American Council of Learned Societies
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1919
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Sumner McKnight Crosby papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1144
Overview:
Correspondence, minutes of meetings, and reports documenting Crosby's Yale-related work, and his service on various commissions on the arts outside of Yale. The papers record his activities as chairman of the History of Art Department (1947-1953, 1962-1965), as advisor to the Audio-Visual Center, and as curator of Medieval Art at the Yale Art Gallery. His membership on commissions to preserve works of art damaged in World War II, and to foster international exchange programs in the arts is...
Dates:
1937-1977
John Fee Embree papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 976
Overview:
Miscellaneous papers of John Fee Embree, sociologist and director of Southeast Asia Studies at Yale University, 1950. Two journals of trips to the Far East, 1926 and 1947-1948, the latter accompanied by numerous photographs, postcards, wood cuts, and other illustrations are included. Also in the papers are correspondence and mimeographed memoranda of the American Council of Learned Societies, the Social Science Research Council and the Far Eastern Association, 1948-1951, on the advancement of...
Dates:
1926-1950, bulk 1945-1950
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John Fee Embree papers
Albrecht Goetze papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 648
Overview:
As a refugee from Hitler, he was outspoken on political issues and attempted to aid fellow scholars similarly uprooted. A portion of the correspondence reveals his efforts on their behalf and expands on his political views. Other letters discuss university policies, including problems at Yale University, and foundation grants for scholars. Among Goetze's important correspondents are William F. Albright, Kurt Bittel, Hans Ehelolf, Jacob J. Finkelstein, Johannes Friedrich, Hans G. Güterbock,...
Dates:
1923-1971
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Albrecht Goetze papers
George Wilson Pierson papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 401
Overview:
The papers consist of office files which contain notes on courses taken at Yale, teaching and faculty materials, manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, subject and research files, and professional organizations materials. The bulk of the material relates to his work on the history of Yale and the National Endowment for the Humanities project.
Dates:
1792-1999
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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George Wilson Pierson papers