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Title	Creator	Division
Silas Wright letters to Benjamin F. Butler, A. C. Flagg, and John Tyler, 1827-1846	Wright, Silas, 1795-1847	Manuscripts and Archives Division
Silas Wright message to the New York State Legislature, 1845	Wright, Silas, 1795-1847	Manuscripts and Archives Division
Henry Wurtz papers	Wurtz, Henry, 1828-1910	Manuscripts and Archives Division
Frank Wuttge papers, ca. 1915-ca. 1985.	Wuttge, Frank, d. 1985.	Manuscripts and Archives Division
Elinor Wylie collection of papers, 1885-1950 bulk (1902-1928).	Wylie, Elinor, 1885-1928.	Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Documents concerning the Metropolitan Opera staging of Franco Vittadini's opera Anima allegra, 1922-1923.	Wymetal, William, 1890-1970.	Music Division
Edith Wynner papers, circa 1890-1999 (bulk 1947-1990).	Wynner, Edith.	Manuscripts and Archives Division
The Malcolm X collection : papers, 1948-1965	X, Malcolm, 1925-1965	Schomburg Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Yaddo records, 1870-1980.	Yaddo (Artist's colony).	Manuscripts and Archives Division
Collection of Yaddo Festival sound recordings, 1937-1940.	Yaddo (Artist's colony). Music Group.	Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Civil rights collection, 1960-1972.	Yancy, Roberta.	Schomburg Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Yara Arts Group ephemera, 1992-1996	Yara Arts Group (New York, N.Y.)	Billy Rose Theatre Division
Lavinia Williams collection, 1954-1983.	Yarborough, Lavinia Williams.	Schomburg Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Robert Sterling Yard diary, 1893-1906.	Yard, Robert Sterling, 1861-1945.	Manuscripts and Archives Division
Abraham Yates, Jr. papers, 1604-1825, bulk (1760-1796)	Yates, Abraham, 1724-1796.	Manuscripts and Archives Division
Marjorie Yates collection of material principally relating to Myra Hess, 1941-1996.	Yates, Marjorie, 1900-1996.	Music Division
Jasper Yeates papers, 1781-1817	Yeates, Jasper, 1745-1817.	Manuscripts and Archives Division
Jack Butler Yeats collection of papers, [1899-1955]	Yeats, Jack Butler, 1871-1957.	Berg Collection of English and American Literature
John Butler Yeats collection of papers, [1897]-1921.	Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922.	Berg Collection of English and American Literature
William Butler Yeats collection of papers, [1888]-[1965] bulk (1897-1939).	Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.	Berg Collection of English and American Literature

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