Scope and Contents
The major part of this collection consists of the correspondence of William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894). There are also many letters of his brother Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819-1896). The academic careers of these two brothers were responsible, along with many other scholars represented in this collection, for the tremendous rise in the reputation of American scholarship which took place in the later nineteenth century.
William Dwight Whitney, Sanskritist and linguist began his teaching career at Yale in 1854 where he later organized and became the head of the modern language department of the Sheffield Scientific School. Among the numerous positions of honor which he held were the presidency of the American Oriental Society, foreign Knight of the Royal Prussian Order pour is mérite (succeeding Thomas Carlyle), and first president of the American Philological Association. (Extensive correspondence deals with all of the above.)
Nationally and internationally, Whitney gained prominence as Editor of the Century Dictionary, a position which made him the undisputed authority on the forth and usage of the English language in America. A prolonged and often heated dispute with Friedrich Max Müller of Oxford University over the origin and development of language earned for him the title of the champion of American scholarship here and in Europe. This verbal battle which is completely described in the collection was closely followed by the press with the result that Müller gained popular sympathy while Whitney was supported by many scientific scholars including Charles Darwin.
The personal letters of William Dwight Whitney are rich in New Haven and genealogical history. Mrs. Whitney was the daughter and sister of the Connecticut governors Roger Sherman Baldwin and Simeon Eben Baldwin and a cousin of Senator George Hoar and Edward Everett Hale. Whitney's sons, Edward Baldwin Whitney married Josepha Newcomb, the daughter of Simon Newcomb. Thus the Whitney family was linked with many of the most prominent families in America.
The correspondence of Josiah Dwight Whitney, although not as extensive as that of his brother, furnishes a great deal of information of the first systematic exploration and mapping of the American West. Most popularly known for his discovery of Mount Whitney while state geologist for the state of California, he published numerous scientific works and held an appointment to the faculty of Harvard University from 1865 until his death. Included in his letters is a revealing account of Benjamin Silliman's position in the controversial Emma Mine scandal.
This collection consists of 56 containers, holding approximately 35,000 items. The principal donors were the daughters of William Dwight Whitney. All items are catalogued individually.
William Dwight Whitney, Sanskritist and linguist began his teaching career at Yale in 1854 where he later organized and became the head of the modern language department of the Sheffield Scientific School. Among the numerous positions of honor which he held were the presidency of the American Oriental Society, foreign Knight of the Royal Prussian Order pour is mérite (succeeding Thomas Carlyle), and first president of the American Philological Association. (Extensive correspondence deals with all of the above.)
Nationally and internationally, Whitney gained prominence as Editor of the Century Dictionary, a position which made him the undisputed authority on the forth and usage of the English language in America. A prolonged and often heated dispute with Friedrich Max Müller of Oxford University over the origin and development of language earned for him the title of the champion of American scholarship here and in Europe. This verbal battle which is completely described in the collection was closely followed by the press with the result that Müller gained popular sympathy while Whitney was supported by many scientific scholars including Charles Darwin.
The personal letters of William Dwight Whitney are rich in New Haven and genealogical history. Mrs. Whitney was the daughter and sister of the Connecticut governors Roger Sherman Baldwin and Simeon Eben Baldwin and a cousin of Senator George Hoar and Edward Everett Hale. Whitney's sons, Edward Baldwin Whitney married Josepha Newcomb, the daughter of Simon Newcomb. Thus the Whitney family was linked with many of the most prominent families in America.
The correspondence of Josiah Dwight Whitney, although not as extensive as that of his brother, furnishes a great deal of information of the first systematic exploration and mapping of the American West. Most popularly known for his discovery of Mount Whitney while state geologist for the state of California, he published numerous scientific works and held an appointment to the faculty of Harvard University from 1865 until his death. Included in his letters is a revealing account of Benjamin Silliman's position in the controversial Emma Mine scandal.
This collection consists of 56 containers, holding approximately 35,000 items. The principal donors were the daughters of William Dwight Whitney. All items are catalogued individually.
Dates
- 1778-1951
- Majority of material found within 1814 - 1912
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Existence and Location of Copies
Scrapbooks of William Dwight Whitney are available on microfilm (128 frames on 1 reel, 35mm) from Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, at cost. Order no. HM107.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the daughters of William Dwight Whitney, 1894-1959, and purchased from John Elliott, 1982.
