Scope and Contents
The materials include Latin documents which were read aloud at the commencement exercises of Yale College, 1753-1860. Each diploma contains a formal greeting from the president, faculty, and assembly by the head of the academy and a list of the candidates for degrees. Each document was signed and witnessed by the president and faculty representative and dated.
Dates
- circa 1753-1860
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The materials consist of diplomae examinatorium of Yale College. The diplomae were read at commencement and include a formal greeting from the president of the college and a list of candidates for degrees. The diplomae are written in Latin and signed by the president.
General note
Forms part of Yale Record Group 47 (YRG 47), Collections documenting teaching and learning in Yale academic programs.
- Commencement ceremonies
- Yale College (1718-1887) -- Students
- Title
- Guide to the Yale College Diplomae Examinatorium
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Staff of Manuscripts and Archives
- Date
- September 1998
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
beinecke.library@yale.edu
Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511