F81. 47 items from 1380–1920: manuscritpts (originals and transcripts). In Latin, Ruthenian, Polish, and German. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Mykolas Balinskis (Michał Baliński, 1794–1864), Polish and Lithuanian historian, journalist and owner of the Jasiūnai estate in Vilnius County,
The collection was received in 1940 from the then State Wroblewski Library (the present-day Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences).
F422. Uncatalogued.
The founder of this collection is Valentas Baltrūnas (b. 1947), geologist, civic activist and politician in the Trakai district, Habilitated Doctor of Physical Sciences (1998).
The documents were received from the founder of the collection in 2016.
F328. Partially catalogued, 672 temporary items. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of this collection is Major General Feliksas Baltušis-Žemaitis (1897–1957), associate professor at the Moscow Military Academy, commander of the 16th “Lithuanian” Rifle Division of the Soviet Army.
The collection was acquired in 1991.
F387. Partially catalogued, 110 temporary items. Documents from 1956–1987. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of this collection is Marija Banikonienė (Vaitkunskaitė) (g. 1928), staff member of the Monument Restoration Institute, historian, and artist.
The documents were received from the founder of the collection in 2009.
F432. Partially catalogued, 51 temporary items. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of this collection is Father Edmundas Basys (1907–1974), Administrator of the Vilnius Archdiocese and emeritus priest in Šilutė.
The collection was acquired in 2018 m. from the nephew of Edmundas Basys, Robertas Žaliaduonis-Zali, resident of London, Great Britain.
F189. 1317 items from 1848–1941: manuscripts, typescripts, print publications, photographs, and drawings (sketches). In Lithuanian, Russian, Polish, German, French, and English. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Vytautas Pranas Bičiūnas (1893–1943), artist, writer, art and literary critic, politician, and civic activist.
The collection was received in 1950 from the library of the then Kaunas State University.
F289. Uncatalogued.
The founder of this collection is Alfonsas Bielinis (1906–1970), linguist and bibliographer.
The collection was acquired in 1977.
F82. 148 items from 1848–1926: manuscripts and autographs. In Polish and Russian. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Juzefas Belinskis (Józef Bieliński, 1848–1926), physician, author of monographs on Vilnius and Warsaw Universities, historian of medical research in Lithuania, historian of Vilnius culture, and bibliographer.
The collection was received in 1940 from the then State Wroblewski Library (the present-day Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences).
F165. 1076 items from 1584–1944: manuscripts, print publications, and photographs. In Lithuanian, Russian, and Polish. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue; part of the collection is also described in the electronic Manuscripts Catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Mykolas Biržiška (1882–1962), literary historian, member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, professor at Vilnius and Kaunas Universities, civic activist, signatory of the Act of Independence of Lithuania of February 16, 1918.
The collection came to the Library in 1945 from the former apartment of Mykolas Biržiška.
F163. 1318 items from 1754–1956: manuscripts, print publications, and photographs. In Polish, Russian, Lithuanian, German, Latvian, and French. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Vaclovas Biržiška (1884–1956), a cultural historian, politician, jurist, bibliographer, and Professor at Vytautas Magnus University.
The collection was received in 1940 from the library of the then Kaunas State University.
F343. Uncatalogued.
The founder of this collection is Stasys Biziulevičius (1919–2004), physician, parasitologist, medical historian, Habilitated Doctor of Biomedical Sciences.
The collection was acquired in 1995.
F83. 7 items from 1810–1822: manuscripts and other documents. In Polish, French, and Russian. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Liudvikas Heinrichas Bojanus (Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, 1776–1827), Professor at the Department of Veterinary Medicine at Vilnius University in 1806–1825, the founder of the Cabinets of Zoology and Veterinary Medicine, and anatomist renowned as a pioneer of pre-Darwinian evolutionism.
The collection was received in 1940 from the then State Wroblewski Library (the present-day Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences).
F192. 283 items from 1844–1946: manuscripts and print publications. In Lithuanian, Russian, German, Polish, English, and French. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Felicija Bortkevičienė (1873–1945), the publisher of “Lietuvos žinios” (“The Lithuanian News”), journalist, and politician.
The collection was received in 1951 from the library of the then Kaunas State University.
F297. 520 items from 1917–1986: manuscripts, typescripts, and print publications. In Lithuanian, Russian, English, and German. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Povilas Brazdžiūnas (1897–1986), a physicist, member of the Academy of Sciences, professor, one of the pioneers of physical sciences in Lithuania.
The collection was acquired in 1979.
F388. Partially catalogued, 540 temporary items. Documents from the 20th century. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of this collection is Vilius Bražėnas (1913–2010), activist in the American Lithuanian community, journalist, and writer.