Extent
25.5 Linear Feet (57 boxes, 1 folio)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The papers consist of correspondence, journals and diaries, writings, legal and financial papers, and miscellanea of the William Dwight Whitney family, including William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894), his wife Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin Whitney (1824-1912), his brother Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819-1896), and his father Josiah Dwight Whitney (1786-1869). William Dwight Whitney material includes several hundred letters with his wife, journals and diaries (1843-1893), and a small quanity of professional papers. Material of his brother Josiah includes a geological survey of the Upper Mississippi (1862), and correspondence relating to the first systematic exploration and mapping of the American West. Information relating to Benjamin Silliman and the National Academy of Sciences is also documented. His family correspondence includes several hundred letters with William Dwight Whitney and their father, Josiah.
Biographical / Historical
Josiah Dwight Whitney was born on November 23, 1819 in Northampton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale College in 1839 (B.A.) and studied geology in Europe. He participated in the Lake Superior region survey (1847-1849) and several other expeditions through the 1860s. Whitney taught at Harvrd University and published several works on geology. He died in Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire on August 19, 1896.
Appendix
NOTED CORRESPONDENTS IN THE WILLIAM DWIGHT WHITNEY COLLECTION
- Abbe, Cleveland1838-1916
- Abbot, Ezra1819-1884
- Adams, Henry Brooks1838-1918
- Adams, Henry Carter1851-1921
- Adams, John1735-1826
- Agassiz, Alexander1835-1910
- Agassiz, Louis1807-1873
- Aiken, Charles Augustus1827-1892
- Alger, William Rounseville1822-1905
- Allen, Frederic de Forest1844-1897
- Allen, William Francis1830-1889
- Ashmun, George1804-1870
- Aufrecht, Theodor1822-1907
- Avery, John1837-1887
- Bache, Alexander Dallas1806-1867
- Baird, Spencer Fullerton1823-1887
- Baldwin, Emily (Perkins)1796-1874
- Baldwin, George William1832-1930
- Baldwin, Henry1832-1905
- Baldwin, Henry de Forest1862-1947
- Baldwin, Roger Sherman1869-1956
- Baldwin, Simeon Eben1840-1927
- Ballou, William Hosea1857-1937
- Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter1809-1889
- Baynes, Thomas spencer1823-1887
- Beach, Frederick Converse1848-1918
- Beecher, Charles1815-1900
- Beecher, Charles: Emerson1856-1904
- Bickmore, Albert Smith1839-1914
- Bierstadt, Albert1830-1902
- Biot, Jean Baptiste1774-1862
- Bishop, Nathan1808-1880
- Bloomfield, Maurice1855-1928
- Boise, James Robinson1815-1895
- Booth, Newton1825-1892
- Botta, Anne Charlotte (Lynch)1815-1891
- Bowdoin, James1726-1790
- Bowles, Samuel1826-1878
- Bradley, Charles William1807-1865
- Bradley, Frank Howe1838-1879
- Brewer, William Henry1828-1910
- Brinton, Daniel Garrison1837-1899
- Bristed, Charles Astor1820-1874
- Brown, Francis1849-1916
- Brown, Samuel, Gilman1813-1885
- Browne, John Ross1821-1875
- Browne, William Hand1828-1912
- Brush, George Jarvis1831-1912
- Bumstead, Freeman Josiah1826-1879
- Bumstead, Horace1841-1919
- Burnett, Henry Lawrence1838-1916
- Camp, Mary
- Campbell Henry Colin1862-1923
- Carter, Franklin1837-1919
- Caswell, Alexis1799-1877
- Cesnola, Luigi Palms di1832-1904
- Chadbourne, Paul Ansel1823-1883
- Chamberlain, Joseph1836-1914
- Chase, Pliny Earle1820-1886
- Child, Francis James1825-1896
- Clarke, Hyde1815-1895
- Clemens, Samuel Langhorne1855-1910
- Cogswell, Joseph Green1786-1871
- Conway Moncure Daniel1832-1907
- Cook, Albert Stanburrough1853-1927
