Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Beecher Family Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 71
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, speeches, diaries, clippings, printed matter, sermons, and other papers of two centuries of Beecher family members. The papers relate principally to Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), popular 19th century clergyman and orator, and members of his family. Among those represented are his father, the Reverend Lyman Beecher (1775-1863), clergyman; his brothers, Edward Beecher (1803-1895), educator and antislavery leader, and Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (1824-1900) and Charles...
Dates:
1704-1964
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Beecher Family Papers
Alexander Metcalf Fisher Papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1473
Abstract:
The Alexander Metcalf Fisher papers consist of correspondence, scientific and personal writings, school notes, eulogies, and other material by or about the Yale College student (Class of 1813) and Yale professor. Drafts and calculations for articles on mathematics, physics, astronomy, and other subjects published between 1817 and 1822, as well as scripts for forty lectures in natural philosophy, illustrate Fisher’s academic career in the context of contemporary scientific learning....
Dates:
1803-1898, bulk 1809-1822, 1803-1898, bulk 1809-1822
Strong Family Collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 1198
Abstract:
The collection consists of correspondence, legal and financial papers, diaries, writings, autographs, and other papers documenting the lives and activities of several generations of Strong family members and related Fowler, Pond, and Huntington families of Massachusetts and Connecticut. The bulk of the collection concerns the extended family of Phinehas Strong of Northampton, Massachusetts, and relates to the teaching and agriculture pursuits of family members in Ohio, Michigan, Virginia,...
Dates:
1667-1925
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Strong Family Collection