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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

George Alfred Baitsell papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 902
Abstract:

Correspondence, experimental records, and miscellaneous papers related to George Baitsell (1885-1971) and his professional activities. Nearly one third of the papers consists of research material including laboratory data, reports, and recommendations based on a study of poisonous gases conducted for the U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service, 1917-1919. His research on tuberculosis, for which he received a grant in 1925 is also documented here.

Dates: 1917-1927

Joseph Barrell papers

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Call Number: MS 778
Abstract: Correspondence, the manuscript for "The Piedmont Terraces of the Northern Appalachians" in various stages; manuscripts and typescripts for "The Genesis of the Earth," "Relations of Pleistocene Warping to Strength of Crust," "Significance of the Equatorial Acceleration in the Sun's Rotation," and "The Strength of the Earth's Crust" Part IX; notes; and miscellaneous items on geology originating during Barrell's service as secretary of the geological faculty at Yale University. The...
Dates: 1909-1920

Alan Mara Bateman papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 641
Abstract:

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

William Beebe papers

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Call Number: MS 907
Abstract:

The papers of William Beebe consist of three manuscripts: "Celestial Mechanics" (1901-1902), and two lectures given by Beebe in 1917. One is on John Milton and the other on the organization of Yale University

Dates: 1901-1917

Bingham Oceanographic Laboratory, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 552
Abstract:

The records consist of correspondence and subject files documenting the operations of the Bingham Oceanographic Laboratory at Yale University. Topics include faculty and personnel, environmental issues, national biological stations and institutions, and naval reports and research.

Dates: 1927-1965

Boardman family papers

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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

Bertram Borden Boltwood papers

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Call Number: MS 90
Abstract:

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

John Shaw Boyce papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 756
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, reports, and research material almost exclusively devoted to John Boyce's work on wood and wood diseases. About a third of the papers relate to Boyce's work on the use of wood in airplanes during World War I.

Dates: 1918-1964

Robert Brown papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 934
Abstract:

Correspondence and legal and financial papers relating to a controversy with Yale University over a house to be constructed for Robert Brown's use as secretary of the Observatory. Included are letters from Hubert Anson Newton, William Whitman Farnam and William Kneeland Townsend. Also in the papers is correspondence concerning the Yale secret society, Scroll and Key.

Dates: 1853-1908

Milton Conover papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 807
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, teaching materials, clippings, photographs and memorabilia reflecting Conover's activities as a political science professor, an author, a temperance and prohibition advocate and a 1932 candidate for United States Senator as an Independent Republican in Connecticut.His correspondents include close family members and colleagues at the Brookings Institution in Washington, Yale University and Dickinson College, as well as political scientists on other campuses. The...
Dates: 1898-1936

Department of Political Science, Yale University, records

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Call Number: RU 409
Abstract:

The records consist of correspondence, subject files, proposals, personnel records, and student files documenting the activities and operations of the Yale Department of Political Science.

Dates: 1936-1983

Department of the History of Science and Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, records

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Call Number: RU 738
Abstract: The records consist of administrative files, reports, correspondence, and personnel and student records documenting the Department of the History of Science and Medicine (known as the Department of the History of Medicine prior to 1959) at the Yale Medical School. Included are the records of the department chairs John Farquhar Fulton, Frederick Lawrence Holmes, Derek John de Solla Price, and Lloyd Grenfell Stevenson, and the correspondence of professors George Rosen and Henry Ernest...
Dates: 1949-1981

Department of the History of Science and Medicine, Yale University, records

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Call Number: RU 107
Abstract:

The records consist of student, subject, course, and seminar files documenting the activities and operations of the Yale Department of the History of Science and Medicine. Included are files of department chairmen Derek de Solla Price and Asger Aaboe.

Dates: 1960-2020

Department of the Social Sciences, Yale University, minutes of faculty meetings

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Call Number: RU 429
Abstract:

The records consist of minutes from faculty meetings of the Yale Department of the Social Sciences. Included in the minutes is information on doctoral candidates.

Dates: 1901-1932

Deputy provost for science and technology, Yale University, records

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Call Number: RU 1054
Abstract:

The records consist of correspondence, reports, and topical files maintained by the office of the Deputy Provost for Science and Technology.

Dates: 1972-2009

Augustus Jay DuBois papers

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Call Number: MS 931
Abstract:

Correspondence, engineering notebooks, lectures, and manuscripts on engineering, poems, plays, newspaper clippings, and other printed matter. The correspondence is chiefly on engineering, but also contains three notes from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. discussing science and religion. All of DuBois' poems and plays also deal with the topics of science and religion. Also included is his unpublished manuscript: Mechanics of Engineering.

Dates: 1869-1913

Daniel Cady Eaton papers

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Call Number: MS 581
Abstract:

Correspondence, writings, and other papers of Daniel Cady Eaton, botanist and professor at Yale. The correspondence is of an almost exclusively scientific nature and includes letters from a number of important scientists. Also included are some genealogical materials on the Eaton family.

Dates: 1854-1897

Alexander William Evans papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 866
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence covering Evans' tenure as curator and curator emeritus of the Eaton Herbarium and other botanical collections and primarily concern collecting and identifying species of lichens, mosses, liverworts and other plants.

Dates: 1931-1959

Farnam family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 203
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, letterbooks, financial papers, writings, scrapbooks, and memorabilia of the Farnam family of New Haven, Connecticut, 1721-1929. The papers of Henry Farnam (1803-1883), and two of his sons, Henry Walcott Farnam (1853-1933) and William Whitman Farnam (1844-1929) form this collection. The papers of Henry Farnam include personal and professional correspondence concerning his family, life in New Haven, and the building of several canals and railroads in Connecticut and...
Dates: 1721-1941