- Cooke, Josiah Parsons1827-1894
- Cooke, "Theodore1815-1871
- Cornell, Ezra1807-1874
- Cowell, Edward Byles1826-1903
- Cust, Robert Needham1821-1909
- Cutter, Ephraim1832-1917
- Dana, Charles Anderson1819-1897
- Dana, James Dwight1813-1895
- Darwin, Charles Robert1809-1882
- Darwin, George Howard1845-1912
- Davis, John Chandler Bancroft1822-1907
- Dawes, Henry Laurens1816-1903
- Day, George Edward1815-1905
- Deane, Charles1813-1889
- Dennis, James Shepard1842-1914
- Dorsey, James Owen1848-1895
- Drisler, Henry1818-1297
- Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge1816-1889
- Dwight, Timothy1828-1916
- Dwight, William
- Davids, Thomas William Rhys1843-1922
- Delany, Martin Robinson1812-1885
- Eaton, Daniel Cady1834-1895
- Edwards, Amelia Blandford1831-1892
- Edwards, Bela Bates1802-1852
- Edwards, William Henry1822-1909
- Eliot, Charles William1834-1926
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo1803-1882
- Everett, Charles Carroll1829-1900
- Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert1810-1894
- Farnam Henry Walcott1853-1933
- Field, Cyrus West1819-1892
- Fields Henry Martyn1822-1907
- Fisher, George Park1827-1909
- Fisher Irving1867-1947
- Folwell, William Watts1833-1929
- Fosters Dwight1828-1884
- Foster, Henrietta Perkins (Baldwin)1830-1910
- Foster, Roger Sherman Baldwin1857-1924
- Gabb, William More1839-1878
- Garcin de Tassy, Joseph Heliodore Sagesse Vertu1794-1878
- Gibbs, George1815-1873
- Gibbs, Oliver Wolcott1822-1908
- Gildersleeve, Basil Lanneau1831-1924
- Gilman, Arthur1837-1909
- Gilman, Daniel Coit1831-1908
- Gilman, Nicholas Paine1849-1912
- Ginn, Edwin1838-1914
- Godkin, Edwin Lawrence1831-1902
- Goldstücker, Theodor1821-1872
- Goodwin, William Watson1831-1912
- Gorham, Nathaniel1738-1796
- Gould, Benjamin Apthorp1824-1896
- Gray, Asa1810-1888
- Green, William Henry1825-1900
- Greenough James Bradstreet1833-1901
- Grimm, Herman1828-1901
- Griswold, John Augustus1818-1872
- Griswold, William McCrillis1853-1899
- Gurney, Ephraim Whitman1829-1886
- Guyot, Arnold Henry1807-1884
- Habersham Joseph1751-1815
- Hadley, Arthur Twining1856-1930
- Hadley, James1821-1872
- Haight, Henry Huntly1825-1878
- Haldeman, Samuel Steman1812-1880
- Hale, Charles Reuben1837-1900
- Hale, Edward Everett1822-1909
- Hale Horatio1817-1896
- Hale, William Gardner1849-1928
- Hall, FitzEdward1825-1901
- Hall, Granville Stanley1844-1924
- Hall, Issas Hollister1837-1896
- Hall, James1811-1898
- Harkness, Albert1822-1907
- Harper, William Rainey1856-1906
- Harrington, Mark Walrod1848-l926
- Harris, Samuel1814-1899
- Harrison, James Albert1848-1911
- Hastings, Serranus Clinton1814-1893
- Hawley Joseph Roswell1826-1905
- Hayden Ferdinand Vandiveer1829-1887
- Henry, Joseph1797-1878
- Hewett, Waterman Thomas1846-1921
- Hibben, James1824-1856
- Higginson Thomas Wentworth1823-1911
- Hilgard, Julius Erasmus1825-1891
- Hitchcock Charles Henry
- Hittell, John Shertzer1825-1901
- Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood1827-1894
- Hoar, Elizabeth1814-1878
- Hoar, George Frisbie1826-1904
- Hodge, Frederick Webb1864-1956
- Holden, Edward Singleton1846-1914
- Holt, Henry1840-1926
- Hooker, Worthington1806-1867
- Hopkins, Mark1802-1887
- Hopkins Samuel1807-1887
- Hoppin, James Mason1820-1906
- Howe, Julia Ward1819-1910
- Howells, William Dean1837-1920
- Hoyt, Albert Harrison1826-1915
- Hoyt, John Wesley1831-1912
- Hubbard, Gardiner Greene1822-1897
- Ingersoll, Charles Roberts1821-1903
- Jackson, Charles Thomas1805-1880
- Janes, Lewis George1844-1901
- Jenkins, Thornton Alexander1811-1893
- Johnson, William Woolsey1841-1927
- Jordan David Starr1851-1931
- Joy, Charles Arad1823-1891
- Joynes, Edward Southey1834-l917
- Kellogg, Martin1828-1903
