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Welcome to The Manuscript Society

The Mission of the Manuscript Society is to encourage the collection and preservation of manuscripts and documents; to stimulate and aid collectors in their various collecting specialties; to facilitate the exchange of information and knowledge among collectors, scholars, dealers and the general public; and to promote the highest professional and ethical standards.

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Manuscript Mondays

The Manuscript Society is hosting monthly webinars on topics for collectors.  Each hour long webinar provides an opportunity to peek behind the scenes of valuations, writing & publishing, purchasing/selling, auctions and more.

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2025 Annual Meeting – NYC!

Next spring the Manuscript Society will be excited to find out if the Big Apple’s manuscript treasures match the promise of the metropolis’s tremendous breadth and diversity!

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2025 Manuscript Cambridge / Oxford Trip

The Manuscript Society is pleased to announce another custom-designed European study trip for our members, this time focusing on the great English university cities of Cambridge and Oxford.

Latest Digest

Digest – March & April 2025

Manuscript Digest: March – April 2025 – This complimentary e-digest, now published bi-monthly, covers significant acquisitions and sales, manuscripts lost and found, rare books and ephemera, document conservation, and more news in this digest. […]

April 1, 2025|

Recent Posts

Manuscript Monday – All Things Manuscripts

Manuscript Mondays "All Things Manuscripts"   Monday, April 7, 2025 8:00 PM Eastern Special Open Mic Meeting format Join us for an open discussion of all things manuscripts. Share a recent manuscript you have acquired, your areas of collecting interest, or general news. Ask questions of other attendees about appraisal, [...]

April 2, 2025|

MM On-Demand: J. K. Lilly Jr. Collector (1/13/2025)

J.K. Lilly Jr. was a visionary, a keen businessman with a generous spirit and one of Lilly Endowment’s three founders. He built extensive collections of coins, stamps, books and manuscripts, nautical models and military miniatures, among others. Upon opening, the Lilly Library featured nearly 100,000 rare books and one million [...]

January 13, 2025|

Cambridge and Oxford in 2025

The Manuscript Society Announces its 2025 international study trip! September 10 - 18, 2025 Cambridge and Oxford plus Add-On trip to London September 18 -21, 2025 Bodleian Library, Oxford photo by Diliff. The Manuscript Society is pleased to announce another custom-designed European study trip for our members. Our [...]

November 1, 2024|

MM On-Demand: Vietnam War through Manuscripts (11/11/2024)

The American War In Vietnam As Shown Through Manuscripts Six decades later, the American War in Vietnam remains a controversial and influential event. Stuart has been collecting the conflict for a quarter century, building one of the most important archives in private hands. He owns letters by the great leaders [...]

October 18, 2024|





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