Container / Location		Title
		Manuscripts and Documents [series]:
		A-B [subseries]:
1		Aa, Jacob van der, 1792-1857 Manuscript copy of his article on Balthasar Bekker in his "Nieuw biographisch... van Nederlandsche dichters" document.
1		An den Teufel Manuscript copy of a poem.With manuscript annotation by G.L. Burr and partial transcription by LF
1		Anschütz, Anna, Defendant... Fragments of trial records, containing accusations of witchcraft against a woman in [Zella-]Mehlis, Thuringia (Germany).
1		Arcanum Arcanorum Manuscript copy of a Gnostic text.
1		Baer, Joseph and Co., Librarians and Antiquarians in Frankfurt am Main Letters to George L. Burr, Cornell University [Library], documenting the purchase of documents of witch trial records (concerning Sister Maria Renata Sänger or Singerin as well as Hans Loder's wife, 17th century).
1		Baer, Joseph and Co., Booksellers in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Typed letter to A.D. White [then U.S. Ambassador in Berlin] offering him witch trial records for purchase(Bamberg, 1617-31)
1		Basler Buch- und Antiquariatshandlung, Booksellers in Basel (Switzerland) Two manuscript letters to George L. Burr about the purchase of witch trial records (Alsace, 1607-75), one with envelope
1		Bekker, Baltasar List of works concerning Bekker, plus a manuscript copy of the poem "Aan aalems vreede schrijver ddomienee Zaalomon val til", signed "Baltasar Bekker" (?)
1		Bekker, Baltasar Manuscript copy of the poem "Lof Geedight op den Roem der kristenen Geemaaakt door", signed "Baltasar Bekker" (?)
1		Bekker, Baltasar Manuscript copy of "Bijschriften voorkomende in de gedichten uit het stamboek..."
1		Bekker, Baltasar Manuscript copy of the poem "Lof Geedight op het euwig evangelium Gemmakt Door Joohannis Vlak prediekant tee Zutven", signed "Baltasar Bekker"; the signature was actually appended by the copyist.
1		Bekker, Baltasar Manuscript copy of the poem "Lof Geedight over het verklaare van den eerste Brief van Petrus door Doomiene Golieus, prediekant tot hindeloopen" in Dutch, signed "Baltasar Bekker"; the signature was actually appended by the copyist
1		Bekker, Baltasar Manuscript copy "UItrreksl uit het Kort bericht" [1692], signed "Baltasar Bekker"; the signature was actually appended by the copyist
1		Bekker, Baltasar Manuscript copy poem "Brief aan zijn huisrouw, Frouk Fullenia" 1691), signed "Baltasar Bekker"; the signature was actually appended by the copyist
1		Braun, Marta, defendant Partial record of a witch trial against Marta Braun zu Mergentheim, 1628 [copy]. The original document is kept in the Hohenloe-Zentralarchiv (archive of the Hohenloe) in Neuenstein, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (Germany), Bestand GA 55
1		"Processus Inquisitorius c[contra] Agnes Brussen, Michel Hoogens [Witwe] zum Grandshagen" Manuscript record of a witch trial which took place in Treptow (Pomerania). The widow was accused of having song hymns to the devil (trial "in cantationis"). The record includes the testimony of her neighbors, her own inquisition, letters from the local clergy, an order for torture from the Law Faculty of the University of Greifswald, her confession, and the sentence, according to which she was burnt.
1		"Acta Inquisitoria Catherinen Büchlers, die sogennante alte Bäckerin zu Grossmühlingen in puncto anno 1689" Complete manuscript record of a witch trial, Anhalt-Bernburg region, 1688-9, 240 p. in folio sewn into one fascicle. The former baker was accused of adoring the devil and having poisoned a neighbor (trial "in venesicii"). The record includes the testimony of her neighbors, her own inquisition, the fact that she was left to the torturer to be interrogated harshly ("to death if necessary"), two personal interventions from the Prince Carl Wilhelm von Anhalt, and the sentence, according to which she was eventually acquitted in the absence of evidence, and released after almost two years.
