The following bibliographies describe documents in The Newberry Library that may be of interest to scholars of Medieval and Early Modern Europe. All bibliographies listed below are available on the third-floor reference room at The Newberry Library.
Bibliographies Available On-Line
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New Acquisitions of Pre-1500 Manuscripts in the Newberry Library
Checklist of Post-1500 English Manuscripts in The Newberry Library
Checklist of Post-1500 French Manuscripts in The Newberry Library
Checklist of Post-1500 Italian Manuscripts in The Newberry Library
Bibliographies Available In Print
The following are published works describing materials in The Newberry's collection.
A Catalog of the Pre-1500 Western Manuscript Books at The Newberry Library by Paul Saenger. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989.
A Checklist of The Newberry Library's Printed Books in Science, Medicine, Technology, and the Pseudosciences ca. 1460-1750 by Jean S. Gottlieb. New York: Garland, 1992.
"Newberry MSS Fragments, s. VII - s. XV" by Michael Masi, Medieval Studies (Fall, 1972): 99-112.
French Political Pamphlets 1547-1648: A Catalog of Major Collections in American Libraries by Robert O. Lindsay and John Neu. Madison: University of Wisconsin, 1968.
Maps in Bibles in The Newberry Library. Finding List: 1500-1600 by Catherine Delano-Smith. Ann Arbor: Coram, 1989.
Bibliographies Available Only at The Newberry Library
These bibliographies were printed in a limited run for use at the library, or are available only in photocopied versions that are unable to be put on the web.
The Arthurian Legend: A Check List of Books in The Newberry Library by Jane D. Harding. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1933.
Supplement to The Arthurian Legend: A Check List of Books in The Newberry Library by Jane D. Harding. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1938.
A Catalog of the Jansenist Collection in The Newberry Library by Stephen Wagley. Chicago, 1973.
A Check List of the Courtesy Books in The Newberry Library by Virgil B. Heltzel. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1942.
Check List of Books Printed in English before 1641 by Mae I. Stearns. Chicago, 1923.
English Books and Books Printed in England before 1641 in The Newberry Library by Gertrude L. Woodward. Chicago, 1939.
A Check List of English Plays 1641-1700 by Gertrude L. Woodward and James G. McManaway. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1945.
A Supplement to the Woodward and McManaway Check List of English Plays 1641-1700 by Fredson Bowers. Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1949.
A Check List of Fifteenth Century Books in The Newberry Library and in Other Libraries of Chicago by Pierce Butler. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1933.
A Checklist of French Political Pamphlets 1560-1644 in The Newberry Library by Doris Varner Welsh. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1950.
A Second Checklist of French Political Pamphlets 1560-1644 in The Newberry Library by Doris Varner Welsh. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1955.
Un choix de reliures (XVe - XVIIIe s.) A Selection of Bookbindings (XVth - XVIIIth c.) by Fabienne Le Bars. 1994.
Descriptions of the Collections of The Newberry Library. Vol. IV: European History and Literature (Published descriptions of Newberry holdings). Undated.
Emblem Books in The Newberry Library: An Extract from our Catalogs as of 12 September 1990.
Howard Mayer Brown Microfilm Collection Guide (Medieval and Renaissance Musicology). 1995.
Cortot Collection Shelflist (Medieval and Renaissance Musicology). Undated.
Index to MSS before 1500 in The Newberry Library. Undated.
List of Books in The Newberry Library by Scholastic and Mediaeval Thinkers by A.C.L. Brown. Undated.
The Records of Abbot Giovanni Parravicini, 1726-1779. From the Parravicini Archives at The Newberry Library by Patrizia Sione. 1996.
Recusant Books in The Newberry Library: A Catalog of a Collection of Some 1500 Titles Acquired in 1970 by Bernard E. Wilson. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1990.
Photocopied Bibliographies Available for Purchase
The following bibliographies are available for a nominal cost (to cover photocopying, binding, and shipping) and can be purchased from The Newberry Library Bookstore, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610. Telephone: (312) 255-3520. They are also available at the Library.
Early Women's Literature: A Provisional Check List of Works in The Newberry Library Written By or About Women and Published before 1700. Compiled by Merry Wiesner-Hanks and Milissa J. Martens. Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1993.