Scope and Contents
This collection encompasses 19th- and early 20th-century accessions of manuscripts pertaining to New Haven, Connecticut, which the library chose to group and list as an artificial collection. Papers relate to financial, political, religious, and social matters from 1702 to 1889. Among those represented in the collection are the Atwater family, Isaac Beers, David Daggett, Joseph Darling, Samuel J. Hitchcock, Nathaniel Jocelyn, Nathaniel Lyon, Roger Sherman, Seth Perkins Staples, Charles Tomlinson, and Chauncey Whittelsey.
Dates
- 1702-1889
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The New Haven Miscellany is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source unknown.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by individual, organization, or category.
Extent
2.08 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
This collection encompasses 19th- and early 20th-century accessions of manuscripts pertaining to New Haven, Connecticut, which the library chose to group and list as an artificial collection. Papers relate to financial, political, religious, and social matters from 1702 to 1889. Among those represented in the collection are the Atwater family, Isaac Beers, David Daggett, Joseph Darling, Samuel J. Hitchcock, Nathaniel Jocelyn, Nathaniel Lyon, Roger Sherman, Seth Perkins Staples, Charles Tomlinson, and Chauncey Whittelsey.
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.
Materials in this collection were grouped together by the Library in the late 19th or early 20th century.
Former call number: Z117 00130.
- Atwater family
- Beers, Isaac, 1742?-1813
- Connecticut -- Economic conditions
- Connecticut -- Politics and government
- Connecticut -- Religion
- Connecticut -- Social life and customs
- Daggett, David, 1764-1851
- Darling, Joseph, 1759-1850
- Education -- Connecticut
- Hitchcock, Samuel J. (Samuel Johnson), 1786-1845
- Jocelyn, Nathaniel, 1796-1881
- Lyon, Nathaniel, 1762-1836
- New Haven (Conn.)
- Real property -- Connecticut -- New Haven
- Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793
- Staples, Seth Perkins, 1776-1861
- Tomlinson, Charles, 1837-1921
- Whittelsey, Chauncey, 1717-1787
- Title
- Guide to the New Haven Miscellany
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Lerner
- Date
- April 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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