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Godkin, Edwin Lawrence, 1831-1902

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1831 - 1902

Biography

Edwin Lawrence Godkin (1831-1902), Irish-born American journalist and newspaper editor.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Letter : New York, to Professor J. M. Hoppin, 1874 Nov 4

 Part of Collection — Box 54: [Barcode: 39002137225299], Folder: GROUP 1936, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC

Note : New York, to Noah Porter, 1875 Sep 28

 Part of Collection — Box 54: [Barcode: 39002137225299], Folder: GROUP 1936, F-2
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ANS to the President of Yale College, written on The Nation stationery.

Dates: 1875 Sep 28

William Gilman Thompson autograph collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 484
Abstract:

Collection of autograph letters and photographs accumulated by Thompson, a physician.

Dates: 1771-1924

William Dwight Whitney family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 555
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, journals and diaries, writings, legal and financial papers, and miscellanea of the William Dwight Whitney family, including William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894), his wife Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin Whitney (1824-1912), his brother Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819-1896), and his father Josiah Dwight Whitney (1786-1869). William Dwight Whitney material includes several hundred letters with his wife, journals and diaries (1843-1893), and a small quanity of...
Dates: 1778-1951, bulk 1814-1912

Woolsey family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 562
Abstract: The papers document three generations of the Woolsey family. The most prominent figures in the collection are William Walton Woolsey (1766-1839), land owner and merchant in New York City; his son, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1801-1889), Greek scholar, political theorist and president of Yale College; and Theodore Salisbury Woolsey (1852-1929), professor of international law at Yale Law School, son of Theodore Dwight Woolsey. The papers of William Walton Woolsey contain extensive business...
Dates: 1750-1969, bulk 1811-1921