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Yale classes photographs

 Collection
Call Number: RU 779

Scope and Contents

The materials consist of formal portraits, group portraits, and reunion photographs of students and graduates of Yale College, Yale School of Law, Yale School of Divinity, Yale School of Medicine, and the Sheffield Scientific School.

Dates

  • 1806-1971

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Class of 1909 freshman photograph gift of Nathan Marks, 2013. Accession 2017-A-059 gift of Anne Hall Connor, 2017. Accession 2018-A-047 gift of Carol Bertrand, 2017.

Arrangement

The photographs are arranged in three series: I. Pictures of Yale Classes, 1806-1971. II. Oversize Pictures of Yale Classes, 1852-1970. III. Folio Pictures of Yale Classes, 1856-1960., and one addition.

Extent

129.35 Linear Feet (95 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ru.0779

Abstract

The materials consist of formal portraits, group portraits, and reunion photographs of students and graduates of Yale College, Yale School of Law, Yale School of Divinity, Yale School of Medicine and the Sheffield Scientific School.

General note

Forms part of Yale Record Group 10-A (YRG 10-A), Records of Yale College classes.

Title
Guide to the Yale Classes Photographs
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

Contact:
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)

Location

Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511

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