- Kendrick, Asahel Clark1809-1895
- Key, Thomas Hewitt1799-1875
- King, Clarence1842-1901
- Kingsley, William L
- Knapp, William Ireland1835-1908
- Kuhn, Adalbert1812-1881
- Lane, George Martin1823-1897
- Lanman, Charles Rockwell1850-1941
- Learned, Sarah Birdseye (Whitney)1824-1864
- LeConte, Joseph1823-1901
- Leidy, Joseph1823-1891
- Lepsius, Karl Richard1810-1884
- Lesley, [J] Peter1819-1903
- Lewis, Charlton Miner1866-1903
- Leypoldt, Frederick1835-1884
- Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman1836-1920
- Lodge, Henry Cabot1850-1924
- Loomis, Elias1811-1889
- Lord, David Nevins1792-1880
- Lovering, Joseph1813-1892
- Lowell, James Russell1819-1891
- Lymank Benjamin Smith1835-1920
- McCartee, Divie Bethune1820-1900
- McCosh, James1811-1894
- Macdonell, Arthur Anthony1854-1930
- McGee, William John1853-1912
- Mckinstry, John Alexander1811
- Magill, Edward Hicks1825-1907
- Magoun, George Frederic1821-1896
- Manatt, James Irving1845-1915
- March, Francis Andrew1825-1911
- Marsh, Dwight Whitney1823-1896
- Marsh, Henry1797-1852
- Marsh, Othniel Charles1831-1899
- Martin, Willier Alexander Parsons1827-1916
- Mason, Otis Tufton1838-1908
- Mead, Charles Marsh1836-1911
- Meek, Fielding Bradford1817-1876
- Mendenhall, Thomas Corwin1841-1924
- Mitchell, Donald Grant1822-1908
- Moore, George Foot1851-1931
- Morgan, Lewis Henry1818-1881
- Mori, Arinori1847-1889
- Morse, Samuel Finley Breese1791-1872
- Morton, Henry1836-1902
- Muir, John1810-1882
- Müller, Frederick (Friedrick) Maximilian [Max]1823-1900
- Newberry, John Strong1822-1892
- Newcomb, Simon1835-1909
- Newton, Charles Thomas1816-1894
- Nichols, John Benjamin1867-1954
- Norton, Charles Eliot1827-1908
- Nott, Eliphalet1773-1866
- Oertel, Hans1868-
- Olcott, Henry Steel1832-1907
- Olmstead, Frederick Law1822-1903
- Owen, Sir Richard1804-1892
- Page, Walter Hines1855-1918
- Paine, John Alsop1840-1912
- Paul, Charles Kegan1828-1902
- Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer1804-1894
- Peckham, Stephen Farnam1838-1918
- Peirce, Benjamin1809-1880
- Peirce, James Mills1834-1906
- Perkins, Frances W.1839-
- Perkins, Frederic Beecher1828-1899
- Perrin, Bernadotte1845-1920
- Perry, Arthur Latham1830-1905
- Perry, Thomas Sergeant1845-1928
- Pertsch, Wilhelm1832-1899
- Peters, John Punnnett1852-1921
- Phelps, Austin1820-1890
- Phelps, William Walter1839-1894
- Pike, Albert, 1809-1891
- Platt, Orville Hitchcock1827-1905
- Plimpton, George Arthur1855-1936
- Porter, John Addison1822-1866
- Porter, Noah1811-1892
- Porter, Samuel1810-1901
- Porter, Sarah1813-1900
- Powell, John Wesley1834-1902
- Putnam Elizabeth Noble (Whitney)1822-1863
- Putnam, Samuel Osgood
- Quincy Josiah Phillips1829-1910
- Raymond, John Howard1814-1878
- Regnier, Jacques Auguste Adolphe1804-1884
- Reid, Whitelaw1837-1912
- Rhoads, James [E]1828-1895
- Rice, Charles1841-1901
- Richardson, Charles Francis1851-1913
- Ridpath, John Clark1840-1900
- Ripley, George1802-1880
- Rockhill William Woodville1854-1914
- Rogers, Harriet Burbank1834-1919
- Rogers, William Barton1804-1882
- Rost, Reinhold1822-1896
- Roth, Rudolph von1821-1895
- Salisbury, Edward Elbridge1814-1901
- Sanders, Frank Knight1861-1933
- Sargent, John Osborne1811-1891
- Scarborough, William Saunders1852-1926
- Schele de Vere, Maximillian1820-1898
- Schuyler, Eugene1840-1890
- Scribner, Charles1821-1871
- Sedgwick, William Thompson1855-1921
- Seelye, Laurenus Clark1837-1924
- Sewell, Amanda Brewster-1926
- Seguin, Edward Constant1843-1898
- Seyfforth, Gustavus1796-1885
- Seymour, Thomas Day1848-1907
- Sheldon, Edward Stevens1851-1925
- Short, Charles1821-1886
- Silliman, Benjamin1816-1885
- Sloane, William Milligan1850-1928
- Smith, Benjamin Eli1857-1913
