry Library Collections

American Indian Studies – Colonial Spanish Sources for Indian Ethnohistory

American Indian Studies – Colonial Spanish Sources for Indian Linguistics

American Indian Studies – Modern Editions of Colonial Spanish Sources for Indian Ethnohistory

American Indian Studies – Modern Editions of Colonial Spanish Sources for Indian Linguistics

American Indian Studies – Reference Sources

American Literature

Appraisal Resources

Arkansas Genealogy

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