(images left to right: James Connolly in his study, Sarah Orne Jewett, Thomas Hardy with cat)

Highlights of the manuscript collections include: James Brendan Connolly, Thomas Hardy (letters to his two wives), Irish Literature (especially the Irish Literary Renaissance), Vernon Lee (Violet Paget), and Maine authors (e.g. Sarah Orne Jewett, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Celia Thaxter, Ben Ames Williams).

Other manuscripts may be found in the Colby College Archives.