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Collection of Bookplates by Wim Zwiers, 1945-1960 1.67 Linear Feet

Zwiers, Wim, 1922-

This collection contains bookplates by the Dutch artist Wim Zwiers. Many are signed proofs or numbered prints.

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Lewis Zurlo Associates Architecture & Interior Design Collection, 1956-2005 60.5 Linear Feet 36 boxes, 1 photo box, computer disks

Zurlo, Lewis F.

Lewis Zurlo spent 32 years designing buildings in and around the western Connecticut area and was a member of the Danbury Preservation Trust. The collection includes personal and architectural materials Zurlo collected over his professional career and significant architectural information on a number of buildings in and around Danbury for which Zurlo and his firm's services were retained.

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Yiddish Theater collection, 1917-1962 2 Linear Feet

Zucker, Nechemias, 1896-

A collection of twenty-five posters documenting Yiddish theater in Argentina and Poland during the years 1917-1958. Most posters feature the work of Yiddish poet, writer, editor and playwright Nechemia Zucker. The collection also contains a folder of newspaper clippings, advertisements, title pages, journals, and works written or edited by Nechemia Zucker.

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Norman Zolot Papers, 1940-1980 42 Linear Feet

Zolot, Norman

Norman Zolot (August 13, 1920-February 6, 2017) was a New Haven, Connecticut, born attorney, active in representing labor unions in the state from the 1940s to the 2000s. The papers consist of his legal case files, primarily concerning labor disputes in the state of Connecticut between the years 1947 and 1979. In addition to legal case files, the collection contains printed reference materials related to state and national labor unions and issues pertaining to the period.

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Zion's Hill Cemetery Association Records, 1925-2014 3 Linear Feet 5 manuscript boxes, 5 files, 1 map drawer

Zion's Hill Cemetery Association (Wilton, Conn.)

The Zion's Hill Cemetery Association Collection contains the records of the Zion's Hill Cemetery Association.

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James and Eugenia Zilboorg papers, 1898-1972 5.22 Linear Feet

Zilboorg, James, 1892-1968

The James and Eugenia Zilboorg Papers consist of family correspondence, business correspondence, other personal papers, photographs and printed material documenting the life of James and Eugenia Zilboorg and their families. The two largest groups of letters are between James and Eugenia Zilboorg and between the Zilboorgs and the Gel'fman family. In addition to these two large groups of correspondence, there are letters from other family members and friends, including the Zil'burg family of Kiev. Of particular interest is James' early correspondence with his brother Gregory Zilboorg, who served as a Minister in the governments of Aleksandr Kerenskii and Georgii L'vov before emigrating to the United States and becoming a psychoanalyst and historian of psychiatry.
The collection also contains one box of printed material related to revolutionary Russian politics (1898-1927) and one box of other papers which include family photographs, ephemera and collected documents relating to revolutionary Russian politics.

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Gregory Zilboorg Papers, 1910-1960 6.26 Linear Feet

Zilboorg, Gregory, 1890-1959

Correspondence, writings and photographs that document the translations, psychoanalytic practice and scholarship of Gregory Zilboorg, the relationship between Gregory and Margaret Zilboorg (neé Stone), and Gregory Zilboorg's photographic portraiture.

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Ziesing Brothers Book Emporium Records, 1982-1984 1.3 Linear Feet

Ziesing Brothers Book Emporium

Chiefly correspondence, also includes manuscripts submitted, and some publicity material associated with the Ziesing Brothers Book Emporium, located in Willimantic, CT.

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Sophia Tierong Zhu papers, 1947-2005 3 Linear Feet

Zhu, Sophia Tierong

The papers include correspondence, writings, and photographs relating to the life and career of Sophia Tierong Zhu. Autobiographical writings about Zhu and her husband, Zhang Ifan, who were both victims of anti-rightist movements in China, comprise a substantive part of the papers. The collection also documents Zhu's close relationship with many English Language Instructors from Yale University.

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Border Service Department of the Church of Christ in China Records, 1932-1984 2 Linear Feet

Zhonghua ji du jiao hui. Border Service Dept

The records provide valuable documentation of an indigenous program of the church in China during the years 1939 to 1950. The correspondence and writings of Archie R. Crouch, English-language secretary of the Department, 1944-1946, provide interesting insight into the experiences of a Western missionary serving under Chinese leadership. The Border Service Department was the first missionary outreach effort of the Chinese Church. The peoples among whom the Border Service Department worked were known as the Kiang or Ch'iang, Chiarong or Gia-rung, Lolos or Nosus, and Miaos. Fields of work were western Sichuan (Szechuan) (Lifan), Sikong and Yunnan.

