The papers consist of correspondence, subject files, printed material, maps, and photographs relating to Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and Nyasaland (now Malawi). Compiled by William Vernon Brelsford.
The papers consist of original drawings, with photocopies and photographs, of the Italian campaign during World War II. The sketches depict daily life in the army camps, soldiers in combat, local inhabitants and scenery, and weaponry. Included are illustrations done at the 24th Replacement Depot near Naples; drawings of the areas of Monterenzio, Monte della Formiche, Lucca, Sassoleone, and San Clemente di Rignano; and drawings depicting the Apennines and Po Valley campaigns. The papers also include photocopies and notes pertaining to the "Pink Elephant" mural which William Caldwell painted for the Regimental Officers' Club at Fort McClellan and to the "Training Cycle" mural which has been exhibited at the Pentagon.
The records consist of six titles from the University Outline series with accompanying material, including a newsclipping and a legal opinion concerning the copyright issues surrounding the series. The outlines are based on Yale courses in American literature, geology, French, and psychology. The materials were compiled by William W. Crawford (Yale 1938). Included are notices of loans awarded to Crawford by the Yale Bureau of Appointments.
The papers reflect William W. Watson's career as a physicist and include correspondence, subject files, writings, and reports on professional conferences and writings, largely for the years 1950 to 1963. Best documented is his work as science advisor to the Philippine government, his involvement with the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, and his participation on the Atomic Energy for Connecticut Committee.
Correspondence, diaries, wills, inventories of estates, financial records, daguerreotypes, drawings, clippings and genealogies of three branches and of seventeen individual members of the Wells family, whose founder William Wells migrated to Brattleboro, Vermont from England in 1793. Major figures in the papers are Jane Wells Howard Green (1808-1884), Edward Watkins Wells (1819-1898) and James Hancox Wells (1774-1857). The diaries of five family members include accounts of travel both in the United States and Europe during the nineteenth century. A three volume diary kept by Jane Green from 1827 to 1830 describes her visit to family in England. Her papers also include extensive correspondence (1845-1904) with various women in the Howard family discussing family affairs and their daily lives, as well as household accounts, an inventory and a photograph. A steamboat trip to Florida (ca. 1855-1860) is described in the diary of Edward Watkinson Wells who also writes of social life in Hartford between 1856 and 1860. Also by Edward Watkinson Wells are a large number of drawings, correspondence, a will, and financial accounts. The papers of James Hancox Wells includes financial records, correspondence, and a daguerreotype. The Wells family material is made up of genealogical records, financial papers, and memorabilia.
Correspondence, papers, and genealogical notes pertaining to the Williams family of Connecticut. The major figures represented in the collection are William Williams (1731-1811), Thomas Wheeler Williams (1789-1874), and William Williams (1862-1947). The collection also contains letters of four presidents.
Correspondence, diaries, writings, and memorabilia of William Winston Pettus, surgeon at the Hsiang-Ya Hospital of the Yale-China Association in Changsha, China. His letters to his parents, beginning in 1928, report on his undergraduate life at Yale and later on medical school. After 1940, when he returned to China, his letters discuss his day-to-day activities as a doctor in wartime at the hospital in Changsha. The writings include diaries and drafts of unpublished articles. Also in the papers is correspondence among family members after his death about a biography, a memorial fund, and related matters.
The papers mostly consist of entries from William Winter Dean's diaries, and original letters written by him to various family members, particularly covering his years in the United States Army during World War I. There is also a notebook of letter transcripts, photocopies of photographs, and biographical information on Dean prepared by his two daughters.
The papers consist of correspondence and memoranda relating to William W. L. Glenn's career as a surgeon and member of the faculty of the Yale University School of Medicine. The papers focus on Glenn's work on the radio frequency diaphragm pacemaker and on his work as a member of the board of directors of the Charles E. Culpepper Foundation. William Wallace Lumpkin Glenn was born in Asheville, North Carolina on August 12, 1914. He received a B.S. degree from the University of South Carolina in 1934 and an M.D. degree from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in 1938. Following appointments at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Glenn joined the Cardiovascular Surgical Section of the Yale University School of Medicine in 1948 and served as its section chief from 1965-1975. Glenn was instrumental in the development of the first radio frequency diaphragm pacemaker and has written extensively on thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in general and cardiac pacemakers in particular. Glenn was named the Charles W. Ohse Professor Emeritus in 1985.
The papers consist almost entirely of family correspondence among Johnson, his wife, children, and parents, including letters from Johnson as a student at Yale University. Among the family correspondents is Theodore Dwight Woolsey, an uncle of Johnson's. Also in the papers are account books (1877-1894) and a small amount of correspondence with friends and professional associates.
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