The collection was acquired from the founder in 2010.
F84. 31 items from 1897–1935: Manuscripts (originals and transcripts). In Polish. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Mykolas Eustachijus Brenšteinas (Michał Eustachy Brensztejn, 1874–1938), historian of Lithuanian and Samogitian culture, archaeologist, ethnographer, and librarian.
The collection was received in 1940 from the then State Wroblewski Library (the present-day Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences), and in 1944, from the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR (the present-day Lithuanian Institute of History).
F85. 124 items from 1876–1936: manuscripts and other documents. In Lithuanian and German. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founders of this collection are Ansas Bruožis (pseud. Prabočių Anūkas, 1876–1928), historian of Lithuanian written culture, ethnographer, bibliographer, journalist, and public activist; and Vilius Bruožis (Bruažis, Brožaitis, 1843–1909), civic activist, physician, executive editor of the newspapers “Varpas” (The Bell) and “Ūkininkas” (The Farmer) in 1898, member of the Birutė education society since 1885, and the author of the proclamation entitled “Mieli lietuvininkai” (Dear Prussian Lithuanians) and published in 1886.
The collection was received in 1951 from the library of the then Kaunas State University.
F86. 134 items from 1567–1874: originals and transcripts. In Polish and Ruthenian. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founders of this collection are the following Buchowecki (Buchowiecki) family members: Tadas (Tadeusz), Vilnius judge in the second half of the 18th century and owner of the Gorodishche estate in Nowogrudok County; Antanas Vincentas (Antoni Wincenty), Brest treasurer in the late 18th century; and Aleksandras (Aleksander), Brest town clerk in the late 18th – early 19th century.
The collection was received in 1940 from the then State Wroblewski Library (the present-day Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences).
F87. 199 items from 1892–1974: manuscripts and other documents. In Lithuanian, Polish, and German. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of this collection is Peliksas Bugailiškis (1883–1965), civic activist, journalist, and judge. Head of the Šiauliai Aušra Museum in 1924–1941.
The collection was acquired from the founder in 1957 in Vilnius.
F304. Partially catalogued, 234 temporary items. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of this collection is Juozas Bulavas (1909–1995), legal historian, scholar, politician, and civic activist.
The collection was acquired in 1983.
F88. 48 items from 1885–1940: manuscripts, press cuttings, and other documents. In Lithuanian, Russian, and English. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of the collection is Andrius Bulota (1872–1941), lawyer, civic activist, member of the Second and Third Duma in 1907–1912 (trudovik faction), publisher of works of the writer Žemaitė.
The collection was received in 1947 m. from the founder’s nephew, Assistant to the President of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR Andrius Bulota, in Vilnius.
F294. Partially catalogued, 457 temporary items from 1964–1995: manuscripts, typescripts, autographs. In Russian and Lithuanian. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of the collection is Antanas Buračas (b. 1939), economist, full member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (1976; since 2014, Emeritus Member), Habilitated Doctor of Social Sciences, Doctor of Economical Sciences (1971).
The collection was acquired from the founder in 1979 m.
F355. Partially catalogued, 47 temporary items. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of the collection is Stefanas Burhartas (Stefan Burhardt, 1899–1991), librarian, bibliographer, bibliophile, musicologist, and director of the Toruń University Library (1945–1949).
The collection was acquired in 1999.
F171. 225 items from 1918–1959: manuscripts, typescripts, photographs, press cuttings, and other documents. In Lithuanian, German, Russian, French, and Polish. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of the collection is Romualdas Burokas (1893–1959), jurist, officer of the Lithuanian Army; later, lieutenant colonel of the Red Army, the author of the textbook “Karinių bibliotekų tvarkymas” (“Managing Military Libraries”).
The collection was received in 1959 in Kaunas from the relatives of the founder.
F426. Partially catalogued. 14 temporary items. Described in a temporary item list.
The founder of the collection is Donatas Butkus (1939–2016), expert on Tibetan medicine, pharmacist.
The documents were received from the founder’s niece, Silvija Lipnickienė, in 2017.
F90. 262 items from 1544–1917: manuscripts and other documents. In Latin, Ruthenian, Polish, Russian, and German. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of the collection is Vladislovas Butvila (1891–1961), educator, civic activist, and collector of old manuscripts.
The collection was received in 1950 from the library of the then Kaunas State University.
F89. 28 items from 1903–1941: manuscripts and drawings. In Lithuanian, Russian, Polish, and German. Described in the Manuscripts Department’s card catalogue.
The founder of the collection is Kazimieras Būga (1879–1924), linguist, professor at the Faculty of Humanities of Vytautas Magnus University,
The collection was received in 1950 from the library of the then Kaunas State University.