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Backus family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 47
Abstract: The papers are composed of correspondence, legal and financial papers, and memorabilia of several descendants and relatives of Samuel (1693-1740) and Elizabeth Tracey Backus of Norwich, Connecticut. Papers of Samuel Backus's grandson James, his partner Rufus Backus, and James's brother-in-law Dudley Woodbridge concern mercantile establishments, commerce, and shipping in Norwich following the Revolutionary War. There is also correspondence between several family members of this generation, as...
Dates: 1728-1893

R. E. Blair collection of Western oil and mining investment prospectuses

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2611
Abstract:

The collection consists of promotional material, including form letters, maps, reprints of newspaper articles, and publications, that describe oil and mining investment opportunities in various Western states, including Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico, during the time period of the Great Depression. The materials were sent to R. E. Blair as a prospective investor in oil and mining ventures.

Dates: 1928-1941

Boardman family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 89
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, account books, daybooks, legal papers, deeds, and land books of the Boardman family of New Haven and New Milford, Conn., which had extensive real estate holdings in Connecticut and the Western Reserve. Family members include William Whiting Boardman, (1794-1871) lawyer and probate judge of New Haven, Conn.; his father Elijah Boardman, (1760-1823) U.S. Senator from Connecticut who had holdings in the Connecticut Land Company and the three Ohio townships of Palmyra,...
Dates: 1770-1917

Jon P. Gunnemann files on ethical investments at Yale

 Collection
Call Number: RU 1099
Abstract: The files of ethicist Jon P. Gunnemann document a variety of activities on the topic of ethical investing in which he was involved while a graduate student at Yale University. The materials include correspondence, notes, background research files, and reports relating to the work of the Yale Student-Faculty Committee on Responsible Institutional Investment and the seminar on Yale's investments that grew out of the committee's work. The remainder of the collection consists of drafts and notes...
Dates: 1952-1974, bulk 1969-1971

Selden Huntington family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1064
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, and financial and legal papers of three generations of the Selden Huntington family of Old Lyme and Middlesex County, Connecticut. The papers document Selden Huntington's business fortunes in East Coast shipping and land speculation in Maine, his relationship with his son Joseph Selden, breaking up of his marriage to his second wife Jeanette Stewart, and social and religious activities in the community. Joseph Selden Huntington's letters record his years at school in...
Dates: 1762-1914

Stephen Herbert Hymer papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1626
Abstract:

The papers consist of writings by Stephen Hymer on the multinational corporation.

Dates: 1960-1965

Investment Committee, Yale University Corporation, meeting minutes

 Collection
Call Number: RU 29
Abstract:

The records consist of meeting minutes and supporting materials documenting the Yale Corporation Investment Committee.

Dates: 1905-2007

Investment Committee, Yale University, records of meetings

 Collection
Call Number: RU 297
Abstract:

The records consist of meeting agendas and minutes, reports, and materials of the Investment Committee maintained by the Yale Investment Office.

Dates: 1988-2005

Investment Office, Yale University, records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 310
Abstract:

The records consist of reports, statements, and administrative files documenting the activities and operations of the Yale Investment Office.

Dates: 1941-2022

Investment Office, Yale University, records concerning ethical investments

 Collection
Call Number: RU 296
Abstract:

The records consist of reports and subject files of the Yale Investment Office concerning ethical investing, particulary in South Africa and tobacco companies.

Dates: 1977-1994

Robert Abercrombie Lovett papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1617
Abstract: The papers consist of Robert Lovett's personal correspondence, speeches, photographs, and memorabilia, which date from the periods of his adult life when he was not serving in government. The papers document Lovett's personal friendships with business, military, and government associates and pioneer aviators from the Yale Naval Air Unit. The correspondence includes many exchanges with scholars doing historical research on World War II and the Truman administration. The papers highlight...
Dates: 1919-1986

Alfred Lawrence Ripley papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1082
Abstract:

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, minutes, and press releases filed by Alfred Lawrence Ripley concerning only his service as alumni fellow of the Yale Corporation. The papers primarily document Ripley's role as a consultant on questions of Yale finance, investment policy, and the use of estates and gifts to the University. Primary correspondents include presidents and treasurers of Yale.

Dates: 1908-1933

Ruggles family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1199
Abstract: Correspondence, household accounts and receipts, leases and other personal and financial papers of Herman, Ellen McCoy, Thomas Colden, Julia Flewwelling, and Ellen Rosalie Ruggles. Particularly well documented are business transactions involving land holdings near Cleveland, Ohio and the Union Square area of New York City prior to and during the Civil War. Also included are papers relating to Thomas Colden Ruggles' career as an engineer to domestic management of a new house in Jersey City,...
Dates: 1789-1887, bulk 1832-1867

Treasurer, Yale University, records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 151
Abstract:

The records consist of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, reports, audits, ledgers, cash journals, student accounts and bills, estate files, investment accounts, and construction records of the treasurer documenting every aspect of Yale's financial history up to 1971.

Dates: 1700-1973

Vice president for finance and administration, Yale University, records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 279
Abstract:

The records consist of administrative and subject files documenting Yale University's non-academic financial and administrative policies, planning, and procedures. Included are files documenting projects, budgets, investments, fund raising, real estate, benefactors, and labor relations.

Dates: 1871-2005

John Waddell Collection of Mining Papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-3049
Abstract: The collection consists of manuscript and printed letters, prospectuses, and brochures describing oil and mining investment opportunities in Colorado, Alaska, and Arizona. The bulk of the collection concerns mining ventures in Colorado, and particularly well-represented companites include the Crosby-Ehrich Syndicate, the Jack Pot Mining Company, and Tucker, Ballard, and Company of Colorado Springs; the Ramsay C. Bogy Investment Company of Denver; and the Gold Coin Mining and Leasing Company...
Dates: 1896-1914