A. Bartlett Giamatti, president of Yale University, records
Scope and Contents
The records consist of correspondence, annual reports, memoranda, subject files, and gifts documenting A. Bartlett Giamatti's tenure as president of Yale.
Dates
- 1975-1993
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the records is partially restricted. See Collection Contents for details.
Some records in this finding aid have been redacted, as they include student names, donor names, and other restricted data. These records will not appear in the published finding aid.
Extent
218.25 Linear Feet (333 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 records consist of correspondence, annual reports, memoranda, subject files, and gifts documenting A. Bartlett Giamatti's tenure as president of Yale.
Biographical / Historical
Angelo Bartlett Giamatti was born on April 4, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Yale College (B.A. 1960) and Yale Graduate School (Ph.D. 1964). After earning his doctorate, Giamatti taught Italian and comparative literature at Princeton University (1964-1966). He went on to teach English and comparative literature at Yale (1966-1977). In 1976 he became the Frederick Clifford Ford Professor of English and Comparative Literature, and in 1977 he accepted the John Hay Whitney Professorship of English and Comparative Literature. In 1978, Giamatti became president of Yale, a position he held until his resignation in 1986.
General note
Forms part of Yale Record Group 2-A (YRG 2-A), Records of the Yale president's office.
- College presidents
- Educators
- Universities and colleges -- Administration
- Yale University -- Administration
- Yale University -- Presidents
- Yale University. President's Office
- Title
- Guide to the A. Bartlett Giamatti, President of Yale University, Records
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Daniel Hartwig
- Date
- April 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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Location
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