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Charles Gould Morris family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 622
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, family papers, financial records, scrapbooks, daguerrotypes, and other material documenting the professional career of Charles Gould Morris and the personal lives of several family members. Morris's political career, his dairy business activities, and his municipal and civic concerns in Connecticut are documented. The letters and papers of family members involved in the settlement of the American frontier and in the Civil War are included, as...
Dates:
1742-1961
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
William Inglis Morse collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 1192
Abstract:
The collection consists of autograph letters, business papers, and legal papers, in French and English, almost all to or by Canadians. The papers also contain an account book of Morse's transactions with the Yale Art Library and correspondence relating to the Howe family of Nova Scotia, chiefly Joseph Howe's duel with John Croke Halliburton.
Dates:
1710-1947
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Shadrach Osborn papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1035
Abstract:
Correspondence and financial papers of Shadrach Osborn, a general merchant of Southbury, Connecticut, who was also active as a commissary during the Revolutionary War. Also included are the records of his business associate, Truman Hinman and his son, Erastus Osborn, who was sheriff of New Haven County. An account book for purchases from wholesale suppliers covers the period 1783-1792. The three letters in the papers are from Erastus Osborn. One dated 1812 describes a town-gown riot in New...
Dates:
1765-1838
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Peck family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1031
Abstract:
Papers of several branches of the Peck family in Connecticut. Half of the collection is made up of the papers of the Ambrose Peck family (1691-1911) including correspondence, diaries, account books, legal papers, photographs, and memorabilia. Noteworthy are letters on the Battle of Bunker Hill and the War of 1812, as well as diaries by Abby Ann Hyde Peck from her school days, 1824-1832, and her old age, 1874-1883. Another member of the family represented is Tracy Peck (1785-1862) an...
Dates:
1691-1911
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Ulrich Bonnell Phillips papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 397
Abstract:
The papers consist of the research files of Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, an author and history professor. The papers include Phillips's notes and transcripts of historical source materials and the collected papers of several southern families from 1712-1933. The collected papers include correspondence, account books, business records, farm and plantation records, diaries, photographs, and other papers which focus primarily on the years 1790-1865, and the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia and...
Dates:
1712-1933, bulk 1800-1861
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
William Henry Potter Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1047
Abstract:
Private journals, ledgers and scrapbooks kept by William H. Potter of Groton, Conn. and Brandon, Mississippi (1851-1955). The journals contain descriptions of his activities and discourses on religion and politics. A commonplace book (1837-1848) gives some information on his brief attendance at Yale and his stay at Bacon School. The papers contain an unidentified 1933 judicial diary and a Norwich, Conn. account book. The papers also contain a diary (1859-1861) and other materials of Kittie...
Dates:
1832-1933
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Sanford family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1071
Abstract:
The papers consist of account books, letterbooks, and papers of the Sanford family of New Haven, Connecticut. The merchant activities of Nelson D. Sanford and David P. Calhoun are detailed. Also included is a microfilm of Samuel Simons Sanford's album which documents his career as a professor of applied music, and his association with Yale.
Dates:
1717-1887
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Seymour family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 440
Abstract:
This collection is made up of the papers of ten individual members and six branches of the Seymour family: the Day family, Parsons-Dean families, Watkins-Law families, Leggett-Seymour-Doolittle families, St. John family, and Howard family. The largest sections are those of Thomas Day Seymour, Charles Seymour (1885-1963), and Charles Seymour, Jr. The collection represents six generations of an intellectually and socially prominent family and through correspondence and diaries offers detailed...
Dates:
1711-1969, bulk 1870-1945
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Silliman family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 450
Abstract:
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...
Dates:
1717-1977, bulk 1717-1911
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Henry White papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 551
Abstract:
Chiefly correspondence and legal papers of the law firm founded in New Haven by Henry White's father, Dyer White, in 1785. Henry White joined the firm in 1828. Records of 113 individuals, firms, and estates whose business the firm handled make up the business section of the papers. Also included are a small amount of Dyer White's family correspondence (1784-1836) and college lecture notes, account books related to church activities (1822-1837), and other miscellaneous papers of Henry...
Dates:
1745-1886
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Amos Loomis Williams papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1081
Abstract:
Notebooks, financial records, and miscellanea of Amos L. Williams, a physician in Brookfield, Connecticut. Includes notes on lectures of Eli Ives, William Tully, and others.
Dates:
1830-1888
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Samuel Wells Williams family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 547
Summary:
The papers include correspondence (comprising over half of the collection), manuscripts of Samuel Wells Williams's Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language, themes and lecture notes by Frederick Wells Williams, diaries, newspaper clippings, articles on China, maps, and pictures. The bulk of the correspondence relates to S. W. Williams, missionary, diplomat, and sinologue. The period between 1845 and 1855 has extensive correspondence with missionaries and...
Dates:
1809-1983, bulk 1809-1941
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Yale College account books and records
Collection
Call Number: RU 543
Abstract:
The records consist of account books and scrapbooks documenting office expenses, attendance, student loans, and notifications and regulations of Yale College.
Dates:
1846-1962
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Yale Cooperative Corporation papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1223
Abstract:
Two bound volumes: one with the minutes of the Yale Cooperative Society (1885-1891); the other a ledger for 1896-1898 and 1903-1905. Also included are a few clippings, printed matter related to the Society, and a copy of its constitution.
Dates:
1885-1905
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives