thank you.

the list is returning the correct amount, but they're not being passed to the view for some reason.

the view is

model IEnumerable<iliteratimvc.Models.Manuscript>

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "RecentMSS";
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}

<h2>Manuscripts</h2>

@foreach (var m in Model)
{
    <li>@m.MsTitle, @m.MsDescription </li>
}

and the controller/linq code is

 public ActionResult RecentMSS()
        {
            var rmss = (from m in ilitAuth.Manuscripts select m);
            rmss.ToList();
            return View(rmss);
        }

somehow the rmss list is being populated, but the view is not.