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Jerome Zerbe photographs and papers, 1880-2009 27.51 Linear Feet

Zerbe, Jerome, 1904-1988

The collection documents Jerome Zerbe's work as a photographer and chronicler of mid-twentieth century celebrities and society events. Photograph albums assembled by Zerbe span his time as a student at Yale in the 1920s, his brief time as an artist in Hollywood in the 1930s, and his long career as a society photographer and paparazzo, notably as the house photographer at the El Morocco nightclub in New York. The albums also document his naval service in the Pacific theater as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz's personal photographer during the Second World War. In addition to albums, photographs include loose prints and film negatives, most black and white. Zerbe's diaries include sometimes daily records of his work and social life, and span from his time at Yale to a few years before his death. Papers include subject files, often related to publishing projects, writings for Zerbe's society columns, clippings, correspondence, passports, and materials relating to Zerbe's home "Windsong" in Essex, Connecticut. Papers also include correspondence and other materials generated by Frederick R. Koch while he owned the collection from 1989 to 2013. Audiovisual materials consist of a recording of an interview with Zerbe.

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John Zeleny papers, 1897-1951 3 Linear Feet

Zeleny, John, 1872-1951

Largely reprints of papers by John Zeleny (1897-1945), together with a volume of laboratory notes kept during his attendance at the University of Berlin (1897), biographical information, photographs, and a testimonial book presented to Zeleny upon his retirement in 1940.

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Paul J. Zelanski Poster Collection, 1989-1993 1,191 item

Zelanski, Paul J.

The collection contains posters assembled between 1986 and 1991 by Paul Zelanski, Professor of Art at the University of Connecticut.

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Emanuel Zeid New Haven slide collection, 1950-1979 10 Linear Feet

Zeid, Emanuel

The collection consists of 35mm film slides (color and black and white) relating to New Haven area buildings, sites, and people, 1950-1979, with an emphasis on urban redevelopment projects, construction, and political events. A group of slides relating to New England log homes is also included.

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Jean Day Zallinger Papers, undated, 1969-1994 12 Linear Feet

Zallinger, Jean

Jean Day Zallinger was born in February 1918, in Boston, Mass. She attended the Massachusetts College of Art and received a B.F.A. from the Yale School of Fine Arts in 1942. Mrs. Zallinger has illustrated numerous children's books, mainly non-fictional works about animals and plants, including such titles as Biography of a Leaf, Discovering What Earthworms Do, The Earliest Americans, and Sea Creatures Do Amazing Things.

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Casimir Zagourski African postcards, 1924-1941 0.5 Linear Feet

Zagourski, Casimir Ostoja, 1880-1941

The collection consists of approximately 250 postcards made from photographs taken by Casimir Zagourski in Africa between 1924 and 1941, which formed a part of his overall project, "L'Afrique Qui Disparait" (Disappearing Africa). The photos are set in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo (formally known as Belgian Congo), Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Chad, Kenya, Central African Republic, Cameroon, and Congo Brazzaville. The postcards depict a variety of aspects of everyday life in these different settings, including housing styles and traditional grave sites of the Belgian Congo, Bakumu dancers, and Bongelima dignitaries. He also highlighted the beautification marks of the Gombe, the Bwaka, the Banza, and the Bapende of the Belgian Congo. Zagourski also focused on women at work, depicting them carrying goods home from market, collecting firewood, taking care of children, and preparing meals. Digital facsimiles of postcards in this collection, accompanied by more detailed descriptions, are available in the Manuscripts and Archives Digital Image Database (MADID) from the Manuscripts and Archives web site.

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Yung Wing papers, 1848-2004, bulk 1848-1910 7.09 Linear Feet

Yung, Wing, 1828-1912

Letters and manuscripts to and from Yung Wing, the first Chinese student to graduate from Yale (1854). Also included are electrostatic copies of all the Yung Wing material from other collections in Manuscripts and Archives and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, as well as three unfilmed additions of correspondence from Mary Kellogg Yung, wife of Yung Wing, with Jane Bartlett Kellogg, her sister, and Mary Bartlett Kellogg, her mother. Exhibit panels, printed material, and audiovisual items pertaining to Yung Wing complete the papers.

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Yung Kwai papers, 1874-1939, bulk 1874-1894 1.5 Linear Feet

Yung, Kwai, 1861-1943

The papers consist of professional files; genealogical materials; photographs and memorabilia; and writings and translations documenting Yung Kwai's participation in the Chinese Educational Mission, his diplomatic career with the Chinese Legation, as well as his personal life.

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Arthur Meyer Yudkin papers, 1920-1957 0.5 Linear Feet

Yudkin, Arthur Meyer, 1892-1957

The papers consist of correspondence and memorabilia of Arthur Yudkin.

