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Edwin Hale Abbot family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 27
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence, letterpress copybooks, legal and financial documents, diaries, maps, blueprints, and photographs, the bulk of which documents the personal life and law and business careers of Edwin Hale Abbot.

Dates: 1787-1933

Robbins Battell Anderson journals

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1916
Abstract:

The collection comprises forty-seven journals begun while Robbins Battell Anderson was a freshman at Yale and continuing throughout his life, containing almost daily entries of his activities. More in-depth material includes entries relating to the attack on Pearl Harbor and political commentary on wartime events.

Dates: 1896-1963

Alan Barth papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 867
Abstract: Correspondence, articles, speeches, editorials, subject files, newspaper clippings, and a small amount of personal papers. Half the papers consist of editorials written for the Beaumont Journal(1937-1938), theWashington Post(1949-1977), and theGuild Reporter(1950-1951). Both the correspondence and writings reflect Barth's involvement during the McCarthy period. The issues of civil liberties...
Dates: 1937-1981

Allen Jennings Barthold papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1323
Abstract:

Correspondence and papers compiled by Allen Jennings Barthold relating to the Courier de Boston, a newspaper published in the 1780s, and its editor Paul-Joseph Guérard de Nancrède.

Dates: 1929-1932

Alfred Mitchell Bingham and the Common Sense collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 148
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, writings, printed material, and other papers of Alfred Bingham, social reformer, writer, founder and editor of Common Sense, lawyer, and politician. Included are his personal papers, consisting of diaries, writings and correspondence, much of the latter being with individuals and organizations prominent in the reform movements of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1960s. Also included are the business and correspondence files of Common Sense, and files relating to...
Dates: 1905-1979

Samuel Bowles papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 94
Abstract:

The papers include correspondence, legal documents, petitions, pamphlets, and printed material of Samuel Bowles, journalist and political activist. As editor of the influential Springfield Republican, Bowles was a prominent national voice on many public issues during the mid-nineteenth century and included in the papers is correspondence from a number of national political and business figures.

Dates: 1852-1893

Charles Astor Bristed, Jr. papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 960
Abstract:

The papers consist of student notebooks, a letterbook, and a journal of Charles A. Bristed, Jr., and his wife. Bristed's student notebooks were produced while he studied at Stonyhurst College in England, 1887-1889.

Dates: 1888-1906

Louise Bryant papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1840
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, notebooks, artwork, photographs, and printed matter which document Louise Bryant's career as a journalist and her personal and family life. The papers contain only a small amount of material about John Reed.

Dates: 1908-1938

Mina Curtiss Collection

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Call Number: MS 1206
Abstract: The original accession consists of original and typed copies of letters sent home by American servicemen from various training camps in the United States and from overseas campaigns during World War II, many of which Mina Curtiss used for her 1944 book, Letters Home. The addition consists of Henry T. Curtiss papers and photographs. There are a diary and book relating to Curtiss's 1910 trip to Europe on the S.S. Arabic, which...
Dates: 1910-1945

John Franklin Enders papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1478
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, topical files, writings, and laboratory notebooks which document John Enders's research and teaching in the field of bacteriology and virology.

Dates: 1916-1988

Thomas Rogers Forbes papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 913
Abstract:

The Forbes papers document Thomas Rogers Forbes's professional life, predominantly his years at Yale University. The materials include correspondence, subject files and items associated with his administrative responsibilities and editorial and committee work. Research and writings files highlight his scientific research on hormones, as well as his publications and films in the history of medicine.

Dates: 1925-1989

Franco-American Review papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1080
Abstract:

Correspondence concerning editorial policy and financial matters of the Franco-American Review, a quarterly devoted to history, literature, and criticism, edited by American and French scholars and critics.

Dates: 1936-1938

William Louis Gaines papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1858
Abstract:

The papers of William Louis Gaines contain correspondence, topical files, and journals. Journals comprise the great majority of the collection and cover almost his entire life. The journals, often over six hundred pages per year, provide comprehensive details about the organizations where Gaines was employed, analysis of current events, personal information, and much introspection.

Dates: 1937-2004

Elihu Geer collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1405
Abstract:

The collection consists of cashbooks, correspondence, daybooks, invoices, journals, ledgers and other materials documenting the financial operations of Elihu Geer's printing shop and stationery business in Hartford, Connecticut. Material relating to his publication of the Hartford Journal and the Congregationalist is also included in the collection.

Dates: 1827-1881

Green and Smith Company collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1407
Abstract:

The collection consists of blotters, daybooks, journals, and ledgers relating to the general store of Timothy Green and Richard Green in East Haddam, Connecticut. The firm was later known as Green and Smith, Green and Pratt, and F. W. Green and Co. Also included are materials concerning the sloop Amelia, the schooner Russell, and the ship Indiana.

Dates: 1807-1847

William Bayard Hale papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 814
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, memorabilia, scrapbooks and printed matter chiefly concentrated in the years 1910-1923. The correspondence includes photocopies of thirteen letters from Woodrow Wilson to Hale (1911-1915) discussing various aspects of United States foreign policy. Between 1913 and 1914, Hale travelled in Central America as Woodrow Wilson's special emissary to Mexico and then to Nicaragua. His letters to his wife during this period describe the political upheavals in those countries...
Dates: 1888-1962

William Harlan Hale papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1140
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, memoranda, reports, printed matter, and memorabilia, chiefly documenting Hale's career as a journalist, as a member of intelligence units in the United States Army during and after World War II, and later as a member of the foreign service in Austria (1950-1953). His correspondence is largely with editors, publishers, and writers about the projected articles, or about the magazines that he sucessively edited, especially the New...
Dates: 1915-1970

Hillard Family Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1168
Abstract:

Correspondence, journals, and legal and financial papers of the Hillard family of Preston, Connecticut. Moses Hillard, 1780-1837, a sailor, ship's captain, farmer, and tax collector, and his son, Elias Brewster Hillard, 1825-1895, a minister, are represented in the papers.

Dates: 1799-1855

Richard Hooker papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 697
Abstract:

Correspondence with political figures, particularly documenting Hooker's role as adviser and friend to several presidents.

Dates: 1907-1964

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