Collections

The following finding aid is a complete inventory of the contents of Osborn c357. This list was reformatted from previously existing cataloging.

16th (Sixteenth) Regiment Orderly Book (2011-88-0) is a collection of orders for the 16th Regiment of the Connecticut State Infantry. Three items are inserted in the front of the volume. The first is a Regimental Order from Col. Joseph Birge Jr. and William E. Dickinson (Birge's Adjutant) to Ezra H. Churchill. Folded with this order is a slip of the enrolled men of the regiment from October 10th, 1843. The thirditem is a second Regimental Order from Dickinson. The volume contains orders for the regiment to assemble for inspection, exercises, and drills. There are also charts for organizing the number of men or there supplies. Some charts list the names of everyone in the regiment on one axis and one the other list supplies such as swords, muskets, bayonet, cartridges, fife, etc and note how many of each item each person was assigned and a total at the bottom of the page.

The 17th (Seventeenth) Regiment Orderly Book (2011-89-0) was maintained from May 1, 1816 to Sept 3, 1827. The book contains general rolls which start May 1, 1816 and end May 7, 1827. The rolls list every member of the regiment that year, when they joined, and reason for removals from the regiment. There are a few orders at the end of the book.

The records consist of material from the Corporation Search Committee for the Selection of a Successor to President A. Whitney Griswold.

Collection consists of mounted black and white and color reproductions of modern African, Australian, European, and Asian architecture. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders.

Collection consists of black and white glass lantern slides of Canadian and U.S. architecture to the mid-twentieth century.

Collection consists of mounted black and white and color reproductions of modern Canadian and U.S. architecture. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders.

Collection consists of black and white glass lantern slides of modern architecture, predominantly European.

: Collection consists of 25 mounted black and white and color reproductions of 20th century Japanese paintings. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders.

The records consist of correspondence, news releases, publications, a press book, and letters congratulating Yale on its 250th anniversary.

Yale University celebrated its 275th anniversary on 15 October 1976. The records primarily consist of background materials, drafts and transcripts of ceremonial remarks, and writings by invited speakers, including a commemorative poem by Archibald Macleish.

The following finding aid is a complete inventory of the contents of Osborn fb152. This list was reformatted from previously existing cataloging.

The 4-H Clubs of Connecticut originated in 1913 with the establishment of the first club in Mansfield, Connecticut. A part of the United States Department of Agriculture's Cooperative Extension System, 4-H clubs have aimed to educate Connecticut's youth in agriculture, home economics, and new technologies. The 4-H Clubs of Connecticut also strives to imbue its members with important life skills, building character through the teaching of a variety of practical skills. The records consist of the papers of Connecticut 4-H club leader Augustus Jackson Brundage, who helped expand the clubs in the state following World War I, as well as numerous club publications, photographs, scrapbooks, slides, film, and administrative records.

The Aaron Baker Clark and Sarah Booth Clark Papers consist of biographical sketches, diaries, photographs, correspondence, and clippings that pertain to the missionary efforts of Episcopal minister Aaron Baker Clark and his wife, Sarah Booth Clark, relating to the Lakota people of the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Also present are printed dictionaries and hymns in the Lakota dialect, 1889-1901, and other printed books on topics such as religion, history, geography and poetry, 1671-1971. Materials in the collection span the dates 1671 to 1971, with the bulk falling between 1876 and 1925.

Letter from Aaron Burr in New York dated 17 May 1820 to George Marsh in Albany regarding business arrangements and George Marsh's good fortune in Albany.

Poems written in response to the war and collected by Aaron.

The Aaron Columbus Burr (circa 1808-1882) Papers, 1838-1871, consist of correspondence and business relating to an attempt by Aaron Columbus Burr and James Grant to purchase a tract of land known as Stand Creek in British Honduras. After purchasing this land they planned to sell it to the United States in the hope that it would be used for colonizing freed American blacks. When this scheme failed, the American Honduras Company was formed to cut and export mahogany.

