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Selden family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 673
Abstract:

Correspondence, writings (including school essays and exercises, poetry and political essays), miscellaneous accounts, school bills, and other papers of the Selden family of Hadlyme, Connecticut. The principal family members represented are Richard Ely Selden (1797-1868), a member of the class of 1818 at Yale, a justice of the peace, and a state senator, and his son Samuel Hart Selden (1826-1891), a member of the class of 1848.

Dates: 1787-1883

Abbie Sherman photograph collection documenting Yale and New Haven

 Collection
Call Number: RU 647
Abstract:

The materials consist of photographs of Abbie Sherman [supposed] documenting Yale, New Haven, Connecticut and surrounding towns, such as Clinton, Madison, and Wallingford. Also included are photographs taken in Rhode Island, New York, and New Jersey.

Dates: 1900-1901

Roger Sherman (1721-1793) collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 447
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, legal records, financial documents and genealogical material of Roger Sherman, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Included are both family letters and political correspondence. Of special interest are the letters to Governor Jonathan Trumbull on the relationship of Connecticut to the prosecution of the war (1777-1780). Among Sherman's writings are a report from the Constitutional Convention (1787), a note on the proposal for a national bank (1791) and a...
Dates: 1749-1904

David Martyn Smith papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1189
Abstract:

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, and other papers relating to the Connecticut Pesticide Investigating Committee. This committee was chaired by Anthony E. Wallace and one its members was David Martyn Smith.

Dates: 1961-1963

John Cotton Smith papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 460
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence and other documents of John Cotton Smith and his family. Material relating to Simeon Smith, Cotton Mather Smith, and William Mather Smith is also included.

Dates: 1768-1924, bulk 1781-1865

Socialist Party of New Haven records

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1374
Abstract:

The Socialist Party of New Haven records consist of platforms, blank petitions, applications for membership, ballots, tickets, handbills, and open letters of socialist organizations throughout the state of Connecticut. The collection also includes twenty-seven issues of "The Connecticut Comrade."

Dates: 1909-1945

Edward Comfort Starr papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1166
Abstract:

Correspondence of family members and associates sent to Edward C. Starr from Connecticut and China, including items relating to the Congregational Church.

Dates: 1854-1916, bulk 1868-1916

Peter Starr papers

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Call Number: MS 955
Abstract:

Sermons of Peter Starr, together with the sermons of his predecessor in Kent (now Warren), Connecticut, Sylvanus Osborn, and of two relatives by marriage, John Keep and John Stevens. Three-fourths of the papers are by Peter Starr. During the Revolutionary War Starr shifted his loyalty, and the sermons provide biblical justification on both sides. John Keep was a chaplain during the war and a number of his camp sermons are in the collection.

Dates: 1758-1829

William W. Starr, Jr. papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1187
Abstract:

Correspondence, financial, legal, and other documents of William W. Starr relating to harbor maintenance and improvements in Bridgeport and Norwalk, Connecticut. Included are contracts with the U.S. Army Engineer's Office for work on the harbors, receipts for material and labor, notes on harbor maintenance, clippings, and printed matter.

Dates: 1869-1874

Sherwood Sterling papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1164
Abstract:

Chiefly the business records of four companies in which Sherwood Sterling was active. The most complete records are for the Sterling Grate Bar Company which manufactured furnace grates. Included are patents, legal and financial papers, and advertising. The other companies were engaged in mining in Alaska. Also included is printed matter from F. T. McIntyre describing his Hypnotic Ball Treatment for the cure of diseases and for psychic self-improvement.

Dates: 1880-1905

Strong Family Collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1198
Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, legal and financial papers, diaries, writings, autographs, and other papers documenting the lives and activities of several generations of Strong family members and related Fowler, Pond, and Huntington families of Massachusetts and Connecticut. The bulk of the collection concerns the extended family of Phinehas Strong of Northampton, Massachusetts, and relates to the teaching and agriculture pursuits of family members in Ohio, Michigan, Virginia,...
Dates: 1667-1925

Swift and Hine Company collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1408
Abstract:

The collection consists of correspondence, blotters, bills, daybooks, and legal papers of the Smith and Hine Company, a general store in Warren, Connecticut. The material mainly concerns the sale of groceries and dry goods.

Dates: 1834-1890

Talman family papers

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Call Number: MS 662
Abstract:

Deeds, leases, miscellaneous documents, and some correspondence of the Talman family, early settlers of Guilford, Connecticut.

Dates: 1683-1866

Terry-Slocomb family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 483
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, a diary, household accounts, and professional documents relating to William Terry; his wife, Maria Roxana Slocomb Terry; his sister, Esther Asenath Terry; and their family and friends in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota.

Dates: 1809-1891

Curtis Thompson papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1109
Abstract:

Diaries of Curtis Thompson, 1835-1904, of Stratford, Connecticut, from 1867-1903. Included in the diaries is an autobiographical sketch; genealogical data on the family of the author, and that of his wife, Louise Wilcox Thompson; and numerous notes and clippings, chiefly concerning contemporary personalities in Connecticut and elsewhere.

Dates: 1867-1903

Herbert Thoms photographs used in the publication Yale Men and Landmarks in Old Connecticut

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Call Number: RU 656
Abstract: The materials consist of photographs and illustrations used by Herbert Thoms (Yale Medical 1910) in his book Yale Men and Landmarks in Old Connecticut (1967). Included are photographs of houses in New Haven and the surrounding areas of Yale historical figures. Most of the materials in Series I are negatives. Thoms's scrapbook in Series II is composed of descriptions and photographs of memorials and gravestones of men who played important roles in Yale's...
Dates: circa 1966-1967

Tomlinson family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1172
Abstract: Correspondence, financial records, and legal documents of the Tomlinson and related families of Connecticut. Prominent in the correspondence are six letters (1826-1853) by Gideon Tomlinson, governor of Connecticut (1826-1831) and a series of Civil War letters (1862-1865) by Albert DeForest of the 14th Connecticut Volunteers. Also a farming diary (1793-1805) kept probably by Joel Beard of Stratford, and the daybook (1805-1812) of Curtiss Tomlinson, a farmer of Huntington. Additional account...
Dates: 1758-1865

Towner family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 500
Abstract:

Diary, account book, financial and legal papers, and photocopies of material relating to the Towner and Tyler families of Branford, Connecticut. Solomon and Isaac Tyler's shipping interests and John Edwin Towner's Civil War diary are significant materials in the collection.

Dates: 1743-1865

Benjamin Trumbull papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 505
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence, bills and receipts, sermons, church papers, writings, and miscellanea documenting the personal life, religious career, and literary work of Benjamin Trumbull. Sermons include material on a wide range of religious, historical, political, and social topics. Correspondence and other papers include material relating to Trumbull's family life, student years, religious responsibilities, and writings on Connecticut history, divorce, and land settlement.

Dates: 1629-1867

James Hammond Trumbull papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 507
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, notes and other papers pertaining to Connecticut and New England history and American Indians.

Dates: 1649-1897