1		"Gela Hermann Büder Wittwe zu Rodenbach, Klägerin, Contra die Gemeindte deselbsten und sonderlich [contra] Johannes Krüdelbach und Johann Hansen [von dem] sleigen Ort, Bezüchtigung Zauberei belangend" Trial record of a witch trial in Rodenbach, Hesse, Germany, 1650. The widow was accused of being a witch by two men of the same village. The document consists of her accusers' statements and her answers. Accompanied by a note by George L. Burr: "This manuscript was bought for the President White Library in the winter 1898-99"
1		Burr, George Lincoln, 1857-1938 Original text of a lecture titled "On the Loos Manuscripts," on witch hunting and the persecution for heresy in Europe ("that strange nightmare that fell upon the world just as it woke from the long sleep of the Middle Ages") delivered by Burr on October 6, 1886, at a meeting of the Historical and Political Science Association; with a full transcription.
		C-F [subseries]:
2		"Dietrich Flade" [a famous witchcraft trial of the 16th century]
2		"Discours sur la mort et condemnation de Charles de Franchillon, Baron de Chenevieres, execute en Place de Greve pour crime de sortilege et de magie le 14 May 1626" Manuscript copy of a document kept in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Impr. Ln2 4768
2		"Criminal Prozess" against Catarina Drencken, held in Neuerburg, Luxembourg Fragment of a withcraft trial record: preliminary statement by the prosecutor and testimony of one witness.
2		Ewen, Baron Cecil L'Estrange, 1877-1949 Three letters to George Burr by Ewen, the author of "Witch Hunting and Witch Trials: The Indictments for Witchcraft From the Records of 1373 Assizes Held for the Home Circuit A. D. 1559-1736," 1929.
2		Extract Pfarr Protocols, Tennenberg, Germany Statement by several "witnesses" that a woman named Stolz "turns herself into a wolf, and very often into a bear too"
2		"Grandier est mort" Autograph letter signed "F," sent from Poitiers. Describes the last days of Urbain Grandier, who was publicly burned in Loudun on August 18, 1634, after being convicted of witchcraft, specifically for his involvement in the Loudun Possessions. The letter reports certain "symptoms" of Grandier's alleged adoration of the Devil.
2		"Inquisition. Acta Contra Hans Fiedler, und Margaretha dessen Eheweib, zu Schonau, wegen verdächtiger Hexerei" Manuscript containing the preliminary statement, the testimony of seventeen "witnesses," as well as the trial proper of Hans and his wife, who was tortured to death in Schleusingen, Thuringia.
2		"Transcript of the Trial for Witchcraft of Dr. Dietrich Flade of Trier, 1589" Paleographic transcription made by Burr in 1882 of the minutes of a trial record (Trier Stadtbibliothek Hs. 1533a/171). The Witch trials of Trier (Germany) in the years from 1581 to 1593 led to the death of about three hundred and seventy people, including Judge Dietrich Flade, ex-rector of the university and dean of its law school, who opposed the persecutions and especially the use of torture. He was accused of participation in a sabbat where he had arrived in a silver carriage drawn by four dark horses. The document is mentioned in President White's 1896 book(A History of the Warfare of Science With Theology..., I, p. 357, Rare BL 245 .W58 1896).
2		"Fragen... Contra Elsa Misseler" Summary of a trial record [Hexenprozess in Flamersheim, Germany]
2		Furman, Gabriel, 1800-1854 Contains the manuscript of an essay, "American Legends, Ghost Stories, and Witchcraft" written by Judge Furman of Brooklyn in 1825.
2		Furman, Gabriel, 1800-1854 17 sets of notes.
		G-K [subseries]:
3		[Litigation concerning the payment of court costs in Tennenberg] Concerns Hanswolf Gasserstedt's payment of court costs for his wife, Judith Rommelmann, who had been banished for witchcraft.
3		Gause, Anna, defendant Partial transcript and notes on the manuscript of a trial. Defendant was Anna Gause, the 70-year-old widow of Klaus Zauman, accused of being a witch and strangled.
