Finding aids describe a collection’s administrative, biographical, scope and content and container information. Administrative information describes where the collection came from, how the collection was processed, date ranges of materials and restrictions. Biographical information is included for personal manuscript collections. Scope and content notes give researchers detailed information about series hierarchy (how the collection is arranged) and contents (what is in each series), collection highlights, and occasionally topic terms and related subjects. Container information outlines box quantity and folders with in each box.   

Collections with finding aids

• MS 100 Congressman John Joseph Moakley Papers (consult Archivist)
• MS 105 Mary P. Burke U.N. Women’s Conference Collection (.pdf)
• MS 106 Thomas F. Lambert Jr. Papers (.pdf)
• MS 108 Gleason Leonard Archer Personal Papers (.pdf)