Collections

The materials consist of a videotape documenting the 25th reunion of the Yale College Class of 1959 and correspondence concerning Fernando Portunondo.

The records consist of photographic slides used in the "Class of 1963 40th Reunion Collage," as well as a copy of the final production on videotape (VHS). Also includes a DVD of "In Our Own Words: Yale '63 at Fifty", a film of interviews with members of the Class of 1963 at their 50th reunion. The material documents the members of the Yale College Class of 1963.

The materials consist of a survey given to members of the Yale College Class of 1964.

The records consist of videorecordings and a special issue of the Yale Daily News documenting the 25th reunion of the Yale College Class of 1968.

The materials consist of a videotape documenting the 25th anniversary reunion of the Yale College Class of 1970.

The material consists of a time capsule created by the Class of 1972 and a student address list.

The materials consist of videotapes documenting the Second Year Show presented by the Yale School of Medicine Class of 1996.

The materials consists of videotapes documenting the "Second Year Show" presented by the Yale School of Medicine Class of 1998.

Wesleyan University began holding reunions for its alumni in the late 1860s. Prior to that, alumni stayed in touch with one another through correspondence. The University began compiling news and events related to its graduates beginning in the 1850s, and these collections of updates were frequently gathered into volumes distributed to class members.

The Claude McKay Collection consists of correspondence, writings, personal papers, photographs and memorabilia documenting the life and work of Claude McKay.
Series I, Correspondence, consists of two subseries for General and Publishers Correspondence. There is correspondence with many well known writers and figures in the African American community from the first half of the 20th century, including Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson, Carl Van Vechten, Countee Cullen and Harold Jackman.
Series II, Writings, contains a variety of writings: articles, essays, short stories, novels, book-length autobiographical and non-fictional work, individual poems and collections of poems, and writings of others. There are holograph and typescript drafts of My Green Hills of Jamaica, and typescript drafts of Harlem: Negro Metropolis, an unpublished novel (Romance in Marseilles), and collections of poems, including The Selected Poems of Claude McKay.
Series III, Personal Papers, is organized into eight subseries: Books, Clippings, Financial and Legal Records, Invitations and Announcements, Material Relating to McKay's Death and Burial, Medical and Health Records, Postcards and Other.
Series IV, Subject Files, consists chiefly of clippings dating from the 1920s and 1930s on liberal politics, labor issues, race, and the countries in which McKay resided while abroad.
Series V, Photographs, consists of five subseries: Family, Snapshots of McKay, Other People, Places and Other. There are photographs from Soviet Russia in the early 1920s, and studio portraits of well known musicians and figures in the African American community.
Series VI, Memorabilia, contains clippings, photographs, program material and souvenirs from four separate commemorative events in honor of McKay from 1979-1990.