3		Der Geistliche Doktor Faust: Eine Citation Partial transcript of esoteric notes.
3		Godard, George Seymour, 1865-1936 [State Librarian of Connecticut] List of material on witchcraft in the Connecticut State Library (31 articles)
3		Good, William Autograph letter signed to the Honourable Commitee. Document concerning "the destruction of [his] poor family" since Good's wife, Sarah, was executed in Salem in July 1692 "upon the account of supposed witchcraft"; also mentioned are "a sucking child [who] died in prison before the mother's execution" and another "child of four of five years old [who] was in prison seven or eight months and being chained in the dungeon was so hardly terrified that she [now] has no reason to govern herself." Included are two letters from the secretary of the Essex Intitute, 1913, as well as an auction catalog, in which the letter is described, sale item # 805.
3		[Greiess, Eva, defendant]: "Zwischen Domminus Wilhlem Kurfürstlich Herrschaft Neuerburg... und Feminus Eva" Autograph document signed. Advice of the Luxembourg authorities, in the name of the Grand-Duke, reporting the torture, confession, and execution by "strangulation by naked hands" of an alleged witch. With partial transcription and translation.
3		Hall, Ralph, defendant Autograph document [copy by Judge Gabriel Furman]. One of the two copies of the bill of indictement for the trial of Ralph Hall and his wife, annotated by Furman, according to whom this was "the only trial for that offence in [the state of New York]."
3		Halle Antiquariat Autograph letter signed from a German bookseller to Burr. Offers him "Protokolle von Hexenprocessen zu Flammersheim...aus den Jahren 1629-30" for purchase.
3		Happe, Hans Partial transcription and bibliographic description of Happe's treaty on alchemy, call number: 4620 Bd. Manuscript 77
3		Harrisson, Katherine, of Hartford,Connecticut Copy of trial records made by Burr, with his annotations.
3		Hencke, Barbara, defendant [Luxembourg] Judicial order for the torture of "Barbara, Beclagtin und Behaeftin," on the charge of witchcraft.
3		Henot, Katharina Photostat copies of records of a famous witchcraft trial that took place in Cologne, with a letter from Dr. Hansen, Historisches Archiv, Koln, to Burr.
3		[Hexenprozess, Luxembourg] Fragment of a trial record
3		"Criminal Acta über Agnes Hinterreger und seiner Kinder [Christian, Thomas, und Einhard] in Crimine Maior de Anno 1687" Incomplete record of a witchcraft trial held in Carinthia, Austria
3		James I, King of England Tolbooth speech as to witchcraft [copy]. Copy made by Lucy Dreicker in 1929. Attached is a letter requesting payment from Burr.
3		Keiner, Osanna, defendant Two documents relating to her trail for witchcraft: one describing the "great tumult" which took place in her cell and was supposedly caused by supernatural beings, and the other attributing her death under torture to strangulation by the devil.
3		Killigrew, Thomas, 1612-1683 "The Copye of a Letter Written by Mr. Thomas Killigrew." Contemporary manuscript copy of a well-known account of the possession of the nuns of Loudun, composed as a letter by the future dramatist Thomas Killigrew, then aged 23, during his tour of France.
3		"De Klinkende bel" Copy of a Dutch poem composed in 1662.
3		Knooulton or Knowlton, Thomas, and others: Deposition against Rachel Clinton for Practice of Witchcraft One of the few remaining accounts of a witch hunt before the trials of 1692-1693. From the Phillips Collection (Harbin Papers), with a full transcription. "It demonstrates that neighborood suspicion of Rachel Clinton long antedated her trial in connection with the Salem outbreak" (John Putnam Demos, Entertaining Satan, 1983, p. 20. The author observes that the heading on this document, "Witchcraft 1687," is in a separate hand and was probably added at some later time.)
3		Kort-bondige... beschryving van Moses, in het boek der Scheppinge Manuscript review of an article, by Johannes Roman, Boekverkooper.
3		Krämer, Margaretha, defendant [Trial for Witchcraft in Suhl, Germany]. Various documents relating to the trial of a widow accused of being a witch ("der Hexerey wegen"), who confessed before being tortured, was sentenced to death by fire -- sentenced commuted to death by decapitation by the Duke Moritz von Sachsen-Zeitz, Administrator des Stifts Naumburg, after she showed repentance (rescriptum.)
