Some­times, researchers who have vis­ited before know exactly which box within a col­lec­tion they want to see. They may pre­fer to search for that box rather than look­ing through the whole find­ing aid to find it.

Luck­ily, there’s a very easy way to do this. Once you’re in the find­ing aid for the col­lec­tion that you want to see, search for “Box X” (with X, of course, being the box num­ber you’re look­ing for).

Search for a box within a col­lec­tion. Be sure to sur­round your search with quo­ta­tion marks.

And the results of your search will return records con­tained in the box you specified.

Here, you see records that are in box 135 of the Harold Med­ina papers.

And to request these items, click on the title to go to the entry in the find­ing aid and click the but­ton that says “Request this Box.”

As always, don’t hes­i­tate to call or email us if you have ques­tions about this process.