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Richard Aldington collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 321
Abstract:

Correspondence and writings by Aldington. The correspondence consists of seven folders of letters written by Richard and Catherine Aldington to Eunice Black Gluckman dating from 1932 to 1962. There are also 28 letters by Richard Aldington to Crosby Gaige, and approximately fifteen letters to various other people, including five to Bernhard Knollenberg. The writings consist of drafts, layouts, and proofsheets of articles and poems by Aldington.

Dates: 1918-1962

Colonel John Brown and Major General Preston Brown papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 105
Abstract: Largely family correspondence of the Brown, Preston and Mason families received by Reverend John Brown of Virginia and his sons, John, Samuel and James. Most important are the eleven letters from John Brown, member of the Continental Congress and senator from Kentucky (1792-1805), which discuss the Constitution, the Missouri Compromise and the episode in Kentucky history known as the "Spanish Conspiracy". Letters from James Brown were written from Paris (1823-1833) when he was United States...
Dates: 1763-1865, bulk 1763-1865

William Patrick Campbell papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1276
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, poems, dream diaries, and notes on patients of William Patrick Campbell.

Dates: 1914-1969

George Parmly Day papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 174
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence and other materials which relate to George Parmly Day's many positions at Yale University. The papers primarily concern Day's fund-raising activities as treasurer of the University and of the Alumni Fund and as secretary of the Class of 1897. To a lesser extent the papers reflect Day's publishing interests as a founder and director of the Yale University Press and contributor to the Yale Alumni Magazine. Included also are papers of the Acrotorque Company,...
Dates: 1894-1960

Amy Groesbeck papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 8
Abstract:

The papers contain poetry, drama, personal papers, and photographs documenting the life of Amy Groesbeck.

Dates: 1904-1961 (inclusive)

John Lounsbury papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1300
Abstract:

The papers consist of medical notes, notebooks, school materials, prescriptions, and poetry of John and Mary Lounsbury.

Dates: 1813-1895

Mina Loy papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 6
Abstract:

The papers contain prose, poetry, drawings, and designs documenting the artistic career of modernist poet and artist Mina Loy.

Dates: 1914-1960

Palmer family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 383
Abstract:

The papers of Ray Palmer (1808-1887) and his son Charles Ray Palmer (1834-1914), both clergymen. The Ray Palmer papers consist of correspondence, two letterbooks, sermons, hymns and poems, diaries, a memoir, and other materials. The letterbooks contain correspondence from ministers and a few public officials. In the Charles Ray Palmer papers are essays, poems, notes on lectures given at Andover Theological Seminary by Edwards A. Park, sermons, writings and miscellaneous papers.

Dates: 1825-1914

Parker Family Papers

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Call Number: MS 685
Abstract:

The collection consists of correspondence, poems, estate papers, notebooks, account books, logbooks, legal books, and miscellaneous papers of the Lay, Parker, Pratt, Shaler, Smith, Stark, Tyler, and Williams families of eastern Connecticut.

Dates: 1747-1930, bulk 1789-1866

Benjamin Pearson family papers

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Call Number: MS 1427
Abstract:

The papers consist of family letters, poetry, and other writings by and about the Pearson family of England and Darby, Pennsylvania. Most of the letters are written to Benjamin Pearson from relatives in England.

Dates: 1726-1818

Hubert Merrill Sedgwick papers

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Call Number: MS 1233
Abstract:

Correspondence, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, and three books with flyleaf inscriptions relating to Hubert M. Sedgwick's career as a journalist. Included are seventeen letters (1940-1950) from Connie Mack. Two of the books, one by and the other about Mack, contain inscriptions by him and others to Sedgwick. The third is a privately printed book of poetry and aphorisms by Harry Durant, Yale class of 1894. Also in the papers is a statement by William Howard Taft on tuberculosis.

Dates: 1884-1950

Elizabeth E. Smith papers

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Call Number: MS 1108
Abstract:

Travel journals written by Elizabeth E. Smith on a trip to Europe and the Near East (1883-1885). The copious journals record not only architecture and the arts, but also the daily life and customs of the people whom she observed. Included in the journals are also photographs, prints, newspaper clippings, and drawings, some of them her own. Also in the papers are several of her poems and essays written during the trip.

Dates: 1883-1885

Yale College commencement orations and poems

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Call Number: RU 140
Abstract:

The records consist of orations and poems given at Yale commencement exercises.

Dates: 1742-1930

Yale poetry collection

 Collection
Call Number: RU 377
Abstract:

The materials consist of poems written by Yale students.

Dates: 1822-1926