3		K[rist?], Bekker's portrait] Copy of a short notice issued in the "Nederlansch Archief"
3		Kühn, Sebastian "Dass den vier Herrn Geistlichen und dem Kirchner zu Schleusingen der Herr Ambtschreiber Sebastian Bentzinger 2 fl[orins] 5 g[ulden] 3 d[ucats] von Irmel Wagnerin zu Breitenbach... entrichtet und bezahlt [die ich richtig bekommen habe]." Sebastian Kühn certifies to the payment to himself, as well as to four other clergymen or sacristans, of a sum taken from the estate of Irmel Wagnerin, who had been executed for witchcraft after examination by those "skilled theologicians [periti]".
		L-P [subseries]:
4		"[Prozess] gegen die Witwe Lamkers, Maria, zu Neuerburg [Luxemburg], Lasters Zauberey halber" Deposition against Maria Lamkers made by the city attorney "ex officio."
4		Laubardemont, Jean de, 1590-1653, to Cardinal de Richelieu Account by Laubardemont [a Capuchin monk and Richelieu's agent] of the successful exorcism of the Ursuline Prioress of Loudun, one year after the execution of Urbain Grandier. A fifth demon has been expelled from the body of the nun, leaving the name "Joseph" on her left hand.
4		Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 Transcriptions of clippings collected by Lea, which he lent to Burr for copying (1889). Includes "Russian Witches," "Strange French Stories," "Superstition in Western Kentucky," "Pennsylvania Witchcraft: A Curious Case in Dauphin County," "Mojave Indians Sacrifice a Squaw accused of Witchcraft," etc. Burr worked to complete the manuscript of Lea's "Materials for a Study of Witchcraft."
4		Leitschuh, Dr. Friedrich, to Joseph Baer and Co., forwarded to George L. Burr Concerns his offer to sell the documents of the witch trial of Sister Maria Renata Sänger and Hans Loder's wife [cf. these names below.]
4		Leonhardtz, Hupritch, d. 1621, defendant "Verbal [confrontation] zwischen Heinrich Stein aus Oberweis [in Luxemburg], formal Clergen, und Hupricht Leonhardtz aus Oberweis Lasters Zauberei halber inquirirt [ = subject to an Inquisition trial for witchcraft]."
4		"Lijst der werken van B. Bekker..." Besides Bekker's own works, the list enumerates some 170 titles.
4		Sentença de Maria Antonia de Liveyra [contemporary copy] Trial Record (fragments) Report of the trial of an alleged witch who was engaged in treating of kinds of human and animal diseases, using grimaces and magical signs, and pretending to "swallow the illness." She confessed to all the charges against her and was burnt.
4		Loder, Hans, defendant Nine fragments of a trial record held in Arnstein, all addressed to the Prince-Bishop of Würtzburg.
4		Luxenburger, Johann, and Sesaner, Friedrich of Luttum (Germany), "Dreiforcher Hollenzwang" Manuscript copy of a "Hollenzwang" or book of magic containing invocations and charms intended to compel the demons to do one's will. It draws its inspiration from Dr. Faust's Wunder-Buch (1501) and includes several drawings.
4		Margareth of Korperich-Neuerburg (Luxembourg), defendant Her confession that she was led to become a witch by her grandmother at age 4.
4		Mafteah Shelomo/Clavicula Salomonis/Book of the Key of Solomon A German short copy of one of the most famous books of magic.
4		Marg[a]reta Martin of Lowenberg (Schlesien, Germany), defendant Order to torture this woman, who was accused of magical practices and sexual intercourse with the devil, followed by a report of her unexplained death.
4		Massachussets [Colony] Courts, Essex County -- Salem Witch Trials Letter from Judge William Stoughton to George Corwin, the sheriff of Essex County, ordering the execution of Bridgett Bishop, who was convincted of witchcraft, plus answering letter of Corwin confirming that the execution was completed.
4		Miller, Johannes, Anglican minister Answer to the questions posed by Governor Joseph Dudley of New York (text in Latin).
4		Nederlandse hervorkomde kerk... Copy of an article on Bekker.
4		Negen deelen voor en tegen B[altasar] Bekker List of pamphlets [1691-99] relating to the "Bekker controversy" (the furor over De Betoverde Veereld, a pamphlet published in 1691 in which Bekker attacked witch-hunting.)
