Scope and Contents
The Karl Owen Thompson Collection contains a small selection of approximately one hundred letters relating to Yale University. Included are letters by five Yale presidents, Yale faculty members, and faculty members of the Divinity School, as well as letters received by George E. Day of the Divinity School. There are also letters of recommendation and other correspondence of Yale interest. The only items in the collection which are not correspondence are the 1859 passport of
George E. Day and a memoir written by Professor A. W. Van Hengel of the University of Leyden in 1859.
Dates
- 1828-1932
Creator
- Thompson, Karl Owen, 1881-1958 (Collector)
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown, though much of the material in this collection is likely in the public domain. 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.
Extent
0.25 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
Overview
A collection of approximately one hundred letters relating to Yale University. Included are letters by five Yale presidents, Yale faculty members, and letters received by George E. Day of the Divinity School. Also an essay in Latin written in 1859 by A. W. Van Hengel.
Creator
- Thompson, Karl Owen, 1881-1958 (Collector)
- Title
- Guide to the Karl Owen Thompson Collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Manuscripts and Archives Staff
- Date
- November 1982
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- 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)
beinecke.library@yale.edu
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