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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.  Find out more about upcoming webinars!

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2024 Annual Meeting Registration Open!

Join us for Adventures in San Antonio and Austin.  In Austin, visits to three world class libraries: at the University of Texas in Austin, the Harry Ransom Center, and the Briscoe Center for American History, and the LBJ Presidential Library are planned.

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A Step-By-Step Guide to making an Illuminated Manuscript

Every time I see one of these amazing books, produced hundreds of years ago, I walk away in wonder. Close consideration shows the incredible detail of the images and the text. Did one person create it all?…

Latest Digest

Manuscript Digest: November – December 2023

Manuscript Digest:  November – December 2023 – 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 […]

December 5, 2023|

Recent Posts

2023 Ewell L. Newman Award Winner Announced

The American Historical Print Collectors Society Announces the winner of the Ewell L. Newman Award for 2023 For more than thirty years, the American Historical Print Collectors Society (AHPCS) has recognized significant scholarship in the field of American historical prints with its Ewell L. Newman Book Award. Newman (1905-1992) was [...]

August 16, 2023|

Collectors Guide to Sports Autographs

Sports Autograph Collecting Jackie Robinson Letter Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Clayton Kershaw, Mike Trout.  Karim Abdul Jabar, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Diana Taurasi. Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicholas. Vince Lombardi, Payton Manning, Patrick Mahomes, Michael Strahan. Serena Williams, Martina Navratilova, Arthur Ash, Roger Federer. Bobby [...]

August 4, 2023|

Preserving Priceless Documents: National Archives

How to Preserve Priceless Documents at the National Archives The National Archives and Records Administration preserves the priceless records of the United States. This includes handwritten parchment from President George Washington’s era to 20th-century typewritten documents and modern electronic files. More than 1 million schoolchildren and adults each year come [...]

July 31, 2023|

Stamps & Autographs: A Match Made in Heaven

Stamps & Autographs: A Match Made in Heaven BALPEX2023 The Baltimore Philatelic Society presents this 85th Annual Stamp Show at the Delta Hunt Valley Inn. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday September 1, 2, and 3, 2023. Manuscript collectors are often stamp collectors too. The beauty of stamps, the postal history behind [...]

July 28, 2023|

Roger Brooke Taney – A Search for Correspondence

The Papers of Roger Brooke Taney Do you have in your collection any correspondence to or from Roger Taney? Those who are collectors of Andrew Jackson certainly know the name! He supported and served Andrew Jackson during Jackson's presidency.  To most history students he is most famous as the man [...]

July 19, 2023|

Society Board of Trustees: Class of 2026

Board of Trustees Class of 2026 Below are three society members who have committed to service on the Board of Trustees for the next three years. One is a brand new board member and two have taken on a second term. We thank them all for their commitment to the [...]

July 5, 2023|





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