The Aaron Copland Oral History comprises approximately 75 interviews with colleagues, friends, and family of Aaron Copland (note: for interviews with Copland himself, see the Major Figures in American Music collection). Oral History of American Music (OHAM) founder Vivian Perlis first became friends with Copland while working on the Charles Ives Oral History. Copland later wrote the preface for her book, Charles Ives Remembered. As the Ives project finished, Perlis focused on Copland as her new subject. From 1975 to 1976, she conducted many hours of interviews with Copland and those closest to him. Finally, in 1984 and 1989, their efforts culminated in the autobiographies, Copland: 1900 through 1942 and Copland: Since 1943, co-authored by Perlis.

Correspondence, accounts and miscellaneous business papers of Aaron Gaylord relating to his local accounts and shipments on various vessels.

Letters between various members of the Aaron Hand Family mostly regarding family matters. Writers include Bayard Epenetus Hand, Aaron Hicks Hand and his wife Elizabeth Coit Boswell Hand, Isaac Platt Hand, and Nancy Fanning Boswell, Elizabeth's stepmother. Elizabeth Coit Boswell Hand was originally from Norwich, Conn.

The papers comprise biographical materials, correspondence, writings, and photographs documenting the career of Aaron Lerner in the field of medicine, specifically dermatology and pigmentation disorders. Materials relating to his Nobel Prize nomination are included.

The A.B. and T.G. Beach account book (1970-89-0) was maintained between the years 1872 and 1896. The front half of the ledger contains records of marriages and death's. The back half of the book contains records of estate auctions.

The records consist of correspondence, annual reports, memoranda, subject files, and gifts documenting A. Bartlett Giamatti's tenure as president of Yale.

The bulk of this collection is Sanderson's detailed, regular letters to her family in the U.S. This record group complements the papers of other Baptist missionaries to South China held by YDSL, including those of the Campbell family, Hartwell family, Ellison and Lottie Hildreth.

The materials consist of photographs of Abbie Sherman [supposed] documenting Yale, New Haven, Connecticut and surrounding towns, such as Clinton, Madison, and Wallingford. Also included are photographs taken in Rhode Island, New York, and New Jersey.

The papers consist primarily of student research papers, photocopies of public records, and reports on historic homes of Connecticut. Files on seventeenth century domestic architecture and on one home in Massachusettes are also included. Many of the papers and reports were completed by students in Cummings's architecture history classes at Yale University, but several reports were written by Cummings.

Appraised inventory of household furnishings and building construction belonging to Abby M. Wiggin in Litchfield, Conn.

Autograph manuscript music, including symphonies and hymns, scores; arrangements of hymns and other choral music, scores and parts; a passion-play, score, with watercolor drawings of curtain and stage designs; and notebooks containing music sketches and related notes about music and Christianity. An oversize rolled sheet contains unidentified ink and watercolor drawings.

Although Abe Fortas's early years in Memphis are not well documented in the papers, he kept exhaustive autobiographical files and there is significant family and other personal correspondence that speaks to his childhood and family history. The files related to the relationships Fortas developed as a student and teacher at the Yale Law School are extensive. Files on his service as under secretary of the Interior are complete, and include materials that detail Fortas's extraordinarily broad set of duties as Harold L. Ickes's chief deputy during World War II. Fortas's advocacy for the rights of those under martial law in Hawaii, and his role in dealing with natural resource issues both in the United States and abroad, are also meticulously documented.

Abel Brace of Hartland (Conn.) is summoned to appear before Samuel Bostwick, Litchfield County Justice of the Peace in New Milford regarding the collection of taxes for the Church of England. With an apeal by Thomas Davis Oct. 5, 1764.

A letter from Abel Catlin in Litchfield, Conn. dated Sept. 2, 1823 to Joseph Burrows in New York concerning William Grimes desire to purchase his freedom from T.H. Welman. A response dated 6 Sept.1823 on the same document from B.B. with instructions to make a payment of $500 to Mr. William H. Thompson in cash and security.

A printed page: "An elegy on the death of Abel Curtis, son of Mr. Daniel Curtis, jun. of Southbury, who departed this life, November the 11th day, A.D. 1774" with a poem of 23 verses and an epitaph.

