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Farnam family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 203
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, letterbooks, financial papers, writings, scrapbooks, and memorabilia of the Farnam family of New Haven, Connecticut, 1721-1929. The papers of Henry Farnam (1803-1883), and two of his sons, Henry Walcott Farnam (1853-1933) and William Whitman Farnam (1844-1929) form this collection. The papers of Henry Farnam include personal and professional correspondence concerning his family, life in New Haven, and the building of several canals and railroads in Connecticut and...
Dates: 1721-1941

Louis Fischer papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 214
Abstract:

Family and professional correspondence and typescript drafts of four books published between 1942 and 1962. His major correspondent is G.V. Chicherin, a Russian diplomat, who wrote to protest passages in Fischer's book, The Soviets in World Affairs, relating to Soviet affairs in the Revolutionary period.

Dates: 1929-1961

Otis Harrison Fisk papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 964
Abstract:

Chiefly typescripts of both the English and German versions of Otis H. Fisk's (1870-1944) book on the government and legal system of the United States, published in German as Kunde über Amerika (1944). Also in the papers are notes on the constitutions of the states of New York and Oklahoma and various diplomas and certificates.

Dates: 1893-1944

French Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 224
Abstract:

An artificial collection of correspondence, manuscripts, volumes, and miscellanea relating to France, 1115-1941.

Dates: 1115-1941

Milton Stahl Garver papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1448
Abstract:

The papers consist of photographs which document Milton Garver's foreign travels, primarily in Western Europe.

Dates: 1900-1935

German Pamphlet Collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 735
Abstract:

An artificial collection of German pamphlets, 1921-1945, including material on such topics as: national socialism, armed forces, foreign relations, propaganda, and postwar politics.

Dates: 1921-1945

Daniel Coit Gilman papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 582
Abstract:

Correspondence, writings, lectures, and other papers of Daniel Coit Gilman, educator, university president, and author. Included are papers regarding Gilman's career at Yale, the University of California, and Johns Hopkins University. Important correspondents include Charles M. Andrews, James Dwight Dana, William Henry Brewer, Timothy Dwight, Benjamin Silliman, Theodore Dwight Woolsey, and Andrew Dickson White.

Dates: 1845-1910

Gilman Family Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 240
Abstract:

Correspondence, diaries, writings, financial records, photographs, clippings, and other papers relating to the Gilman and Coit families of New England. The bulk of the collection relates to Edward Whiting Gilman (1823-1900), his family and his work as a clergyman and foreign secretary of the American Bible Society.

Dates: 1659-1935

Albrecht Goetze papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 648
Abstract: As a refugee from Hitler, he was outspoken on political issues and attempted to aid fellow scholars similarly uprooted. A portion of the correspondence reveals his efforts on their behalf and expands on his political views. Other letters discuss university policies, including problems at Yale University, and foundation grants for scholars. Among Goetze's important correspondents are William F. Albright, Kurt Bittel, Hans Ehelolf, Jacob J. Finkelstein, Johannes Friedrich, Hans G. Güterbock,...
Dates: 1923-1971

Harold Jackson Gordon Jr. papers

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Call Number: MS 246
Abstract: Correspondence from civilians and former army officers in Germany relating to Gordon's dissertation: The Reichswehr and the German Republic, 1919-1926 (Yale University, 1953). The letters from the civilians written between 1946 and 1951 discuss their recollections of the Nazi movement and contemporary economic and political conditions in Germany. The letters on the German army, responding to a questionnaire sent by Gordon are from Germany army officers, a British general, a German member of...
Dates: 1916-1978

Loomis Havemeyer papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 632
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, writings, personal papers, diaries and journals, photographs, and scrapbooks relating to the life and career of Loomis Havemeyer. The collection documents Havemeyer's childhood, his experiences at Hill School, undergraduate and graduate studies at Yale University, as well as his lengthy career as an instructor and an administrator at the university. Details regarding Havemeyer's personal life are recorded primarily in his diaries and in his...
Dates: 1899-1971

Hemingway family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 276
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, financial papers, and memorabilia of the Hemingway and Hart families.

Dates: 1830-1961

Dorothy M. Horstmann papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1700
Abstract:

The papers include include correspondence, writings, research data, notes, memorabilia, and photographs, which document Dorothy Horstmann's years at the Yale School of Medicine as a bio-medical researcher and teacher. The papers highlight her accomplishments in understanding and controlling the transmission of poliomyelitis and rubella.

Dates: 1927-2001, bulk 1946-1995

Charles Humboldt papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 721
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, research materials, and other papers of Charles Humboldt (also known as Clarence Weinstock), left-wing editor, poet and critic. Humboldt was variously connected with Art Front, New Masses, Masses and Mainstream, and the National Guardian, and much of the correspondence deals with the policies, finances, and problems of left-wing...
Dates: 1935-1963

Italian manuscripts collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1062
Abstract:

An artificial collection of Italian manuscript correspondence, writings, and printed material, ca. 1822-1945.

Dates: 1822-1945, bulk 1880-1945

Pierre Jay papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 660
Abstract:

Correspondence, reports, and other papers of Pierre Jay, banker and Deputy Agent General for Reparations in Berlin from December, 1926 to May, 1930. These papers deal primarily with the Dawes Plan for collecting reparations from Germany following World War I and consist mainly of reports, minutes, and printed materials related to the work of the Economic Service section of the Transfer Committee.

Dates: 1920-1930, bulk 1925-1930

Jerrold/Smith autograph collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 467
Abstract:

Letters and other manuscript items representing a wide range of prominent figures in nineteenth century British literature, theater, and art, as well as nineteenth and early twentieth century socialism, reform politics, and medicine. About two thirds of the correspondence was received by Blanchard Jerrold and by Adolphe and Alice Smith; letters to other recipients include several to Mrs. and Miss de Fonblanque.

Dates: 1840-1928

Alvin Saunders Johnson papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 615
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, notes, clippings and photographs of Alvin Saunders Johnson. Although records relating to his career are relatively scanty, two manuscript drafts of his autobiography, Pioneer Progress, are among the writings. The correspondence of some 1,700 letters includes: Max Ascoli, Jacob Billikopf, Gerhard Colm, Agnes DeLima, Thomas E. Dewey, Eduard Heinmann, Edith Johnson, Corliss Lamont, Adolphe Lowe, Thomas Mann, Harry Scherman.

Dates: 1902-1969

William Woolsey Johnson papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 954
Abstract:

The papers consist almost entirely of family correspondence among Johnson, his wife, children, and parents, including letters from Johnson as a student at Yale University. Among the family correspondents is Theodore Dwight Woolsey, an uncle of Johnson's. Also in the papers are account books (1877-1894) and a small amount of correspondence with friends and professional associates.

Dates: 1783-1903

Robert Porter Keep Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1316
Abstract: Correspondence and memorabilia documenting the personal and professional life of Robert Porter Keep, a teacher of Greek and a school administrator. The papers also document the life and work of other members of the Keep, Porter, and Haines families including: Samuel Porter, Sarah Porter, and Margaret Haines Keep. The papers document, especially through correspondence with his parents, Keep’s student days at Yale College, his religious training, his early teaching duties, his travels and...
Dates: 1849-1902