Collections

The collection contains account books and ledgers detailing the financial activities of Connecticut farmers, storekeepers and businesses.

The papers consist of letters, newspaper clippings, printed material, and photographs, originally mounted in three volumes, which document the personal and professional life of A. C. Gilbert. Volume one documents Gilbert's athletic career, both in Oregon and then at Yale, and his interest in magic arts. Volume two relates to Gilbert's career as a manufacturer, producing magic toys, Erector sets, model trains, and other toys. The last volume concerns the A. C. Gilbert Company, Yale athletics, and hunting expeditions. An addition to the collection includes personal correspondence.

The Achilles Fang Papers document the professional and personal relationship between Achilles Fang and Ezra Pound. The papers consist of correspondence and writings, most of which date from between 1950 and 1954. The correspondence principally concerns Fang's efforts to assist Pound in the transliteration of Chinese characters and in the publication of his Confucian translations. Writings include galley proofs of and Fang's introduction to Pound's The Classic Anthology as Defined by Confucious. The bulk of the writings are drafts of Fang's doctoral dissertation, "Material for the Study of Pound's Cantos."

Records of ACLU of Ohio attorneys document preparation for the retrial of Krause v. Rhodes in 1978. Because the retrial was the culmination of a long, difficult legal battle for accountability in the deaths of four students and the injury of nine others, the collection includes not just materials assembled specifically for the 1978 trial, but also materials gathered for previous lawsuits related to the May 4th shootings.The collection includes documents filed in various courts such as briefs, memoranda and motions, transcripts of trial proceedings, and depositions. It also includes materials produced by the attorneys and their staff, such as correspondence, research memoranda, legal stragety communications, and witness files of individuals who testified at one or more trials.

The following finding aid is a complete inventory of the contents of Osborn fb117. This list was reformatted from previously existing cataloging.

The following finding aid is a partial inventory of the contents of Osborn fb140. This list was reformatted from previously existing cataloging.

Reports of Connecticut towns, gathered in the early 1800s. The originals are held by the Connecticut Historical Society. The HHC collection comprises a copy of the original query sent by the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1949); and the towns of East Windsor, Franklin, Goshen, Haddam, and Stratfield (1949); Union and Ridgefield (1954); Wallingford, Winchester-Winsted, Bethlem and Watertown, Preston and Lisbon (Hanover and Newent), and Windham, Tolland, Willington, and Pomfret (1961).

This collection consists of the records and publications of the Acorn Club. The collection includes general organization records including bylaws, constitutions, and histories of the club, as well as meeting minutes, correspondence, and the records of Judith Schiff, who was elected the first female president of the club in 2004. The collection also contains financial records, membership records including membership lists and biographies of members and banquet invitations and menus, and publication records including proofs and printing blocks. The final series of the collection consists of archival copies of Acorn Club publications, consisting of a complete run of every publication the club has published between 1899 and 2018.

The records consist of correspondence, memoranda, card files, statistics, reports, and gift and acknowledgment files documenting gifts and materials received by the Acquisitions Department, Yale University Library.

The Adair Family Papers date from 1850 to 1956 and include documentation primarily related to the women of the family – Ursula (Adair), Laura (Adair), Emily (Adair Vincent), Alice Viola (Vincent Burbridge), and Marguerite (Burbridge, known professionally as Mika Mingo). The collection includes correspondence, legal and financial documents, biographical documentation, and numerous photographs. Material related to activities of Mika Mingo includes documentation of the Cranberry Harvest Festival and Native American food and crafts.