Manuscript Section

Here is the current documentation created by the Houghton Library Manuscript Section. This documentation is dynamic and changes frequently. We continue to add to it as we document our current policies and workflows.

• Archival Collection Processing Manual
• Meeting Agendas and Minutes
• Accessioning
• Collection-level Manuscript Cataloging Manual
• Single-item Manuscript Cataloging Manual
• Born-Digital Materials
• Harvard Theatre Collection ephemera procedures
• MS call number classification
• Legacy documentation
• Projects
• Reading Group
• Catchall finding aids
• Archival description feedback form
• Inclusive and Reparative Description
• Provenance Description Guidelines
• Large Archival Collections Planning
• End Processing Manual for Manuscript and Archival collections