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Manuscripts Research Tutorial
Manuscripts

Manuscripts are unpublished primary sources. The term manuscript encompasses a broad array of documents and records of numerous formats and types. Examples of manuscripts are letters, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, maps, oral histories, sound recordings, film, and video.

Photograph of student protest
University Archives #40106
Handwritten sheet music
Southern Folklife Collection #20304
Hand-drawn map
Southern Historical Collection #133
Autograph album with photographs
Southern Historical Collection #4703

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