Collections : [Yale University -Manuscripts and Archives]

The papers consist of family letters, poetry, and other writings by and about the Pearson family of England and Darby, Pennsylvania. Most of the letters are written to Benjamin Pearson from relatives in England.

The papers include correspondence, writings, subject files, scrapbooks, clippings, legal documents, photographs, and other materials created and compiled by Benjamin Pogrund, the South African journalist. The collection extensively documents prison conditions in South Africa, the South African Communist Party, the Rand Daily Mail, the South African Coloured National Convention, the South African press, and many other organizations and individuals who worked to subvert apartheid. Featured individuals include Robert Sobukwe, Laurence Gandar, Raymond Louw, John Rees, and Norma Kitson; featured organizations include South African Coloured People's Congress, Pan Africanist Congress, South African Institute of Race Relations, Congress Alliance, and Search for Alternatives.

The records consist of the reports of Benjamin Silliman sent to Yale Callege concerning laboratory expenses.

The papers contain correspondence, bills and receipts, sermons, church papers, writings, and miscellanea documenting the personal life, religious career, and literary work of Benjamin Trumbull. Sermons include material on a wide range of religious, historical, political, and social topics. Correspondence and other papers include material relating to Trumbull's family life, student years, religious responsibilities, and writings on Connecticut history, divorce, and land settlement.

Correspondence between Bennett Upson of Wolcott, Connecticut, and his wife, Ursula Hotchkiss Upson, who, after her husband's death, became a spiritualist. There is also correspondence with other family members in addition to some business correspondence and miscellaneous papers. The correspondence is largely concerned with his work as an agent travelling through the South for Atkins, Allen & Co. of Bristol, Connecticut. There is much about his long absences from home and his business problems in collecting debts and selling cotton gins in Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi. There is also one letter (1858) relating to Mrs. Upson's dealings with spiritualism.

The records consist of newspaper clippings and greetings documenting the inauguration of Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. as president of Yale.

The records consist of subject files, correspondence, annual reports, and memoranda documenting Benno C. Schmidt's activities as president of Yale University. The records contain substantive documentation on virtually every aspect of the university administration, schools, departments, and other major units.

The collection consists of black and white photographs of Benoni J. Truslow (Yale 1934S) documenting Yale individuals, events, and activities, including reunions and graduation.

The records consist of minutes, general files, a constitution, and membership lists documenting the operations of the Yale Berkeley Association.

The records consist of a paper by Lee Goebel for the 50th anniversary of Berkeley College entitled, "The Temple of the Lord: On the Iconography of the Bermuda Group by John Smibert," scrapbooks, programs, posters, and printed materials of the Berkeley Press documenting the activities of Berkeley College, Yale University.