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William Henry Owen papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 380
Abstract: The papers contain correspondence, sermons, other writings, and memorabilia, concerning both Owen's personal life and his work as an Episcopal priest. The bulk of the papers is composed of sermons delivered from Owen's pulpit in Holy Trinity Church, New York City. Much of the correspondence is made up of letters from World War I and World War II servicemen from Owen's churches, letters from fellow Episcopal clergy, or correspondence concerning Owen's coin collection. The papers also include...
Dates: 1881-1945

Justus Richard Pearson, Jr. papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1365
Abstract:

The papers consist of personal diaries written by Pearson from 1931-1954. They cover his last year at Cass Technical High School in Detroit, his attendance at Hopkins Grammar School, his years at Yale University, his World War II alternative service, and his graduate school career at Columbia University.

Dates: 1931-1954

Eleanor Perényi papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1771
Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, writings, printed material, diaries, research notes, photographs, and other papers by or relating to Eleanor Perényi. Correspondents include Perényi's parents Grace Zaring and Ellis Stone, as well as other writers such as Alfred Corn, Mary McCarthy, J. D. McClatchy, and James Merrill. Letters to her parents describe the social and political atmosphere in Eastern Europe, where she lived with her husband Baron Zsigmond Perényi, prior to and at the...
Dates: 1886-2007, bulk 1937-1988

William Winston Pettus papers

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Call Number: MS 786
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, writings, and memorabilia of William Winston Pettus, surgeon at the Hsiang-Ya Hospital of the Yale-China Association in Changsha, China. His letters to his parents, beginning in 1928, report on his undergraduate life at Yale and later on medical school. After 1940, when he returned to China, his letters discuss his day-to-day activities as a doctor in wartime at the hospital in Changsha. The writings include diaries and drafts of unpublished articles. Also in the...
Dates: 1928-1945

Photographs Relating to European Occupation, Colonization, and Conflicts in North and East Africa

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Call Number: GEN MSS 1508
Abstract: This collection contains photograph albums, loose photographs, and postcards documenting the European colonization, occupation, and conflicts in North and East Africa. The collection documents a European colonial perspective of the colonization of African countries including Abyssinia (present day Ethiopia), Algeria, Eritrea, Kenya, Libya, Melilla, Morocco, and Somalia. Photographs depict African colonial subjects and other communities in North and East Africa, traditional housing, markets,...
Dates: 1880-1974

David J. Piel papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1892
Abstract:

The papers include sketchbooks of watercolor drawings and captions by David J. Piel depicting military and civilian life during World War II in the South Pacific; and related correspondence, memorabilia, and photographs.

Dates: Circa 1930s-1949

Sergei Germanovich Pushkarev papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1418
Abstract:

The papers include manuscripts, writings, memoirs, correspondence, and other papers documenting the literary and academic career, as well as the personal life, of Sergei G. Pushkarev.

Dates: 1925-1984

Fitzhugh Quarrier, Class of 1935, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, memoir concerning his service in World War II

 Collection
Call Number: RU 87
Abstract:

The material consists of a memoir written by Fitzhugh Quarrier (Yale 1935S) concerning his experiences during World War II.

Dates: 1984

Joseph Verner Reed papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1222
Abstract:

Personal and professional correspondence, administrative files, writings and genealogical manuscripts, notebooks, news clippings, memorabilia, loose photographs and photograph albums relating to the Reed family and Reed's service as captain in the U.S. Army at Camp Murphy, Florida.

Dates: 1862-1964, bulk 1942-1946

Eugene Arthur Regnier papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1409
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, printed material, photographs, and other material documenting the personal life and professional career of Eugene A. Regnier. The primary focus of the papers is Regnier's role as an aide to Henry L. Stimson. The papers illustrate Regnier's duties in the Philippines and the State Department and highlight his publicity work and relationship with the press.

Dates: 1917-1956

Walter Johnson Robb papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 740
Abstract:

Correspondence, writings, clippings, photographs, financial papers and memorabilia documenting Robb's career in the Philippines as a correspondent and, during World War II, as a lecturer for the Office of War Information (O.W.I.). The writings include manuscripts of articles by Robb on the Philippines, texts of his broadcasts for the O.W.I., and poetry. Among his correspondents are Henry Andreas, Raymond L. Buell, Percy Hill, Sergio Osmeña, Chick Parsons, and Will Rogers, Jr.

Dates: 1919-1969, bulk 1940-1946

Charles Parkman Rockwood papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1159
Abstract:

Correspondence, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia document Charles P. Rockwood's service as a teacher for Yale-in-China at Yuanling, Hunan Province as well as life in wartime China, his struggle with poliomyelitis in 1940, and his service with the U.S. Office of War Information in rural areas of India, Burma, and China, 1944-1945. A diary for the summer of 1939 describes a tour of the Yale Glee Club in Europe.

Dates: 1939-1945

Oscar Roth papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1692
Abstract: The papers consist of photocopies of a scrapbook and other materials which relate to Oscar Roth's military service during World War II. The scrapbook contains photographs taken after the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Selected photoprints of them are included in the papers as is a copy of Roth's translation into English of the confession given by the camp's commandant Franz Ziereis. Oscar Roth was educated at the University of Vienna and was a United States Army medical...
Dates: 1945

Paul Shepard papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1747
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, research notes, drafts of writings, and published essays and book reviews by Paul Shepard. The papers also include reviews of Shepard's work, letters Shepard wrote to his parents during his military service in Europe during World War II and as a graduate student in the Conservation Program at Yale University, and letters from his friend and co-author Daniel McKinley. Other materials include grant proposals, genealogical files, personal papers,...
Dates: 1860-1999, bulk 1939-1999

Theodore Sizer papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 453
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, writings, drawings for posters, bookplates, Christmas cards, and armorial designs for Yale College. Also included is material related to Theodore Sizer's service as an officer in the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section of the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Important correspondents are Eric Gill, James Lukens McConaughy, Gifford Pinchot, Neal Lawson Lewis and Sir Edmund Kerchever Chambers. Also in the papers are grade and attendance books...
Dates: 1679-1992

Alice Rogers Smith papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 29
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence and personal papers, including photographs, writings of Amy Margaret Smith, and art work of George Plank.

Dates: 1880-1971 (inclusive)

Social Ethics Pamphlet Collection

 Collection
Call Number: RG 73
Abstract:

The Collection includes pamphlets, brochures, typescripts, booklets, comic books, posters, cartoons, letters, memoranda, offprints, etc., documenting various aspects of social issues in America and throughout the world during the mid-twentieth century.

Dates: 1919-1972, bulk 1938-1958

Angelo Spinelli papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1632
Abstract:

The papers consist of written reminiscences by Angelo Spinelli and printed material relating to Spinelli and his photographs. Of note is an issue of a prisoner of war newsletter entitled "The Pow Wow" dated June 25, 1943.

Dates: 1943-1989

Frank Stiffel papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1756
Abstract:

The papers consist of the unpublished autobiography of Frank Stiffel, "Franek: Prewar, War and Postwar," beginning with his childhood and concluding with his arrival in the United States.

Dates: 1946-1999

Anson Phelps Stokes family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 299
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, writings, subject files, memorabilia, photographs, financial records, and other papers detailing the professional career and personal life of Anson Phelps Stokes and family members, including Olivia, Caroline and Helen Stokes. Papers relating to Anson Phelps Stokes document his work with prominent educators, reformers, religious leaders, businessmen, and politicians. Stokes's work on behalf of black education, social issues, and the Phelps-Stokes Fund...
Dates: 1761-1960, bulk 1892-1958