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New Haven (Conn.) -- Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Montague Bakewell papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 765
Abstract: The papers consist of philosophical writings, lecture notes, and teaching materials documenting Charles Bakewell's career as professor of philosophy at Yale University. His role as a political and civic leader in Connecticut, and his continuing relationship with New Haven's Italian community, can also be traced in political addresses, and in miscellaneous notes. Also included are documents, research materials, and sixteen volumes of photographs depicting the work of the American Red Cross in...
Dates: 1897-1928, bulk 1916-1920

Baldwin family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 55
Abstract:

The papers detail the personal lives and professional careers of several generations and family lines of the Baldwin family. The legal, political, and business activities of family members in Connecticut, New York, and elsewhere are documented. Major topics include: family, women, law, education, Connecticut and New York politics and government, New Haven, Connecticut, and Yale University.

Dates: 1584-1977

Robert Alan Dahl papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1658
Abstract:

The papers consist of interview notes, transcripts, and survey responses used in Robert A. Dahl's book Who Governs?, and background research material about New Haven.

Dates: 1910-1959, bulk 1957-1959

Edward Grant Oral History Project records

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1805
Abstract:

Thirteen hours of interviews, done in 2001-2002 by Justin Ruben, with Edward Grant, New Haven African-American activist; photocopies of Ruben's interview notes; and "The Sometimes Angry Not So Young Black Man of New Haven," a paper written by Ruben for History 454a (graduate course in American history), based on the Grant interviews.

Dates: 2001-2002

Harry H. Ensign autograph collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1228
Abstract:

Miscellaneous autographs and letters of American political and cultural figures, among them John and John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Jefferson Davis, Horace Greeley, and Lydia Sigourney. Also included are eleven letters to James F. Babcock, editor of the New Haven Weekly Palladium, on politics (1840-1866) and seven letters (1866-1872) to R. P. Cowles in New Haven from prospective lecturers.

Dates: 1818-1880

William H. H. Hewitt papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 278
Abstract:

Correspondence, pamphlets, records of real estate transactions, financial records, an annotated copy of "Coin's Financial School," and photos. The real estate material concerns New Haven ca. 1890-1900; and the political material deals with city and State Democratic politics ca. 1902-1910, and includes letters and photographs of William Jennings Bryan.

Dates: 1870-1938

Richard Charles Lee papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 318
Abstract: The papers contain correspondence, memoranda, position papers, reports, speeches, appointment books, photographs, scrapbooks, and films documenting the career of Richard C. Lee, mayor of New Haven, 1954-1969. The Lee Papers document the professional and public life of Lee, not his personal life. The papers contain correspondence and other materials on the practice of urban politics, urban renewal, New Haven's efforts in the war on poverty, civil rights and race relations, town-gown...
Dates: 1934-2000

Edward Joseph Logue papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 959
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, designs, photographs, audiovisual materials, clippings, printed material, and miscellanea documenting the personal life and professional career of Edward J. Logue, lawyer, politician, and urban planner and administrator. Urban planning materials detail his activity in New Haven, Boston, and New York state. Student papers document Logue's life as a Yale University undergraduate and law student (1939-1942; 1945-1947). Copies of...
Dates: 1908-2005

Albert McClellan Mathewson papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 990
Abstract:

The Albert Mathewson Papers consist of correspondence, financial, business and legal records and genealogical material of the Lanman, Trumbull and Huntington families, ancestors of Mathewson. His own personal papers (1888-1941) are largely related to his professional activities, with the Connecticut State Shellfish Commission, among others.

Dates: 1735-1941

George Dudley Seymour papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 442
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, writings, photographs, research files, printed material, and miscellanea of George Dudley Seymour, a lawyer, antiquarian, historian, author and city planner in New Haven, Connecticut. Seymour's personal papers and collected manuscripts document the history of the Seymour family, the patriot Nathan Hale, the city planning movement in New Haven, Connecticut, and local history, 1684-1944. General correspondence files contain the bulk of personal...
Dates: 1684-1944

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