Obituaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered short biographical sketches, especially in newspapers, published upon a person's death. Works on announcements of death either published in the press or mailed individually are entered under Death notices. Works on registers of deaths in ecclesiastical or other organizations or registers of anniversary days when services are performed for the dead are entered under Necrologies.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Alumni Records Office, Yale University, obituaries of faculty, staff, and alumni
Collection
Call Number: RU 536
Abstract:
The records consist of obituaries maintained by the Yale Alumni Records Office.
Dates:
1973-1990
Wilda Hamerman papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 217
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, printed materials, clippings, photographs, and other papers related to Wilda Hamerman's work as secretary to Norman Holmes Pearson. Correspondents consist of Bryher, Pearson, and others, including several Japanese students. Bryher correspondence concerns the completion of the manuscript of The Days of Mars, which Wilda Hamerman typed. The bulk of the letters and postcards from Pearson date from a 1970 trip he took to Australia and many parts of Asia.Writings of...
Dates:
1968-1985
James Kirkup papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 773
Abstract:
The James Kirkup Papers includes correspondence, writings, photographs, audiovisual material, personal documents and memorabilia that document the life and work of British author James Kirkup.The papers span his writing career, from early school papers to printouts of digital books published in the 2000s, and include documentation of the diverse genres of Kirkup's research and writing. The papers document not only Kirkup's life and work, but also pacifism as a theme in literature,...
Dates:
1890-2007, bulk 1940-2007
James Lees-Milne papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 476
Abstract:
The James Lees-Milne Papers contain correspondence, writings, and other papers of the author. The papers span the years 1907-1997, with the bulk falling between 1930-1997.Series I, Correspondence, is the most extensive, and documents Lees-Milne's relationships with a wide circle of close friends, social and literary acquaintances, publishers, the National Trust, his family and his wife's family. The majority of correspondents are members of the British aristocracy and of Britain's...
Dates:
1907-1997
Obituary of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1792 February 24
Item — Volume Reynolds 55: Series 4 [Barcode: 39002106142749]
Call Number: MSS 30 , Series IV
Scope and Contents:
Obituary written in JR's home immediately following his death. Typewritten transcription included.
Dates:
1792 February 24
Photocopy of an obituary for Percy Young, from The Independent, 2004 May 15
Item — Box 3: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6, Folder: add. 6
Call Number: MSS 17 , Series V