Photographs, correspondence, materials in languages other than English.

Correspondence, pamphlets, and court-diary translations created by an American artist who lived in Japan for over thirty years during the early 20th century.

Records books, meeting minutes, and newspaper clippings from the Anti-Slavery Society of Salem and Vicinity

The Barton Family Papers is comprised of shipping and business papers reflecting the activities of four generations of merchants, ship owners and masters.

Ships' papers, correspondence, accounts, bills, receipts, and printed items. These papers represent Shreve's activities as merchant, shipmaster, and supercargo on a number of Salem vessels from 1805 to 1835.

Feline illustrations with a list of tales to come! 

Spectacular! Astounding! Three centuries of broadsides from Essex County, Massachusetts, and beyond!

Personal and business papers of Sam and Narcissa Chamberlain as well as ephemera and research material on France and England.

Photographs and letters of a medical missionary in China from 1896 to 1900.

Documents the shipping activities of James Devereux (1766-1846) who developed a thriving shipping business to the Far East, Europe, and the West Indies.

Published and manuscript materials created by or related to Edward Sylvester Morse

Journals and photographs written or collected by the U.S. diplomat

Architectural drawings and project specifications by William H. Emmerton, Joseph C. Foster, and Charles Appleton Putnam, in Salem, Massachusetts

Photographs, correspondence, ephemera, and journal related to George Frizzell's experience on the Byrd Antarctica Expedition II

Personal and business papers of a ship captain. The shipping papers provide an in depth portrayal of life at sea and trade in foreign ports in the early and mid-nineteenth century.

Photographs and documents related to George W. Pepper, the Pepper Family, and the George W. Pepper Candy Company of Salem, Massachusetts

Correspondence, manuscript writings, and other records of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne

Records of the Hemenway Family, including Mary Hemenway's correspondence with Sophia Peabody Hawthorne

The commonplace book of an 18th century British sailor, featuring 78 watercolor paintings

Papers document Joseph Bowditch's time as a Salem shipping merchant, sheriff, court clerk, and Justice of the Peace.

Correspondence of the Yale tutor and minister of First Church in New Haven, Connecticut

Correspondence of the American writer, essayist, abolitionist and promoter of women's equality

The Phillips Family Papers digitized here represent materials relating to the shipping activities of Stephen Phillips Jr. (1761-1838), and his son Stephen C. Phillips (1801-1857).

Documents, objects, and gallery photographs of exhibitions that were organized by the Phillips Library or contain Phillips Library collection material.

Ships' papers, maps, photographs and other records from the Pingree family papers

Papers of the prominent African American family of Salem, Massachusetts

Business papers and accounts of a ship captain and merchant of Boston, Massachusetts.

19th century sailing ship advertisement cards

Photographs of streets and houses within Salem and without, as well as images of events and local residents.

26 portraits of Salem, Massachusetts firefighters. All of the firefighters are from Layfayette Hose Company No. 5.

This collection features materials from the town of Salem's Tercentenary celebration in 1926 as well as materials from events that took place in Salem during the Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary celebration in 1930.

Several types of content make up this collection: original documents from 1692, items related to PEM exhibitions about the witch trials, and more.

Architectural drawings, legal papers and correspondence, and bills and receipts of Salem architect Samuel McIntire and McIntire family members

Typescript and published copies of Reynolds' journals of a voyage on the Brig New Hazard in 1810, and his time spent in Hawaii, from 1823 to 1855.

Shipping papers include instructions to supercargoes and prices current on commodities such as indigo, tea, and silk.

Papers of an African-American family who lived in Newburyport, Massachusetts in the early 20th century

Photographs, manuscripts, and dictionary cards related to the Tuamotu Archipelago and the Tuamotuan and Ra‘ivāvae languages

The bulk of this collection is comprised of the business and personal papers of Essex County Court Clerk Ichabod Tucker (1765-1846) and merchant Gideon Tucker (1778-1861).

Ukiyo-E postcards dating to the 1910s.

Manuscript writings, illustrations, photographs, and other records of Jones Very, Lydia Louisa Anna Very, and Very family members

Documents related to Ipswich, Massachusetts, most written to or by John Winthrop, Jr.