The records were arranged into eight series which document the Abele vs. Markle abortion court cases. The series include Legal Documents, Exhibits, Correspondence, Subject Files, Legislative Files, Press Files, Publications, and Duplicates.

The A. B. Guthrie Jr. Papers document the life and literary career of A. B. Guthrie Jr., known for his Western novels and environmental writings. The papers span the dates 1901-1991.

Deed to Phebe Ann Bierce for land in Harwinton, Conn.

This collection documents state and federal abortion laws and court cases in the United States, spanning 1967 to 1973. It contains state and federal abortion litigation case files, documents, and correspondence; materials of the James Madison Institute; research files on aspects of abortion law, including studies of the Constitution and state laws on rights of the fetus; and publications regarding abortion and abortion laws including newspaper clippings about court cases.

Groups of photographs that document contemporary photographers, as well as individuals related to the study of photography, 1982-2007; street photography in the San Francisco Bay Area, circa 1981-2009; and portraits of individuals involved in the arts, letters, and sciences, as well as views in the American West, 1982-2017.

A fragment of a page of an account apparently by Abraham Bradley, Society treasurer. Signed by Oliver Wolcott and Lynde Lord, Society Committee in Litchfield in [missing] 1773, and in Jan 1777 by Reuben Smith and Edward Phelps, Committee and Abraham Bradley, treasurer.There are expenses for Rate Bill collection by Thomas Catlin, abatements, and receipt for [Rev. Judah] Champion's salary.

The Abraham Hayward Collection consists of correspondence, printed materials, photographs, and other papers related to Abraham Hayward (1801-1884), a London essayist and translator, as well as the research papers of Brian Roberts, who started but abandoned a biography of Hayward in the 1950s. The papers, which span the years 1791-1962, are stored in seven boxes (including 3 oversize), and are organized into five series: Correspondence, Printed Materials, Other Papers, Photographs, and Brian Roberts Research Materials. The papers document Hayward's familial relations, the literary and political circles of mid-nineteeth century London, and a controversy involving Hayward and the Inner Temple.

This finding aid encompasses accessions of single manuscripts and small groups of manuscripts and other papers, by or pertaining to Abraham Lincoln, which the library has chosen to group and list as an artificial collection. Material has been organized into two series: I, Gift of A. Conger Goodyear and II, Additional Materials, materials acquired from various sources.

The Abraham Lincoln Fellows Papers contain correspondence, family papers, subject files, and photographs documenting aspects of the life and career of Abraham Lincoln Fellows. The papers span the dates 1873-1974, but the bulk of the material dates from between 1900 and 1910.

A small note from A. Lincoln to L. Wessells, pro marshal 4th Dist Conn. for the release of John H. Bostwick of Salisbury, a deserter from the draft.

The early nineteenth century was a turbulent period in the history of the southeastern United States. The century began with the purchase of the vast Louisiana Territory from the French in 1803. The Florida Territory, however, remained under the control of the Spanish. In 1810, the United States declared that the West Florida Territory had been included in the Louisiana Purchase and was under American jurisdiction. When war with Great Britain broke out in 1812, Americans briefly attempted to occupy East Florida to secure it from the British. In 1814, British troops landed in West Florida and hostilities began that continued even after a peace agreement was reached. The American forces were under the control of Major-General Andrew Jackson. In the years after the War of 1812, hostilities continued between the Americans and the Seminole Indians of Florida. Jackson, believing that the Indians were incited by the Spanish, waged a campaign against the Seminoles in 1817-1818. In 1819, the Spanish formally ceded the Florida Teritory to the United States and an American government was established in 1822.

The collection contains 21 reels of microfilm containing newsclippings of Senator Ribicoff's Gubernatorial and Senate careers. The reels that are numbered sequentially (1-20) contains scrapbooks of newsclippings kept throughout the Senator's senate career (1962-1979). Reel 21, "personality News" are newsclippings from Ribicoff's term as Governor of Connecticut (1958-1961). A poster from Mr. Ribicoff's run for Senate can be found in Series II of the Connecticut Political Collections, also in Archives Special Collections.

