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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library exhibition materials

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1117
Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of signage, photographs, labels, and reproductions of collection materials created for Beinecke Library exhibitions.

Dates: 2009-2013

A. B. Chapman music and drawings

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 957
Abstract:

Autograph manuscript music, including symphonies and hymns, scores; arrangements of hymns and other choral music, scores and parts; a passion-play, score, with watercolor drawings of curtain and stage designs; and notebooks containing music drafts and related notes about music and Christianity. An oversize rolled sheet contains unidentified ink and watercolor drawings.

Dates: 1874-1897

John L. De Forest papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 885
Abstract: The John L. De Forest Papers contain forty volumes of typescript diaries, 1935-2000, many with newspaper clippings and other related materials laid in. Diaries include entries relating to jazz musician and family friend Benny Goodman; Yiddish author Sholem Asch, for whom De Forest worked as a secretary in the 1940s; political associate John Davis Lodge, governor of Connecticut, 1951-1955; and Dutch historian and journalist Hendrik Willem Van Loon. The collection also includes typescript...
Dates: 1875-2000, bulk 1934-2000

Alexander Metcalf Fisher Papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1473
Abstract: The Alexander Metcalf Fisher papers consist of correspondence, scientific and personal writings, school notes, eulogies, and other material by or about the Yale College student (Class of 1813) and Yale professor. Drafts and calculations for articles on mathematics, physics, astronomy, and other subjects published between 1817 and 1822, as well as scripts for forty lectures in natural philosophy, illustrate Fisher’s academic career in the context of contemporary scientific learning....
Dates: 1803-1898, bulk 1809-1822, 1803-1898, bulk 1809-1822

Jarvis-Robinson Family Papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2948
Abstract:

Correspondence, diaries, printed material, business papers, personal papers, photographs, postcards, and maps relating to Samuel Colt and the Jarvis-Robinson family.

Dates: 1740-1963, bulk 1830-1920

Owen Johnson papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 11
Abstract:

The papers contain drafts of novels, plays, and short stories, plus a variety of personal papers, including financial records, photographs, and papers on the Committee on Allied Tribute to France.

Dates: 1889-1967 (inclusive), bulk 1883-1987

Farwell Knapp papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 256
Abstract: The Farwell Knapp Papers, largely consisting of correspondence, journals, photographs, and other papers, documents the personal and professional life of Connecticut tax lawyer Farwell Knapp. Knapp’s experience as a student at Yale University and Harvard University law school are recorded, including his involvement with the secret society Skull and Bones and friendships with fellow alumni (such as poet Phelps Putnam and painter Russell Cheney). The life of Knapp's wife, Helen Bayne Knapp, and...
Dates: 1891-1947, bulk 1907-1942

New Haven East Association records

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Call Number: GEN MSS 1295
Abstract: The collection contains bound volumes of manuscript meeting minutes for the New Haven East Association and the Consociation of the County of New Haven, New Haven East Consociation, Association of the County of New-Haven, and New Haven Union Association of Congregational Ministers. Also present are other records and papers related to the business of the association, its member churches and foreign missions, its mutual improvement societies, and a painted metal box that formerly held the...
Dates: 1725-1903

Overbrook Press records

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 961
Abstract: The Overbrook Press Records contain correspondence, office files, and production files documenting the operations and publications of the Overbrook Press. The records also hold small group of Frank Altschul's personal papers, a collection of printed material, mostly ephemera, published by peer presses, professional and private associations and clubs, and a group of type specimens from American and European typefounders. The Production Files form the most significant part of the records, and...
Dates: 1918-1979, bulk 1934-1969

Willard Dryden Paddock photographs and papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 848
Abstract:

Collection of photographs and papers, chiefly from 1912 to 1941, which document the work of American artist Willard Dryden Paddock and his activities with his wife Charlotte Elizabeth Smith Paddock, as well as related material collected and created by his nieces Mary Steichen Calderone and Charlotte "Kate" Rodina Steichen from 1954 to 1988.

Dates: 1902-1988, bulk 1912-1941

James Gates Percival collection

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 703
Abstract: The James Gates Percival Collection consist of writings, notebooks, personal papers, correspondence, maps, and other papers that document Percival's life and work. Writings are autograph manuscripts of poetry and prose compositions on linguistics, geology, and geography, including several drafts of his Report on the Geology of Connecticut, as well as chemistry notes by West Point professor James Cutbush. Percival's notebooks contain writings and notes on a broad range of topics in addition...
Dates: 1800-1944, bulk 1820-1850

Prescott & Sherman Records

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1792
Abstract:

Account books, daybooks, letter books, and other bound volumes documenting the efforts of merchants Benjamin Prescott and Roger Sherman, Jr. in the operation of their store, Prescott & Sherman, in New Haven, Connecticut, 1804-1847.

Dates: 1804-1847

William Woodbridge Rodman collection of Pomeroy family genealogy

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1095
Abstract:

The collection consists of correspondence, data forms, name indexes, and pedigree charts related to William Woodbridge Rodman's work on the genealogy of the Pomeroy family. Also present is the correspondence of Rebekah Pomeroy Bulkley, who continued Rodman's work after his death.

Dates: 1885-1908

Herman Landon Vaill papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1615
Scope and Contents: The Herman Landon Vaill Papers contain Vaill family correspondence, and diaries, other writings, and financial records of clergyman and teacher Herman Landon Vaill. Most letters are from Vaill to his wife Flora Gold Vaill, 1818-1847, with smaller concentrations of letters to Vaill from Flora Gold Vaill, 1818-1846, and from his father Benjamin Vaill, 1819-1837. Most other correspondence, 1816-1869, is between Vaill and his children, siblings, and cousins, and among members of the related...
Dates: 1816-1928, bulk 1816-1870