4		New York State University in Binghamton Printed program for the conference "Witchcraft and the Occult in the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance" organized by the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies.
4		Nicholson. J.W., to Burr Informs Burr that he has "a facsimile copy" of the trial of Grace Sherwood.
4		Novelles voor en tegen B[altasar] Bekker List of 117 titles of pamphlets about Bekker (1691-1692).
4		Nürnbergische Theologen Ainhellige Antwort über etliche Puncten, die Unhulden [=demonic creatures] betreffent auff die Supplication des Raths zu Weisenburg... wie sie sich mit iren Hexen und Unhulden verhalden sollen, und was in Gottlichen heiliger Schrifft davon gegründet sey" Report and recommendations on the matter of witchcraft and witch persecution, written by six pastors from Nuremberg at the request of the local authorities in Weisenburg, 30 miles below Nuremberg.
4		Onder het Monument von B. Bekker staat alz vogt Inscription on Bekker's monument in Amsterdam, and list of portraits of him.
4		Pennsylvania Gazette Copy made by Judge Gabriel Furman of an article issued on October 22, 1730 and dealing with a trial for witchcraft.
4		Picken, Magdalen, of Neuerburg (Luxembourg), defendant The first examination and testimony of seven other convicted witches who had accused Magdalen of being one of them.
4		Pollman, Anna, defendant "Untersuchungsprotokoll gegen die Ehefrau des Juergen Pollmann, Anna, geboren Nolte, in Rinteln, wegen Zauberei." With notes by G.L. Burr
4		Prütinger, Cunz, defendant Order for examination by torture issued by the office of the Chancellor of the Prince-Bishop of Bamberg and Würzburg.
		Q-S [subseries]:
5		Reinhard, Ursula, defendant Original documents from the trials of all three accused witches, that took place in Waltershausen in Thuringia, Germany. The first 106 leaves are sewn together in one fascicle and concern only Ursula Reinhard, who was tortured and burned. Followed by 93 loose leaves relating also to her trial, the rest is about subsequent trials of women accused by Ursula, Judith Rommelmann (2 leaves), and Caspar Hess' wife (7 leaves). With a note by G.L. Burr.
5		Rosenthal, Ludwig Postcard offering for sale "a very interesting and exceedingly rare" booklet on witchcraft. Pencilled on the card is a note by G.L. Burr indicating that the book was not ordered for Cornell Library due to the price.
5		Sänger or Singerin, Maria Renata, defendant Autograph document signed, containing: "Ratione Corporis Delicti," a brief of the case against her (leaves numbered 1-3). Three lists of questions to be asked of her (leaves numbered 4-6). Part of her examination and confession, dated February 5, 1749, and signed in her hand "Soror Maria Renata Sengerin de Mossau" (leaf numbered 7). Legal briefs discussing her alleged crimes, plus accounts of her secular trial and execution (leaves numbered 8-13). Sister Maria Renata von Mossau was a Bavarian nun at the convent of Unterzell, who was executed for heresy, witch craft, apostasy and satanism, one of the last people executed for these charges in Europe, in Würzburg in June 1749.
5		Schlott, defendant AM Deposition for witchcraft against one Schlott, who was secretary for the convent of Unterzell, near Würzburg.
5		[1] Seebauer or Seebawer, K., defendant; [2] Bussbacher, Margaretha, defendant; [3] Schuster, Barbara, defendant; Eismennin, Margaretha, defendant; [4] Schneiderin, Anna, Staudtin, Anna and Magdhalena Stüberich [mother and daugher], Ottilia Dehinn, Claus Winckelmann, all from Hangenweisheim in Franconia, defendants; [5] Kühnen, defendant; [6] Künnen, Reygers, defendant; and [7] Groling, Margaretha, defendant This set of manuscripts bound together contains the records of seven distinct trial records, numbered 1-7 in this catalog. The first record contains the testimony of the witnesses, and an account of the procedure of Frau Seebauer's trial and execution for witchcraft in 1629, with a short annotation by G.L. Burr ("bought for the President White's Library in September 1905") as well as two letters in German from bookseller and antiquarian Emil Hirsch from Munich, the first about this acquisition, and the second about other manuscripts documenting the history of witch-hunt in Franconia, for sale (August and September 1905). The remaining six records concern witchcraft trials that also took place in Franconia in the years 1615-1630 (2-7 in this catalog) including the last defendant's "Gut und peinliche Aussag" (statement under torture)
5		Seublin, Agnes, defendant Six documents and a postscript scrap belonging to the trial of this Seublin of Warmbronn, near Stuttgart.
