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Alan Mara Bateman papers

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Call Number: MS 641
Overview: Correspondence, field reports, memoranda, and government documents chiefly relating to Bateman's service on various government commissions, among them the Metals and Minerals Division of the Foreign Economic Administration (1942-1946), the U.S. Missions to Mexico (1942), the President's Materials Policy Commission (1951-1953). The few items from his teaching career at Yale include gradebooks for the years 1907-1955 and reports on the Sheffield Scientific School.
Dates: 1907-1968

Bertram Borden Boltwood papers

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Call Number: MS 90
Overview: Correspondence, laboratory notebooks, lectures, and other writings of B.B. Boltwood, scientist and professor of radiochemistry at Yale, best known for his early work in the study of radiation. Of particular note is Boltwood's extended correspondence with Lord Rutherford, the father of atomic physics.
Dates: 1890-1932

William Henry Brewer papers

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Call Number: MS 100
Overview: Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, lectures, articles, essays, genealogical materials, photographs and other papers of William Henry Brewer, scientist, teacher, and writer.The collection spans Brewer's entire career including his student days at the Yale Analytical Laboratory, his work with the California State Geological Survey, his various teaching positions in California, New York and at Yale and all his other many and varied activities. Of special and specific interest are Brewer's letters...
Dates: 1830-1927

George Jarvis Brush family papers

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Call Number: MS 108
Overview: Correspondence, writings, lectures, notes, printed material, and other papers, principally of George Jarvis Brush (1831-1912), mineralogist, geologist, and educator; and of his son-in-law, Louis Valentine Pirsson (1860-1919), also a geologist. There are also papers of Brush's wife, Harriet Silliman Trumbull Brush and of other family members. A good deal of the papers are scientific in nature, with some relating to the early history of the Yale Sheffield Scientific School. Important...
Dates: 1834-1960, bulk 1834-1939

Russell Henry Chittenden papers

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Call Number: MS 611
Overview: Correspondence, writings and memorabilia almost entirely relating to Chittenden's work as a physiologist and expert on nutrition. Also essays documenting his part in the development at Yale University of the Sheffield Scientific School, which he directed from 1898 to 1922. Important correspondents are Willy Kühne, his professor at the University of Heidelberg, and Ira Remsen, chairman of the Referee Board of Consulting Scientific Experts of the Department of Agriculture, of which Chittenden was...
Dates: 1870-1945

John Hays Hammond Sr. papers

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Call Number: MS 259
Overview: Correspondence and printed material concerning the business affairs of the Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa, the economic development of South Africa, and the Jameson Raid; together with articles and speeches (1893-1934) relating to Hammond's activities as a speechmaker in behalf of the Republican Party, organizer of the National League of Republican Clubs, special ambassador and representative of President William Howard Taft to the coronation of George V, king of Great Britain, and...
Dates: 1893-1936

Watson Fredericks Kinney collection

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Call Number: MS 1584
Overview: The collection consists of Kinney family correspondence, genealogical material, a memoir, a writing on the icaroscope, and a report on a Yale engineering inspection trip.
Dates: 1876-1995, bulk 1876-1928

Edwin Hoyt Lockwood papers

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Call Number: MS 328
Overview: The papers consist of a series of automobile chassis dynamometer tests conducted at Yale (1916-1932) by Edwin Hoyt Lockwood and material relating to the performance of early automobiles.
Dates: 1890-1932

Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury papers

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Call Number: MS 1231
Overview: The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, writings, research, notes, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting Lounsbury's personal life and professional career as an author and educator of English literature at Yale University. Correspondence with Yale colleagues, students, authors, and officials details his academic and literary interests, and activity in the areas of international language and simplified spelling. Personal materials include letters relating to Lounsbury's Civil War...
Dates: 1829-1915

John Pitkin Norton papers

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Call Number: MS 367
Overview: Correspondence, diaries, writings and other papers of John Pitkin Norton, professor of agricultural chemistry at Yale from 1846-1852. Norton's diaries contain among other topics Norton's observations on slavery and abolition, the Amistad case, the Liberty Party, religion and temperance. Professor Norton was also closely associated with the early days of the Sheffield Scientific School and was a pioneer in the application of scientific principles and methods to agriculture.
Dates: 1837-1852

Office of the Registrar, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Yale University, student records

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Call Number: RU 922
Overview: The records consist of transcripts and grade lists for students in Yale College and Sheffield Scientific School maintained by the Yale Faculty of Arts and Sciences Office of the Registrar.
Dates: 1903-2007

Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, class records

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Call Number: RU 1084
Overview: The materials consist of correspondence, photographs and printed ephemera documenting the Sheffield Scientific School Classes of 1912 and 1904.
Dates: 1873-1974

Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, photographs of events, activities, and individuals

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Call Number: RU 766
Overview: The materials consist of photographs documenting faculty, students, alumni, and activities of the Yale Sheffield Scientific School.
Dates: circa 1870-1934

Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, records

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Call Number: RU 819
Overview: The records consist of correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, student records and papers, photographs and memorabilia, grade books, clippings, class records, memoranda, notes, a copy of the 1944 charter and by-laws of the Board of Trustees of the Sheffield Scientific School and administrative files documenting the history and operations of the Sheffield Scientific School and relate to virtually every aspect of its activities.
Dates: 1846-1970

Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, student records

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Call Number: RU 709
Overview: The records consist of student files and dean's files documenting academic performance of students in the Yale Sheffield Scientific School.
Dates: circa 1906-1965

Silliman family papers

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Call Number: MS 450
Overview: The papers consist of correspondence, lectures, notebooks, diaries, journals, and other material documenting the personal lives and professional careers of the Silliman family, including Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) and Benjamin Silliman, Jr. (1816-1885). Personal material details family life, relationships, social activities, and cultural pursuits. Professional material details the academic and literary interests of the Sillimans, particularly in chemistry, physics, and geology. The evolution...
Dates: 1717-1977, bulk 1717-1911

South Sheffield Hall, Yale University, photographs

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Call Number: RU 699
Overview: The materials consist of photographs and pictures of South Sheffield Hall at Yale. Included are photographs by photographers de Silva and Pach Bros.
Dates: 1814-1931

Charles Wayne Chase, Class of 1923, Sheffield Scientific School, photographs and memorabilia documenting life at Yale

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Call Number: RU 1139
Overview: The collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings and ephemera of Charles Wayne Chase primarily documenting the Yale Crew Team, rowing and regattas.
Dates: 1919-1940

Yale classes photographs

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Call Number: RU 779
Overview: The materials consist of formal portraits, group portraits, and reunion photographs of students and graduates of Yale College, Yale School of Law, Yale School of Divinity, Yale School of Medicine and the Sheffield Scientific School.
Dates: 1806-1971