What is the difference between a manuscript and a book?
The word “manuscript” is used to refer to handwritten or typewritten materials, as opposed to mechanically printed works. Manuscripts are unique items. What an item looks like is not important: Some manuscripts are handsomely bound, and some books are not bound at all. Most of the Library’s manuscripts are organized into collections named for the individual or group directly responsible for creating or collecting the materials. These may be large organizations, such as the Sierra Club or the Crown Zellerbach Corporation, or the personal papers of individuals like labor leader C.L. Dellums or California governor Hiram Johnson. Some collections may consist of a single item or small portfolio, while others encompass hundreds of cartons. Among The Bancroft Library’s manuscripts are over 1500 oral histories. These are tape-recorded interviews with individuals, conducted by the Regional Oral History Office since 1954, transcribed, edited, indexed, and bound. As with other manuscripts, copies
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