Scope and Contents
Correspondence, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, and three books with flyleaf inscriptions relating to Hubert M. Sedgwick's career as a journalist. Included are seventeen letters (1940-1950) from Connie Mack. Two of the books, one by and the other about Mack, contain inscriptions by him and others to Sedgwick. The third is a privately printed book of poetry and aphorisms by Harry Durant, Yale class of 1894. Also in the papers is a statement by William Howard Taft on tuberculosis.
Dates
- 1884-1950
Creator
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Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
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Abstract
Correspondence, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, and three books with flyleaf inscriptions relating to Hubert M. Sedgwick's career as a journalist. Included are seventeen letters (1940-1950) from Connie Mack. Two of the books, one by and the other about Mack, contain inscriptions by him and others to Sedgwick. The third is a privately printed book of poetry and aphorisms by Harry Durant, Yale class of 1894. Also in the papers is a statement by William Howard Taft on tuberculosis.
Biographical / Historical
Hubert Merrill Sedgwick, B.A. 1893. Born April 29, 1857, Belchertown, Mass.; died November 11, 1950, New Haven, Conn.
Father, Butler Sedgwick, associated with Clark & Hastings, wholesale and retail meats, Palmer, Mass.; son of Otis and Almira (Converse) Sedgwick. Mother, Minerva Marsha (Hastings) Sedgwick; daughter of Rozel and Phoebe (White) Hastings. Yale relatives include a brother-in-law, Francis H. Todd '95 S.
Worcester Academy; Westfield (Mass.) State Normal School. First colloquy appointment Junior and Senior years.
On staff New Haven Palladium 1894-98; organized sports department New Haven Register 1895, and sports editor 1908-17; executive secretary to Mayor Studley, New Haven, 1907-8, Mayor Rice 1910-17, and Mayor Campner 1917-18; correspondent New York Times, New York Tribune, Boston Transcript, Boston Post, and Chicago Tribune, 1920 until retirement in 1944; contributed to magazines; awarded Gold Key for distinguished service by Connecticut Sports Writers Alliance 1940 and Worcester Academy Shield 1942; secretary athletic committee U.S. Navy Commission on Training Camp Activities 1917-18; field secretary Connecticut Tuberculosis Association 1912-26 (in charge Christmas seal campaigns); president Collectors Club of New Haven 1938-39; secretary Young Men's Institute 1935-41; member New Haven Civic Federation, Connecticut Society for Mental Hygiene, Second Company Governor's Foot Guard, and Masonic order; vestryman St. Thomas' Church (Episcopal), New Haven.
Married August 4, 1897, New Haven, Edith Webster, daughter of Theron Alfred and Hattie Emeline (Webster Todd. Children: Ruth (B.A. Vassar 1920; M.A. Yale 1925, Ph.D. 1936); Butler Todd (died in infancy).
Death due to coronary occlusion. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven. Survived by wife and daughter.
From the Yale Obituary Record, 1949-51.
- Title
- Guide to the Hubert Merrill Sedgwick Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Ruth Gay
- Date
- January 1981
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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