- Smith, Charles Sprague1853-1910
- Smith, John Lawrence1818-1883
- Smith, Roswell1829-l892
- Spiegel, Friedrich von1820-1905
- Spofford, Ainsworth Rand1825-1908
- Sprague, Homer Baxter1829-1918
- Stearns, William Augustus, [illegible]-1876
- Stevenson, James1840-1888
- Strong, Caleb1745-1819
- Strong, Stephen Chester1824-1909
- Sumner, William. [illegible]raham1840-1910
- Tarbell, Frank Bigelow1853-1920
- Tarbox, Increase Miles1815-1888
- Taylor, Issaac1829-1901
- Taylor, Samuel Harvey1807-1871
- Tea11, Francis Augustus1822-1894
- Tenney, Edward Payson1835-1916
- Thacher, Thomas Anthony1815-1886
- Thayer, Alexander Wheelock1817-1897
- Thayer, James Bradley1831-1902
- Thayer, Joseph Henry1828-1901
- Thomas, Calvin1854-1919
- Thomas, Joseph1811-1891
- Thompson, Joseph Parrish1819-1879
- Thompson, Robert Ellis1844-1924
- Thompson, William Gilman1856-1927
- Ticknor, William Davis1810-1864
- Torrey, Charles Cutler1863-
- Toy, Crawford Howell1836-1919
- Trumbull, Henry Clary1830-1903
- Trumbull, James Hammond1821-1897
- Tutwiler, Henry1807-1884
- Tutwiler, Julia Strudwick1841-1916
- Tyler, Moses Coit1835-1900
- Tyndall, John1820-1893
- Van Am[illegible]inge John Howard1835-1915
- Van Name, Addison1835-1922
- Verrill, Addison Emery1839-1926
- Waldo, Horatio1778-1846
- Walker, Francis Amasa1840-1897
- Walker, Williston1860-1922
- Ward, William Hayes1835-1916
- Warren, Henry Clarke1854-1899
- Warren, william Fairfield1833-1929
- Waters, Lewis Edson1837-1901
- Waters, william Everett1856-1924
- Wayland, Francis1826-1904
- Weber, Albrecht Friedrich1825-1901
- Wedgewood, Hensleigh1803-1891
- Weir, John Ferguson1841-1926
- Wells, William Harvey1812-1885
- Wheeler, Benjamin Ide1854-1927
- Wheeler, William Adolphus1833-1874
- Wheelock, John1754-1817
- White, Andrew Dickinson1832-1918
- White, Richard Grant1821-1885
- Whitehouse, Frederick Cope1842-1911
- Whitney, Clarissa (James)1801-1876
- Whitney, Edward Baldwin1857-1911
- Whitney, Edward Payson1833-c.1858
- Whitney, Eli1820-1895
- Whitney, Elizabeth Wooster (Baldwin)1824-1912
- Whitney, Henry Mitchell1843-1911
- Whitney, James Lyman1835-1910
- Whitney, Josiah Dwight1786-1869
- Whitney, Josiah Dwight1819-1896
- Whitney, Louisa (Goddard) Howe1819-1882
- Whitney, Maria1830-1910
- Whitney, William Collins1841-1904
- Whitney, Marian Parker1861-1946
- Whitney' William Dwight1827-1894
- Whiten, James Morris1833-1920
- Williams, Talcott1849-1928
- Winchell, Alexander1824-1891
- Winlock, Joseph1826-1875
- Winslow, William Copley1840-1925
- Woodford, Arthur Burnham1861-
- Woolsey, Theodore Dwight1801-1889
- Wright, John Henry1852-1908
- Abbot, Ezra, 1819-1884
- Adams, Henry, 1838-1918
- Allen, F. D. (Frederic De Forest), 1844-1897
- American Oriental Society
- American Philological Association
- Avery, John, 1837-1887
- Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
- Baldwin, Emily Pitkin Perkins, 1796-1874
- Baldwin, Simeon E. (Simeon Eben), 1840-1927
- Barnard, Frederick A. P. (Frederick Augustus Porter), 1809-1889
- Baynes, T. Spencer (Thomas Spencer), 1823-1887
- Bloomfield, Maurice, 1855-1928
- Bowles, Samuel, 1826-1878
- Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910
- Bumstead, Freeman J. (Freeman Josiah), 1826-1879
- Camp, Mary
- Carter, Franklin, 1837-1919
- Child, Francis James, 1825-1896
- Cooke, Theodore, 1815-1871
- Cowell, Edward B. (Edward Byles), 1826-1903
- Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895
- Drisler, Henry, 1818-1897
- Dwight, Timothy, 1828-1916
- Dwight, William, 1831-1888
- Educators
- Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926
- Families
- Fisher, George Park, 1827-1909
- Fisher, Irving, 1867-1947
- Foster, Henrietta Perkins Baldwin, 1830-1910
- Gabb, William M.
