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The archives of Ian G. Speden including maps related to his Yale dissertation, "Paleozoology of Lamellibranchia from the type area of Fox Hills Formation, (Maestrichtian), South Dakota."

Abstract: The collection contains Ebenezer Stevens' correspondence and documents, and nine financial account books for the firm of Ebenezer Stevens' Sons. The correspondence primarily relates to Stevens' military service and cohort including Horatio Gates, and his relationships with Antigua merchants Thomas Norbury Kerby and Samuel Byam Athill; also present are letters from Robert Liston, Britain's minister plenipotentiary to the United States. Other papers include Ebenezer Stevens' military...

Abstract: The Stevens papers contain correspondence, reports, memoranda, and maps documenting the 1856 declaration of martial law in Washington Territory and Indian hostilities, relations with the Hudson's Bay Company and the Puget Sound Agricultural Company, and political events during Steven's administration (WA MSS 442-444). In 1857, Stevens prepared a map of the Washington and Nebraska territories for his report on the railroad survey with information on various Indian tribes, reservations,...

Abstract: The papers include correspondence, writings, lectures, notes, research material, and memorabilia documenting the personal life and professional career of Edward Luther Stevenson. The papers relate to Stevenson's studies at Franklin College and the University of Heidelberg, his teaching in public schools, his professorship at Rutgers University, his service to the Hispanic Society of America, and his numerous lectures and publications on the discovery and exploration of the New World....

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The Robert Louis Stevenson Collection consists of correspondence, writings, photographs, artwork, and other material documenting the life, work, and remembrance of Robert Louis Stevenson.

Abstract: The Ezra Stiles Papers contain correspondence; autograph manuscript writings, many incorporating maps and drawings; personal papers and artifacts; family papers; and writings by others and printed material owned by Ezra Stiles or the Stiles family. Correspondence, 1740s-1795, consists of incoming letters, autograph manuscript copies of outgoing letters, and related family and third-party correspondence. Writings by Stiles, 1740s-1795, include research notes, drafts, and other works, with...

Abstract: The collection contains correspondence, financial records, photographs, and other research materials documenting the creation of Henry C. Taylor’s collection of 410 rare books, medieval manuscripts, maritime atlases, and incunabula on the science of navigation and history of exploration. Also included are drafts and related correspondence for several bibliographies of his collection compiled by three different bibliographers, including John S. Kebabian's The Henry C....

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The archives of Charles W. Thayer including maps related to his Yale dissertation, "Marine paleoecology of the Upper Devonian Genesee Group of New York."

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Correspondence, organizational records, reports containing historical and statistical material, maps, and other papers of The Inquiry, a group of experts assembled at the request of President Wilson to collect and collate data in preparation for a peace conference following World War I. Members of The Inquiry included Edward House, Sidney Mezes, Isaiah Bowman, Charles Seymour, David H. Miller, Walter Lippmann, James T. Shotwell, and Clive Day.

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The archives of William H. Twenhofel including maps of Quebec, some field notebooks, and some correspondence.

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U.S. Fish Commission archives generated during A.E. Verrill's involvement with the Commission from 1871-1887.

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The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation: Proofs and Subject Files contains corrected and uncorrected proofs of this work on the "Vinland Map" (Beinecke MS 350A), as wells as extensive files of newspaper and magazine cliippings of book reviews, news items, and publicity about the map and the claims for its preColumbian origin.

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The archives of Karl M. Waage encompassing his career at Yale. These include annotated maps, field notebooks, photographs, correspondence, and biographical material.

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...

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The archives of Russell D. (Tim) White encompassing his career at Yale. These include maps and field notebooks.

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Correspondence and papers documenting the life of Albert H. Wilbur, a railroad employee, and members of the Wilbur family, including George W. Wilbur and Sarah Ann Cook Wilbur, 1849-1908.

Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, printed materials, personal papers, and photographs of William H. Wright of Chicago, Illinois, documenting the mining industry in Washington State's St. Helens Mining District during the first decades of the twentieth century. The bulk of the material is correspondence relating to investments that William and his wife Ella made in southwestern Washington, and includes materials documenting stockholder relations with specific Washington and Oregon mining...

Abstract: Correspondence, administrative records, scientific reports, writings, and illustrative material on the three expeditions to Peru sponsored by Yale University between 1911-1915. The most celebrated discoveries, the finding of Machu Picchu and of Vitcos, the last capital of the Incas, were studied during the expeditions by scientific specialists who were drawn principally from the Yale faculty. The papers include their diaries, manuscripts, and published reports of their work, as well as the...

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The materials consist of photographs and negatives of maps, plans, and pictures of Yale buildings depicted between 1748-1919. The negatives are not dated.

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The collection contains pictorial materials depicting various Yale buildings and grounds. Included are maps, aerial views of Yale and New Haven, and photographic prints of architectural plans, drawings and proposals. Materials for many buildings are classified in individual record units and are not described here.