Edwin Hotchkiss Tuttle papers

Collection

Call Number: MS 1215

Scope and Contents: The Edwin Hotchkiss Tuttle Papers contain correspondence, writings, thirteen notebooks, and printed matter dealing with linguistics. Principal topics include phonetics, etymologies for Webster's Dictionary, and Romance and Dravidian languages. Much of the material on the latter subject appears to relate to Tuttle's "Dravidian Developments" (1930).

Also contained in the collection are financial and legal papers. Monthly accounts have been entered in several of the notebooks.

These papers were donated to Yale University by Edwin H. Tuttle in 1939, along with a gift of over three hundred books.
Conditions Governing Access: The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use: Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift of Edwin H. Tuttle, 1939.