- Geologists
- Geology -- United States
- Gilman, Daniel C. (Daniel Coit), 1831-1908
- Ginn, Edwin, 1838-1914
- Godkin, Edwin Lawrence, 1831-1902
- Goodwin, William Watson, 1831-1912
- Green, William Henry, 1825-1900
- Gurney, Ephraim Whitman, 1829-1886
- Hadley, James, 1821-1872
- Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909
- Hall, Fitzedward, 1825-1901
- Hall, Isaac H. (Isaac Hollister), 1837-1896
- Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887
- Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
- Hibben, James, 1824-1856
- Holt, Henry, 1840-1926
- Hopkins, Mark, 1802-1887
- Jackson, Charles T. (Charles Thomas), 1805-1880
- Joy, Charles A. (Charles Arad), 1823-1891
- Joynes, Edward S. (Edward Southey), 1834-1917
- Kingsley, William Lathrop, 1824-1896
- Kuhn, Adalbert, 1812-1881
- Lane, George Martin, 1823-1897
- Lanman, Charles Rockwell, 1850-1941
- Learned, Sarah Birdseye Whitney, 1824-1864
- Lepsius, Richard, 1810-1884
- Linguists
- Literature -- History and criticism
- March, Francis Andrew, 1825-1911
- Marsh, Dwight W. (Dwight Whitney), 1823-1896
- Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899
- Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916
- McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900
- McKinstry, John Alexander, 1811-
- Mississippi River
- Muir, J. (John), 1810-1882
- Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max), 1823-1900
- New Haven (Conn.) -- History
- New Haven (Conn.) -- Social life and customs
- Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909
- Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908
- Ornithology
- Peckham, Stephen Farnum, 1839-1918
- Perkins, Frances W., 1839-
- Perry, Thomas Sergeant, 1845-1928
- Pertsch, Wilhelm, 1832-1899
- Philologists
- Putnam, Elizabeth Noble Whitney, 1822-1863
- Putnam, Samuel Osgood
- Regnier, Jacques Auguste Adolphe, 1804-1884
- Ripley, George, 1802-1880
- Rockhill, William Woodville, 1854-1914
- Rost, Reinhold, 1822-1896
- Roth, Rudolf von, 1821-1895
- Salisbury, Edward Elbridge, 1814-1901
- Sanskrit language
- Schele de Vere, M. (Maximilian), 1820-1898
- Science
- Scribner, Charles, 1821-1871
- Short, Charles, 1821-1886
- Smith, Roswell, 1829-1892
- Strong, Stephen Chester, 1824-1909
- Sumner, William Graham, 1840-1910
- Thomas, Joseph, 1811-1891
- Thompson, Joseph P. (Joseph Parrish), 1819-1879
- Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond), 1821-1897
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
- Van Name, Addison
- Ward, William Hayes, 1835-1916
- Weber, Albrecht, 1825-1901
- West (U.S.)
- Wheeler, William A. (William Adolphus), 1833-1874
- Whitney family
- Whitney, Clarissa James, 1801-1876
- Whitney, Edward Baldwin, 1857-1911
- Whitney, Edward Payson, 1833-ca. 1858
- Whitney, Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin, 1824-1912
- Whitney, Emily Henrietta
- Whitney, Henry Mitchell, 1843-1911
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896
- Whitney, Josiah D. (Josiah Dwight), 1786-1869
- Whitney, Margaret Dwight
- Whitney, Maria, 1830-1910
- Whitney, Marian P. (Marian Parker), 1861-
- Whitney, Sarah Williston, 1800-1833
- Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894
- Yale University -- Faculty
- Title
- Guide to the William Dwight Whitney Family Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Manuscripts and Archives Staff
- Date
- July 1998
- 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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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