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James Rowland Angell, president of Yale University, records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 24
Abstract:

The records consist of correspondence, annual reports, memoranda, and subject files documenting James Rowland Angell's activities as president of Yale University. The records contain substantive documentation on virtually every aspect of the university's administration, its schools, departments, and other major units. The files pertaining to the founding of the School of Nursing, the Institute of Human Relations, and the residential colleges are particularly significant.

Dates: 1921-1937

Kingman Brewster, Jr., president of Yale University, inauguration records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 13
Abstract: Kingman Brewster, Jr., was inaugurated the seventeenth president of Yale University on 11 April 1964. The records document the planning and management of the inauguration and include press materials, such as clippings, releases, and the Yale Daily News special inauguration edition; invitations, tickets, and the ceremony program; congratulation messages; invitation and attendance lists; and records detailing ceremonial order and logistics. The records also include congratulation messages on...
Dates: 1959-1964

Kingman Brewster, Jr., president of Yale University, records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 11
Abstract: The records of Kingman Brewster, Jr., as president of Yale University, provide extensive documentation on the policies, programs, and operations of Yale, from 1963 to 1977. Of particular significance are Brewster's administrative materials, which comprise Series I-III. Maintained by Brewster's office staff, these comprehensive files contain six general types of documentation: files on Yale academic departments, professional schools, and offices; files on Yale programs and issues; daily...
Dates: 1941-1983, bulk 1961-1977

Kingman Brewster, Jr., president of Yale University, resignation records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 14
Abstract:

On 17 May 1977 the academic year closed with Kingman Brewster, Jr.'s, resignation from office to become ambassador to the Court of St. James under President Jimmy Carter. The records consist of Brewster's handwritten resignation letter, as well as other writings in his honor.

Dates: 1977

Henry W. Broude, special assistant to the president of Yale University, records

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Call Number: RU 356
Abstract:

The records consist of subject files documenting academics, administration, personnel, and research initiatives at Yale University.

Dates: 1977-1988

Committee on University Development, Yale University, records

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Call Number: RU 435
Abstract:

The records consist of materials documenting the planning needs of the Engineering School, Yale Law School Library, and School of Medicine.

Dates: 1939-1940

Committee on Acceleration, Yale University, records

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Call Number: RU 433
Abstract:

The records consist of reports, letters, and memoranda documenting the work of the Committee on Acceleration, which studied the feasibility of accelerating undergraduate study in the event of war.

Dates: 1950-1952

Committee on General Education, Yale University, records

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Call Number: RU 434
Abstract:

The records consist of correspondence, reports, and notes documenting the work of the Committee on General Education.

Dates: 1948-1956

Committee on Residential Colleges, Yale University, records

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Call Number: RU 432
Abstract:

The records consist of correspondence and reports documenting the work of the Committee on Residential Colleges (Hall Committee), formed to study the residential colleges at Yale University.

Dates: 1966-1968

Committee to Recommend a Dean of Yale College records

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Call Number: RU 438
Abstract:

The records consist of a report and minutes of the committee charged with recommending a dean of Yale College.

Dates: 1970

DeVane Lecture Series, Yale University, audiorecordings

 Collection
Call Number: RU 1069
Abstract:

The materials consist of audiorecordings of lectures and discussion sessions from Yale University's DeVane Lecture Series.

Dates: 1998-2001

Alfred B. Fitt, special assistant to the president of Yale University for community and alumni affairs, records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 446
Abstract:

The records consist of the administrative files of Alfred B. Fitt documenting his role as special assistant for community and alumni affairs.

Dates: 1969-1975

A. Bartlett Giamatti, president of Yale University, records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 276
Abstract:

The records consist of correspondence, annual reports, memoranda, subject files, and gifts documenting A. Bartlett Giamatti's tenure as president of Yale.

Dates: 1975-1993

Angelo Bartlett Giamatti, president of Yale University, inauguration records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 373
Abstract:

The records consist of invitation responses documenting those who attended, declined, did not respond, or were platform speakers at the inauguration of A. Bartlett Giamatti as president of Yale.

Dates: 1978

Hanna Holborn Gray, president of Yale University, records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 581
Abstract:

The records consist of correspondence, subject files, planning memoranda, annual reports, and working papers documenting Hanna Holborn Gray's tenure as acting president of Yale University.

Dates: 1977-1978

Alfred Whitney Griswold, president of Yale University, records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 22
Abstract: The records consist of correspondence, subject files, reports, planning memoranda, and miscellaneous biographical material documenting A. Whitney Griswold's activities as president of Yale University. Included are materials concerning alumni relations; academic freedom and Communism; funds, gifts, trusts, and other development activities; Yale committees; athletics and the Ivy League; admissions; Yale commencements; relations with the city of New Haven; the Association of American...
Dates: 1950-1963

Griswold-Brewster Oral History Project, Yale University

 Collection
Call Number: RU 217
Abstract:

The records consist of audiotapes and transcripts of the Yale Griswold-Brewster Oral History Project.

Dates: 1990-1993

Arthur Twining Hadley, president of Yale University, records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 25
Abstract: The records contain the official correspondence of Arthur Twining Hadley during his tenure as president of Yale University. The papers document the rapid change and expansion which occurred at Yale during Hadley's presidency. The incoming correspondence contains letters with members of the Yale faculty and administration; requests for personal appearances and speeches and articles; inquiries from educational administrators; and correspondence with alumni relating to fund-raising and class...
Dates: 1899-1921

Ivy Group Presidents records

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Call Number: RU 17
Abstract: The records include the original agreement establishing the group in 1954; meeting agendas, outlines, and background materials; comprehensive files on intercollegiate athletics; documents outlining policy discussions and decisions on academic scholarships and admissions; the Ivy Group charter and handbook, 1972; and materials on Yale University's dispute with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) over the Jack Langer case. The Ivy Group Presidents formed in 1954 to foster...
Dates: 1963-1977

DeLaney Kiphuth, special assistant to the president of Yale University for athletics, Records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 726
Abstract:

The records consist of applications, reports, correspondence, committee notes, budgets, films, studies, fellowships, questionnaires, and recommendations documenting Special Assistant DeLaney Kiphuth's interests concerning athletics at Yale University.

Dates: 1965-1981