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American Revolutionary War collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 674
Abstract:

An artificial collection of correspondence, payrolls, pay tables, receipts, commissions, and miscellanea including documents from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and South Carolina military forces.

Dates: 1775-1786

American Social Science Association Records

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1603
Abstract:

The records include organizational papers, minutes, correspondence, financial records, and committee files which document the founding of the American Social Science Association in 1865 and its functioning over the next twenty-five years. The records highlight the work of Franklin Benjamin Sanborn as secretary of the association. The records also include files of the Conference of Charities and Corrections which met with the American Social Science Association.

Dates: 1863-1906, bulk 1865-1887

American Student Union papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 714
Abstract:

Miscellaneous printed material, news releases, pamphlets, and other publications of the American Student Union. Also included is material relating to the American Youth Congress and other student organizations.

Dates: 1936-1941

American Studies at Yale University for Foreign Students records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 466
Abstract:

The records consist of reports, personnel files, printed materials, correspondence, and student rosters documenting student affairs, travel, employment, and publicity documenting American Studies at Yale University for Foreign Students program.

Dates: 1948-1954

American Studies Program, Yale University, records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 272
Abstract:

The records consist of search committee files, course descriptions and curricula, student files, and visiting fellow and faculty files documenting the activities and operations of the Yale American Studies Program. Also included are senior essays and board games created by students in the American Studies Program.

Dates: 1939-2011

American Studies Program, Yale University, speeches made at the 50th anniversary reunion

 Collection
Call Number: RU 930
Abstract:

The records consist of correspondence and speeches made at the Yale American Studies Program 50th anniversary reunion held in April 1994. The speeches by alumni, faculty, and administrators document the history of the American Studies at Yale and the personal experiences of individuals in the program. Speakers include former Yale president Howard Lamar and Jean-Christophe Agnew, program chair. The reunion was sponsored by the American Studies Program and the Graduate School.

Dates: 1994-1995

American Studies Program, Yale University, time capsule prepared by the students of the course "Public Memory and Material Culture in America"

 Collection
Call Number: RU 822
Abstract:

The materials consist of a time capsule prepared by Yale students for an American Studies course titled Public Memory and Material Culture in America.

Dates: 1992

Robbins Battell Anderson journals

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1916
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.

Dates: 1896-1963

Robert P. Anderson papers

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Call Number: MS 2035
Abstract: The papers document the professional and personal life of federal judge and Yale University alumnus Robert P. Anderson. The majority of the collection is comprised of personal papers, including materials from his education at Yale College and Yale Law School, documents related to his service in the United States Coast Guard Reserve, and correspondence with family, friends, and organizations. The second largest portion of the collection consists of materials from his judicial career. These...
Dates: 1880-2014

Rudolph John Anderson papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 37
Abstract:

Writings and memorabilia of Rudolph John Anderson, professor of chemistry at Yale University, 1927-1948. The papers contain autobiographical memoirs, essays on the history of chemistry by Anderson and drafts of his book, The Chemistry of Lipoids..., published in 1938.

Dates: 1917-1962

William Henry Anderson correspondence regarding the Crocodile Club

 Collection
Call Number: MS 2018
Abstract: This collection comprises eleven letters from 1856 to 1858 sent by Yale College student William Henry Anderson to his parents, Francis D. and Jane Anderson. Much of the correspondence is concerned with the events of February 9, 1858, when Anderson and fellow members of the Yale student organization, the Crocodile Club, got into an argument with a group of New Haven firemen outside their firehouse. The argument escalated and an unknown person among the Yale students fired two bullets. One of...
Dates: 1856-1858

Samuel Rogers Andrew, secretary of Yale College, correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: RU 1027
Abstract:

The records consist of correspondence maintained by Samuel Rogers Andrew, Yale Secretary, regarding honorary degree candidates and a request for admittance.

Dates: 1847-1854

Charles McLean Andrews papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 38
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, research files (including notes, transcripts, and photocopies of historical documents), writings, photograph albums, and memorabilia relating to the personal life and professional career of American historian Charles McLean Andrews; his wife, Evangeline Walker Andrews; and other family members. More than half the correspondence is between family members. Charles Andrews's education and early career are detailed in correspondence with his parents, wife,...
Dates: 1723-1967

Ethan Allen Andrews family papers

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Call Number: MS 761
Abstract: Essentially a collection of over 200 letters written between 1837 and 1852 by Ethan Allen Andrews and his wife, Lucy Cowles Andrews, to their son, Horace. Ethan Allen Andrews (1787-1858) was an educatior who wrote a successful series of Latin textbooks, was active in Connecticut politics and public affairs, and also managed a farm in New Britain. The letters begin upon Horace's entrance to Yale College and in addition to parental advice contain progress reports from Ethan Allen Andrews on...
Dates: 1835-1945

James Rowland Angell, president of Yale University, records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 24
Abstract:

The records consist of correspondence, annual reports, memoranda, and subject files documenting James Rowland Angell's activities as president of Yale University. The records contain substantive documentation on virtually every aspect of the university's administration, its schools, departments, and other major units. The files pertaining to the founding of the School of Nursing, the Institute of Human Relations, and the residential colleges are particularly significant.

Dates: 1921-1937

Joseph Warner Angell papers

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Call Number: MS 1615
Abstract:

The Joseph W. Angell Papers trace the acquisition of the Thomas Mann Collection for the Yale University Library in 1938 and the preparation of the 1950 exhibit to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of Mann's birth. The papers also document the role of Joseph W. Angell as curator of the Thomas Mann Collection from 1948-1963.

Dates: 1937-1989

United Nations collection of Kofi Annan papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1925
Abstract:

The collection consists of copies of select Annan papers from the United Nations, including interviews, correspondence, briefings, reports and speeches from Annan’s tenure as United Nations Secretary-General from 1997 to 2007. The majority of the papers in this collection are published and indexed in the Collected Papers of Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General, 1997-2006, edited by Jean E. Krasno.

Dates: 1997-2007

Francis John Anscombe Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1609
Abstract:

The papers consist primarily of writings and teaching files which document the professional career of Francis Anscombe.

Dates: 1950-1985

Michael Antisdale and Mark R. Melanson Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 2105
Abstract: Michael Antisdale and Mark Melanson, a gay couple, sued the town of West Hartford in 1998 because the town pool only gave discounted “family” rates to heterosexual couples. Five other cohabitating, non-married couples later joined them in the suit. At the time, the town council was Republican in majority. The suit continued until Democrats came into the majority and settled the case in 2002, and the council revised the definition of “family” in West Hartford's recreational facilities policy...
Dates: 1995-2003 and undated

Robert E. Apfel papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1870
Abstract:

The collection comprises teaching and administrative materials documenting the career of Yale mechanical engineering professor Robert E. Apfel. Teaching materials include lecture notes, examinations, and exercises for courses in acoustics, dynamics, mechanical design, and practical applications of engineering research. Administrative files document the proposed restructuring of Yale's engineering programs in the late 1980s to the early 1990s.

Dates: 1973-2000