Gov. Ribicoff's correspondence, subject files, flood of 1955 files, highway safety files, 1958 campaign files, appointment files, speeches, media articles, and press files.

The Abraham Robinson Papers consist of correspondence, writings, and memorabilia, which document the professional career of Abraham Robinson. The papers also include a smaller quantity of personal and family papers. Manuscripts and printed copies of Robinson's articles and books comprise the bulk of the papers. There is very little correspondence in the papers, most of which dates from the last few years of Robinson's life. Renee Robinson donated her husband's papers to the Yale University Library between 1976 and 1993.

The materials consist of research notes, copies of articles, correspondence, outlines, drafts, and other materials compiled by Sarah Hammond (Yale, 1999) for her senior essay titled, "A Brief History of Bladderball."

The collection includes the contents of 6 three ring binders, which contained the handwritten texts of Dr. Saad's lectures. Materials have been foldered but notes indicate their original folder designation. None of the materials are dated, but lectures are titled. Abubaker Saad Collection

The collection contains the personal papers of South African physician and politician on microfilm. The following is a corresponding list of microfilm reel to box listed in the inventory: Reel 1= Box A (File number A.D. 843) - Box C (Public 1939) Reel 2 = Box C (Public 1940) - Box E (Public Dec 1942) Reel 3 = Box G (Public January 1943) - J (Public September 1945) Reel 4 = Box J (Public October 1945) - Box L (Public December 1948) Reel 5 = Box M (Public 1949) - Box O (File 23 YMCA) Reel 6 = Box P (File number 24 Antobiography) - Box S (File number 39 Relations News) Reel 7 = Box T (File number 40 Printed Pamphlet) - Box U (Presscuttings)

The collection contains materials on several Centers, both active and inactive. Contents include annual reports, brochures, correspondence, newsletters, publications and some audiovisual material. The Insurance Law Center material includes information on symposiums held from 1979-2019 while the Center for Energy and Environmental Law symposium files run from 2011-2022. Series VII includes proposals for Centers including the Indian Law Center and a Community Law Center. Series VI. Center for Community Safety, Policing and Inequality was established in 2022. Materials will be added as they are transferred to the Archives.

Correspondence and other documents signed by circa 200 members of the Académie française, 1637-1926 and undated, assembled by an unidentified collector, possibly American autograph collector Howes Norris, Jr. (1867-1938), of Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. Most are autograph letters, signed; other contents include literary writings, legal documents, and a few documents concerning administration of the Académie française. Many are accompanied by descriptions from vendor catalogs, engraved portraits, clippings, or notes of former owners. Correspondence includes an autograph letter, signed, from Alexis de Tocqueville to Robert Walsh, consul general of the United States in Paris, 1845 June 10. Documents relating to Maurice Donnay and Albert, comte de Mun, include signatures on printed cards identified as "The autograph collection of Howes Norris, Jr."

The materials consist of photographs documenting the construction of the Accelerator Laboratories at Yale, including the 1961 addition.

Account Book (1973-68-7) of a bookstore or general store. Entries include many books, and are entered chronologically. Each entry includes date, name of customer, and cash received. Most notably, one page has a heading that reads, "McFingall Sold in the Office." McFingall is a mock epic written by John Trumbull.

Account Book (1973-76-10) used through the years 1789 to 1803. Originally credited to Jeremiah Atwater, famed educator of New Haven, but may have belonged to an unknown uncle. Entries include the date, the job performed or item purchased, and cash received or given.

Account Book (1972-109-3) documents transactions of an unknown blacksmith. The book is organized chronologically, and the entries included the name of the customer, sometimes a description of the job, and the price. The book may have been used as a scrapbook.

Personal account book (2011-119-0) contains entries for money lent, sent out, and brought in. The entries are organized chronologically and provide the date of the transaction, who the money was given to or taken from, what the transaction as for, and the amount of money.

Account Book (2011-120-0) for an unidentified general store from April 22, 1839 through March 25, 1840. The entries include the names with whom the transaction was made, the items purchased, the method of payment (i.e. cash), and sometimes the amount of money for each item and the total.

