The Melville Society Archive

Archive Finding Aid

Book Collections

The Melville Society Archive is composed of the following separate collections:

Thomas Wendel 300 volumes
Harrison Hayford 951 volumes
Merton M. Sealts, Jr. 269 volumes
Robert D. Madison 129 volumes
General Collection, including gifts from Walter Bezanson & Gail Coffler,
Joyce Sparer Adler, Douglas Robillard, and others 600 volumes

There are three additional collections:

Jay Leyda, which consists of the 22 volumes that came with the Jay Leyda Papers
Literature of the Sea, donated by Jill Barnum and Haskell Springer
Frederick Douglass, donated by Wyn Kelley

Papers Collection

Melville Society Papers

Box 1
Box 2
Box 3
Box 4
Box 5
Box 6
Box 7

Walter Bezanson Papers

Box 1 - 5

Melville Society Artworks

Inventory compiled by Bob Wallace, Wyn Kelley, and Mary K. Bercaw Edwards
(updated January 2024)

Drawer 1 - 5

Bezanson Fellowship Reports Archive