Yale University. Department of History
Organization
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
George Burton Adams papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 30
Overview:
The George Burton Adams Papers consist of approcimately 6,000 items. Includes correspondence concerning English history, the Yale History Department, the relationship of graduate to undergraduate education at Yale and in general, the American Historical Association, and the American Historical Review. Includes correspondence with British and American historians.
Dates:
1879-1980
Found in:
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George Burton Adams papers
John Maudgridge Snowden Allison papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 33
Overview:
Papers of John Maudgridge Snowden Allison, author and professor of history at Yale University. The papers contain correspondence, teaching materials, and research files, including original letters and documents by French political figures of the 18th and 19th century. Among these are François Guizot, Alphonse Larmartine, King Louis Philippe, Chrétien Malesherbes, and Adolphe Thiers. Also included is a promissory note by Talleyrand and documents signed by Louis XVI. Among his personal...
Dates:
1771-1943
Samuel Flagg Bemis papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 74
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, lecture notes, research materials, manuscripts (both published and unpublished), a complete set of printed works, clippings, photographs and memorabilia. Correspondence, both professional and personal, make up the bulk of the papers.
Dates:
1798-1969
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Samuel Flagg Bemis papers
Bingham family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 81
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, journals, manuscripts, notebooks, sermons, writings, two books with manuscript notes, legal and financial records, photographs, printed material and miscellanea documenting the personal lives and professional careers of four generations of the Bingham family. The papers include material documenting Hiram Bingham (1789-1869) and his missionary work in Hawaii; Hiram Bingham (1831-1908) and his missionary work in the Gilbert Islands, his literary...
Dates:
1811-1974
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Bingham family papers
Edward Gaylord Bourne papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 96
Overview:
The papers include correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, and writings which document Edward G. Bourne's academic career, at Adelbert College and Yale University, historical studies, and professional activities. The papers highlight Bourne's research on Marcus Whitman and his participation on program committees and the Commission on Historical Manuscripts of the American Historical Association.
Dates:
1874-1970, bulk 1885-1907
Found in:
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Edward Gaylord Bourne papers
Jon Butler papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1982
Overview:
The papers consist of lecture and course notes; research materials; writings; and departmental files documenting the professional career of historian Jon Butler as educator, administrator, and author.
Dates:
1963-2011
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Jon Butler papers
David Brion Davis papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1790
Overview:
The papers include correspondence, teaching files, lecture notes, writings, research files, program files, personal papers, and student recommendations of David Brion Davis, historian and professor of history at Cornell University, 1955-1969 and Yale University, 1969-2001.
Dates:
1949-2016
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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David Brion Davis papers
Department of History, Yale University, grade books
Collection
Call Number: RU 177
Overview:
The materials consist of grade books maintained by Sydney Mitchell, professor in the Yale Department of History.
Dates:
1904-1947
Department of History, Yale University, records
Collection
Call Number: RU 591
Overview:
The records consist of annual reports, correspondence, recommendations, memoranda, course evaluations and committee and program files documenting the activities and operations of the Yale Department of History. Topics include administration and finances; curriculum planning and programs; faculty appointments; fellowships; graduate student admissions; and the 1998 departmental reunion.
Dates:
1922-2010
Department of History, Yale University, senior prize essays
Collection
Call Number: RU 170
Overview:
The materials consist of senior prize essays transferred by the Department of History since 1991. A few essays by non-seniors are also included.
Dates:
1991-2018
Department of History, Yale University, student records
Collection
Call Number: RU 932
Overview:
The records consist of student records of the Yale Department of History.
Dates:
circa 1970-2017
William Huse Dunham, Jr. papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 856
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence relating to Dunham's research and writing as a professor of history and chairman of the department at Yale University and his political activity as a consultant to the Central Intelligence Agency. Correspondents include Joseph T. Curtis, Lewis Perry Curtis, K. Harvard Drake, Wallace Notestein, George Wilson Pierson, Frederick Bernays Weiner, and Louis Booker Wright.
Dates:
1952-1973
Mark Feeney papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1698
Overview:
The papers consist of an interview with Yale professor, C. Vann Woodward, conducted by Mark Feeney in preparation for his feature article, "Dean of American History." The papers also include interviews with former students and colleagues of Woodward.
Dates:
1991
Found in:
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Mark Feeney papers
Archibald Smith Foord papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 136
Overview:
Correspondence, manuscripts, teaching materials, research notes, speeches, printed matter, and a small amount of family correspondence comprise the papers of Archibald Foord. Nearly half the papers consist of note cards, research materials and manuscripts, primarily on British history. Included is the complete manuscript of: His Majesty's Opposition, 1714-1830 (published in 1964). Another large segment of the papers reflects Foord's teaching career at Yale and includes class notes,...
Dates:
1926-1968
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Archibald Smith Foord papers
Ralph Henry Gabriel papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 228
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, and teaching materials of Ralph Henry Gabriel. The papers relate primarily to Gabriel's duties as editor of the Pageant of America Series and the Library of Congress Series in American Civilization, as author of history texts, as chairman of the American Historical Association's 1930 program committee, as author of several texts, and as faculty member at Yale University and at the United States School of Military...
Dates:
1917-1982
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Ralph Henry Gabriel papers
Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 723
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, lectures, research notes, correspondence, personal papers and photographs possibly used in some of his publications. The largest part of the papers is comprised of research materials and manuscript drafts for Erwin Goodenough's major work, Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period (published 1953-1965), as well as materials relating to The Politics of Philo Judaeus: Practice and...
Dates:
1896-1969
Basil Duke Henning papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 834
Overview:
Correspondence, writings, research and office files, and teaching materials reflecting Basil Duke Henning's career at Yale University and his service as master of Saybrook College from 1934 to 1978. The correspondence is largely with other historians on professional matters. Among the writers are Henry Horowitz, Douglas Lacey and Caroline Robbins. Included in the papers is a typed draft of: Members of Parliament, 1660-1690 (1963). Other papers relate to his service on various Yale University...
Dates:
1934-1978
Found in:
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Basil Duke Henning papers
Hajo Holborn papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 579
Overview:
The papers consist chiefly of notes, manuscripts, documents, minutes of parliamentary committees, pamphlets and other materials collected by Hajo Holborn in connection with research on the drafting of the Weimar constitution. The pamphlets include works on related subjects, such as the German revolution of 1918, the Workers' and Soldiers' Councils, constitutional history and federalism in Germany, territorial questions concerning Silesia and the Saar, and materials on German political parties,...
Dates:
1849-1976, bulk 1849-1969
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Hajo Holborn papers
George Alexander Kennedy papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 308
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, drafts of articles, bibliographies, clippings and printed articles and reviews by others. The material all relates to Chinese literature. Principal correspondents include John DeFrancis, Robert B. Hall, James R. Ware, Pearl S. Buck, John Hersey and Norman Cousins.
Dates:
1931-1957
Sherman Kent papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 854
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, research notes, teaching materials, clippings and other printed material, photographs, and memorabilia which document the personal life and professional career of Sherman Kent. The papers highlight Kent's student years and teaching career at Yale and his lifelong research in French history. Kent's career in intelligence is also represented in these papers, though they contain no official records from the O.S.S. or the C.I.A..
Dates:
1763-1991, bulk 1918-1986
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Sherman Kent papers