Slavery
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Caleb Baldwin papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 53
Overview:
Schoolmaster, postmaster and town clerk in Newtown, Connecticut. The papers relate to Baldwin's various occupations and consist largely of account books, legal documents and miscellaneous items recording, among others, the cost of education, charges for lots in the Burying Ground and aid to the poor. Of particular interest are two documents concerning slaves and one concerning an illegitimate child.
Dates:
1774-1871
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Caleb Baldwin papers
David Brion Davis papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1790
Overview:
The papers include correspondence, teaching files, lecture notes, writings, research files, program files, personal papers, and student recommendations of David Brion Davis, historian and professor of history at Cornell University, 1955-1969 and Yale University, 1969-2001.
Dates:
1949-2016
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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David Brion Davis papers
Dutton Family Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 63
Overview:
The collection is valuable for the documentation it provides concerning a New Haven area clergy family during the period 1800 to 1880. Daily events and family relationships are revealed in substantive family correspondence. Of particular interest are Samuel Dutton's notebooks from his student days at Yale. The bulk of the collection is comprised of manuscript sermons written by Aaron and Samuel Dutton during their pastorates in Guilford and New Haven. These sermons touch on topics such as...
Dates:
1800-1880
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
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Dutton Family Papers
Hartwell Family Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 4
Overview:
Dating from 1849-1972, these papers span three generations of Baptist mission involvement and pioneer activity. Jesse Boardman Hartwell, 1795-1859, was the patriarch of the Hartwell family of Baptist missionaries, although not a missionary himself. He served as pastor of various Baptist churches across the United States, professor at Howard College, Marion, Alabama in 1844, and president and professor of theology at Mt. Lebanon University in 1857. His son, Jesse Boardman Hartwell, Jr.,...
Dates:
1846-1975
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
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Hartwell Family Papers
Slavery Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 717
Overview:
An artificial collection of volumes, tracts, deeds, and clippings on the topic of slavery. A seven volume composition of material on slavery and abolition, and a "Census of the Slaves in Chester County, Pennsylvania" are included.
Dates:
1780-1865
George Leon Walker and Williston Walker Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 51
Overview:
Correspondence, diaries, notes and writings of George Leon and Williston Walker form the core of the collection and provide extensive biographical information. They detail the activities of a typical New England clergyman during the second half of the 19th century and provide information on national news, political events, the Civil War, slavery, financial news on currency and taxes, and daily weather conditions. Also included are records of sermons preached and pastoral records. George Leon...
Dates:
1722-1979
Horace Waller Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 72
Overview:
The papers supplement and provide supporting detail for the major collection of Waller papers located at Rhodes House Library in Oxford, England. These papers document the Zambezi expedition of David Livingstone (1813-1873) and the early history of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa. Waller's friendship with Livingstone is apparent in their correspondence. Waller's deep interest in Africa and...
Dates:
1858-1896
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
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Horace Waller Papers