Account book (2011-93-0) dated 1863 through 1867, creator unknown. Includes transactions organized by date. The keeper of the records also noted what the transaction was and the amount of cash involved.

Account book (2011-98-00) contains entries for the years 1867 and 1868. The book lists out individual's names, items of purchases, and amount. The maintainer of the records also notes if the amount has been paid. Page one heading is Thomaston, Ct. October 2, 1867.

Account book (2011-102-0) 1868-1872 from a business in Norfolk.

Account book (2011-98-0) dated 1867 and 1868. Includes an inventory of goods and money. The remainder of the book includes daily recordings of names, transactions, and monetary amounts.

Account book (2011-101-0) of a butcher, contains transactions for the years 1879 and 1880. The majority of the entries are for meat, or other fresh food items such as potatoes, onions, and lard. Each customer's account contains the dates that transactions were made, the items purchased, and the cost of each. Contans Litchfield peoples names. Appears to be related to account book (2011-100-0).

Account book (2011-100-0) of a butcher containing transactions for the years 1880 and 1881. The majority of the transactions are for meat, or other fresh food items such as oysters and onions. Each customer's account contains the dates that transactions were made, the items purchased, and the cost of each. Contains some Litchfield people. Appears to be related to account book (2011-101-0)

Account books (1949-40-0) contain financial and transaction records for the years 1840 through 1849 for a drugstore or dry good store. Daily business is recorded with notations of customer's names, what they purchased and the cost.

The Accounts Book Collection is an artificial collection of account books and financial volumes, 1680-1925, relating to such occupations as: farmers, merchants, traders, millers, blacksmiths, lawyers, manufacturers, laborers, physicians, shoemakers, carpenters, tailors, and cigar makers. Materials relating to private organizations and businesses are also included. The collection focuses upon Connecticut and the New England region. These volumes are a compilation of purchases and gifts for several years (ca. 1927-1958).

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.

This collection primarily contains business correspondence, accounts, and legal documents of John Adam, Samuel Forbes Adam, and Samuel Forbes on behalf of the iron manufacturing firm of Forbes & Adam in Canaan, Connecticut. The correspondence relates to orders from and settling accounts with customers in Connecticut and New York for products such as forge hammers, anchors, nail rods, and guns; several orders contain sketches of items to be manufactured. Some letters relate to customer complaints about prices and quality of products. A few letters reference trade agreements, abolition, and temperance.

The thirteen photographs are comprised of images of individuals from Cambodia and Vietnam who were affected by the Vietnam War, either during the war or as a result of the war.

The personal papers of the Adams Family, including Joseph Adams (1767-1856); his son, Charles Adams (1805-1883); children of Charles Adams, including Julia Adams How Wessells (1842-1904), Mary Adams Wheelock (1838-1895), and Charles Adams Jr. (1845-1864); other family members; and friends and business associates. The collection consists primarily of correspondence.

Papers relating to the Adams family of Litchfield, including Joseph Adams (1764-1856); one of his sons, Charles Adams (1805-1883); and others, consisting primarily of genealogical materials and obituaries.

Papers relating to the Adams family of Litchfield, including Joseph Adams (1764-1856); one of his sons, Charles Adams (1805-1883); and others, consisting primarily of genealogical materials and obituaries.

The Correspondence of Series 1 is arranged according to generation. The correspondence of each individual or couple is arranged chronologically with family and general correspondence separated.

This collection consists of one and a half boxes. Boxes I, Folders A-D hold deeds. In Folder A, Moses Knap's and John Crissy's deeds dates refer to Queen Anne's reign. Folder E contains legal papers; Folder F bills and bills receipted; Folder G financial papers, correspondence and maps; and Folder H through I account books. Of particular note in in Folder E is a contract for a negro boy. Box II, Folder A holds a genealogy book.

The personal papers of the Adams Family, including Joseph Adams (1767-1856); his son, Charles Adams (1805-1883); children of Charles Adams, including Julia Adams How Wessells (1842-1904), Mary Adams Wheelock (1838-1895), and Charles Adams Jr. (1845-1864); other family members; and friends and business associates. The collection consists primarily of correspondence.