5		Spingel, Sunna, defendant Autograph document signed, related to a witchcraft trial held in Neuerburg, Luxembourg
5		Stein, Susanne, defendant "Advice" on behalf of the authorities of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and indictment and complete transcript of the trial held in Neuerburg, Luxembourg. With annotations by G.L. Burr, 1887
5		Stübler, Magdalena, defendant Transcript of her witchcraft trial held at Leonberg, in Bavaria.
		T-Z [subseries]:
6		Taylor, G Autograph letter signed to Cornell Prof. Adams, regarding a witchcraft case, as well as the "Dark Lady" of Shakespeares' Sonnets.
6		Trithemius, Johannes Collection of "conjurations" or formulas of exorcism attributed to the Abbot of Spannheim, magician Trithemius (1462-1516), whose work on sorcery contained the first record of the famous folk story Dr. Faustus.
6		Wahrhafte und Umständige Nachricht von dem Zufahl, so das Jungfräulichen Closter Unterzell des Heiligen Canonischen Praemontatenser Ordens im Jahr 1749 Betroffen Hat. An account of Sister Maria Renata Sänger's (or Singerin's) career from the time she entered the cloister to her trial and execution for witchcraft.
6		Wallys or Wallis, Mary, defendant Relation by Sir Richard Onsley, a clerk, who himself "had it from his credible neighbors", of a woman named Mary Wallis from Guilford, Kent, England, who was accused of having bewitched her grandson Nicholas. Contains the testimonies of villagers "[who] seemed to be sober well-bred country people." With a transcription made by William R. Johnson in 1978.
6		Weitluft, Nicolaus or Nicholaus, defendant Partial records containing a statement of the accusation, and a report of his examination, largely under torture, as well as of the interrogation of his accuser, beggar-boy named "Zacherlen," by the Inquisitors of the free city of Schwäbisch-Gmünd (in what is now Württemberg, Germany). The record documents the patterns of persecution, and the different strategies chosen by men and women indicted for witchcraft: in this case, Nicholaus protests that he is innocent until he is tortured and admits that indeed he has devoted himself to the devil, who visited his bedroom and turned it into a magic garden, etc.; he then retracts his confession; afterwards he admits that he is a witch, yet with the caveat that he was not really possessed. In the same "volume" is a detached leaf with the heading "Einnemen / Handlelohn." This is a record of a transfer of properties from one tenant to another, with no connection to the court trial record, except that the landlord may have been the same free city of Gmünd.
6		Wendel, Regina, defendant Four documents from the hearings of 8 year old orphan girl named Regina Wendel, who was supposedly under the influence of the devil. Includes a report of the preliminary hearing, the examination of the defendant and witnesses, and a final decision made by a judge of Ottingen (Bavaria), who acquitted her.
6		Weyer, Lehna, Defendant Advice given by the Luxembourg [Lutzemburg] government officials for the torture and execution of a woman who was deprived of her possessions and burned after strangulation "wegen bekannten Zauberlaster und Zauberthaten."
6		White, Andrew Dickson Typewritten letter signed to Proffessor [sic] George L. Burr, Cornell University, discussing the contents and purchase of the records of the witchcraft trial of Maria Renata Sänger of Unterzell/Mossau.
6		White, Andrew Dickson Typewritten letter signed to Professor George L. Burr, Cornell University, discussing the purchase of witchcraft trial records (Bamberg?).
6		Wick, Johann Jacob, 1522-1588 Extracts made in 1888 by future historians George L. Burr and Earl Barnes [who would receive his M.S. from Cornell in 1891] from the compilation of manuscripts and print known as "Wickiana," 24 volumes kept in the Zürich Zentralbibliothek. With annotations and descriptions of illustrations by Burr.