Scope and Contents
The collection comprises forty-seven journals begun while Robbins Battell Anderson was a freshman at Yale and continuing throughout his life, containing almost daily entries of his activities. More in-depth material includes entries relating to the attack on Pearl Harbor and political commentary on wartime events.
Dates
- 1896-1963
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by Robbins Battell Anderson has been transferred to Yale University. These materials may be used for non-commercial purposes without seeking permission from Yale University as the copyright holder. For other uses of these materials, please contact beinecke.library@yale.edu.
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 Dr. Bruce S. Anderson, 2008.
Arrangement
The materials are arranged chronologically.
Extent
3.75 Linear Feet (8 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The collection comprises forty-seven journals begun while Robbins Battell Anderson was a freshman at Yale and continuing throughout his life, containing almost daily entries of his activities. More in-depth material includes entries relating to the attack on Pearl Harbor and political commentary on wartime events.
Biographical / Historical
Robbins Battell Anderson was born on June 15, 1877, in Matawan, New Jersey. He graduated from Yale in 1899 and from Harvard Law School in 1903. Anderson joined the Honolulu-based law firm of Hatch and Ballou that eventually dissolved and was reorganized under the name of Frear, Prosser, Anderson and Marx. He served as attorney for the Territorial Food Commission of Hawaii until 1918, when he came to Washington, D.C., as legal advisor of the Insular and Foreign Division of the American Red Cross. Anderson died on April 9, 1968, in Falls Church, Virginia.
- Title
- Guide to the Robbins Battell Anderson Journals
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Christine Connolly
- Date
- July 2008
- 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
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Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511