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The papers deal chiefly with his ministry in the Third Congregational Church of New Haven and include diaries, account books, clippings, lecture notes, and sermons. The 1,300 sermons make up three-fourths of the papers. His diaries (1850-1864) are largely a record of his ministerial duties, but also contain an account of his brother's death (December 1863) and of his visits to a criminal condemned to be executed (July 1846). The lecture notes were apparently intended for use at the Andover Theological Seminary.

The Elisha Marsh School Book collection (2011-44-0) contains math problems and notes. The book contains various rules of mathematics and also math problems done by the student. The book is not dated.

The collection consists of the diary of Elisha Spencer Benton, which he kept during his service with the U.S. Army Seventh Artillery in Puerto Rico during the Spanish American War. Entries concern his unit's movements, the supply situation, and measures to fight the spread of yellow fever among the soldiers. Benton also includes observations on the countryside, settlements, and people of Puerto Rico. Much of the journal concerns the period after the short American military campaign in Puerto Rico ended August 15, 1898. Entries are often days or weeks apart and some appear in the journal out of their chronological order. The journal also includes several letters regarding Benton's war service and other writings from before the war, including a play and a speech, which Benton copied onto the pages by hand.

Letters, journals, and writings in this record group document Eli Smith's missionary work in the Middle East. Letters of his third wife, Mehitable Simpkins Butler Smith, provide valuable documentation of her ten years in the Middle East. Research materials gathered by Margaret Leavy complement the original holdings. Eli Smith, an early missionary to the Middle East serving under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, is best known for his translation of the Bible into Arabic.

Letters, documents, and photographs of Dr. Eli Warner and his extended family.

The papers consist of correspondence and business papers relating to Eli Whitney's interests in developing the cotton gin and the manufacture of firearms employing a system of interchangeable parts. The papers include land records relating to the acquisition of property for the mill site, patents on inventions, account books and other financial records, and contracts and drawings concerning firearms production. Also included in the papers are records of Eli Whitney's estate, papers of Eli Whitney's nephews and son who succeeded him in producing firearms, and personal papers of Whitney and other Whitney family members.

The records consist of minutes of meetings, financial papers, correspondence, membership lists, sketches, video recordings of the Maynard Mack lecture series, and portraits of the Elizabethan Club at Yale. Included are records of the club librarian, the club chairman, and the chair of incorporators.

The papers document Elizabeth Cutter Morrow's relationship with and management of the care of her son, Dwight W. Morrow, Jr., as he struggled with mental illness. The papers consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence, newspaper clippings, school and college materials, teaching materials, and photographs. The bulk of the papers consist of correspondence between Elizabeth Cutter Morrow, Dwight W. Morrow, and Dwight W. Morrow, Jr., as well as with various family members, school staff, and health care providers. Correspondence between Elizabeth Cutter Morrow and Dwight W. Morrow with Dwight W. Morrow, Jr., illustrates Dwight, Jr.'s, changing mental state and its impact on the family. Correspondence with school staff and health care providers, including doctors Austen Fox Riggs, Austen Riggs Foundation; William B. Terhune, Silver Hill Hospital; Clarence O. Cheney, The New York Hospital; and John N. Rosen, consists of status reports and discussions of treatment.

The papers are comprised of scattered diary entries, a birth certificate, obituaries, correspondence regarding the anniversary of her graduation from Yale University, family genealogical information, a prayer read at her memorial service, five books from her library, her mother's wedding gown, and one of Hanscom's favorite dresses.

Correspondence to Elizabeth Dennis from home while she attended college and law school.