A silk badge printed with the busts of John Adams, born Oct. 19, 1735 and Thomas Jefferson, born April 2, 1743. Both died July 4, 1826. Engraved by "Bown and Hoogland, sculpt "

This collection contains correspondence between several inter-married families in Connecticut, with many letters being from Sarah Winslow Deming of Boston to Amelia Dyer Trumbull Wyllys in Windham. Those offer a female perspective of the American Revolution, along with glimpses into 18th century daily life.

The material in this collection consists of documents related to Mr. Raczkowski's participation in World War I with the American Army in France. Collection includes related clippings, photographs and biographical notes from his wife Anna Raczkowski.

The Addie Stephens Ray friendship album (1966-09-0) was given to Addie Stephens (later the wife of William Ray) by Leonard W. Bacon in Litchfield, Connecticut on September 7, 1860. The album contains signatures and versus from friends. The signatures were collected from the year 1860 through 1862 in various locations such as Litchfield, CT, Saratoga Springs,NY, Hartford, CT and New Marlboro, MA.

The Addie Whitlock Hale Papers consist almost entirely of household account books kept by Addie Hale (1855-[1940]?), the wife of Charles Reverdy Hale, of Meriden, Connecticut. Charles Hale (1848-1924) was the son of Elias and Eliza Camp (Miller) Hale.

These papers include correspondence, manuscript related material, field notes, and biographical material.

The Adee Dodge Papers consist of drawings, research files, financial records, correspondence, and biographical files documenting the life and work of Navajo visual artist and linguist Adee Dodge. Personal papers consist chiefly of biographical documentation compiled by Dodge's daughter, Nanabah Grogan. Business papers document Dodge's uranium prospecting business in the 1950s. Research files document Dodge's research on the Navajo language and on the comparative mythology of peoples of the Native Southwest and other world cultures, including Europe and India. Also included is a transcript of the autobiography of Alex Charging Crow (also known as Alex Adams) in Lakota and in English. The custodial history of this autobiography, and Dodge's relationship to it, are undetermined. Artwork consists chiefly of sketches, some of which are drafts of paintings. Photographs document Dodge's life and family, the landscape and people of the Navajo Nation, and Dodge's paintings. Other material includes realia (two wool rugs and art supplies).

The Adele Gutman Nathan Theatrical Collection consists of manuscripts, working notes, letters, photographs, printed materials, and scripts which document the life and works of Adele Nathan as well as her sister, Elizabeth Gutman Kaye. The papers span the years 1834-1989, but are concentrated in the period 1889-1986, the years of Nathan's life.

The Adele Gutman Nathan Theatrical Collection - Addition forms an adjuct part of the previously processed Adele Gutman Nathan Theatrical Collection (YCAL MSS 58). This group of material consists of manuscripts, working notes, letters, photographs, printed materials, and scripts which document the life and works of Adele Nathan as well as her sister, Elizabeth Gutman Kaye. The papers span the years 1901-1986. The materials in this register were bequeathed to the Beinecke Library in accordance with terms of Nathan's will following her death in 1986, but were sent instead to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. After the original group of papers were processed, the Beinecke Library forwarded several boxes of railroadiana to the B&O Museum (in accordance with Nathan's will) and subsequently received from the B&O Museum the supplementary material listed herein.

The collection consists mainly of musical manuscripts by Adelina Carola Appleton. It also includes music by others (including Appleton's mother, Carol Wardwell Lippmann) and miscellaneous other materials.

The collection consists of letters sent to New England resident Adella Fowler Larkin by her family and friends during the second half of the nineteenth century. The letters are personal in nature and discuss people, fashion, news, events, health, and activities of the correspondents. Prominent in the collection are letters from her sister Myra Fowler McFarland, a teacher working with African American freedmen under the auspices of the American Missionary Association in Florida, South Carolina, and Georgia before, during, and immediately after the Civil War. Also prominent are letters from her stepbrother George B. Pratt, a newspaperman writing from Ohio and Wisconsin.

Deeds relating to the former Tallmadge Store property on North Street later owned in the twentieth century by the Adenaws. Also two wills.