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Records of the YWCA of Greater Bridgeport, 1894-1995 36 Linear Feet

Young Women's Christian Association (Bridgeport, Conn.)

The Young Women's Christian Association of Greater Bridgeport- now the Center for Family Justice - was founded in 1895. During this era, Bridgeport was a factory city with an extensive industrial arm. As such, female factory workers both born in the United States and recently immigrated were drawn to Bridgeport for work. The YWCA provided a support network, as well as leisure, entertainment, and guidance. Although the organization has gone through a number of changes over the years, its goal of supporting women and giving them the resources they need most has not changed. The records in this collection document the transformation from 1895 through the massive restructuring in the 1970s, and ends at 1990, providing insight and careful documentation of how the Center for Family Justice rose from the original 1895 YWCA.

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Robert Ralph Young papers, 1909-1985 10 Linear Feet

Young, Robert R., 1897-1958

The papers consist of correspondence, business files, autobiographical and other writings, photographs and other materials documenting the business career and personal life of Robert R. Young. The collection documents Young's efforts to take control of the Alleghany Corporation and the New York Central Railroad. The papers also include materials concerning the lives of his wife, Anita O'Keeffe Young, and his daughter, Eleanor Young.

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Young Family Papers, 1906-1970 1 Linear Foot

Young, Mason Pressly

Correspondence, a diary, and collected materials document medical and educational work in China. Mason Pressly Young M.D., his wife Louise, and his sister Lois were Southern Presbyterian missionaries in China from 1916 to 1949. Mason and Louise were stationed in Soochow where Mason worked at Elizabeth Blake Hospital. Lois was in charge of the Mary Thompson Stevens School for Girls in Suchowfu, North China.

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Marguerite Young papers, 1925-1999 74.5 Linear Feet

Young, Marguerite, 1908-1995

The Marguerite Young Papers document the work of writer Marguerite Young. The papers consist of personal and professional correspondence, drafts of writings, audiovisual material, notebooks, research files, printed material, photographs, artwork, realia, and financial papers spanning the years 1925 to 1999. The bulk of the collection consists of Young's drafts of writings, correspondence, and audiovisual material. Writings include autograph manuscript and typescript drafts, printed versions, notes, and notebooks of her writings, including Angel in the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two Utopias; Miss Macintosh, My Darling; and Harp Song for a Radical: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs. Correspondence includes letters from friends and colleagues regarding her professional and personal life. Audiovisual material consists of sound recordings and one unidentified film, including the 1974 to 1975 radio production of Miss Macintosh, My Darling read by various authors and actors for WBAI-FM Pacifica Radio. Other papers include photographs, clippings, financial papers, personal papers, personal effects, and realia..

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Fifth Annual Catalogue of the Young Ladies' Study, 1853 Jul 3 1 folders

Young Ladies' Society (Troy, N.Y.)

Susan Camp Nickerson, principal. Lists pupils, including Cornelia G. Ensign and Jane E. Patmore of Litchfield, CT, and has information about sessions and expenses.

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Ed Young Papers, 1971-2015 130 Linear Feet

Young, Ed

The collection contains preliminary and original art created by Ed Young as illustrations for children's books.

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York Square Trustees records, 1834-1926 0.01 Linear Feet

York Square Trustees

Minutes of meetings, financial and legal records, and correspondence of the York Square Trustees, organized in 1834 to maintain a park between Broadway and Ashmun Street in New Haven, Connecticut. Many of the papers document the Trustees' losing battle to maintain the park against the city of New Haven, the Hebrew Ladies' Orphan Society, and other institutions wishing to build on the land.

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YMCA - Student Division Records, 1886-1967 41 Linear Feet

YMCA of the USA

Documentation in this collection provides insight into the changing character of YMCA concerns. Extensive files of correspondence, minutes, and reports document the daily administrative routines of the executive secretary office, policy questions and the development of the Student Division. Topical files contain material on disarmament, work with Black students, preparatory school work, recruiting and training efforts, the Universal Day of Prayer and voluntary study. Documentation on regional and local association activities, pamphlet and periodical publications and photographs are also included. The Student Department of the YMCA, established in 1877, was involved in religious work among college and university students. Its headquarters were located in New York, with member associations on campuses throughout the United States.

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Waterbury YMCA Records, 1889-2000 6 Linear Feet 1 record center carton, 3 manuscript boxes, 1 photo box and 3 volumes

YMCA of Greater Waterbury

This collection contains records of the Waterbury YMCA from 1889-2000. The collection includes newsletters, newspaper clippings, and various photographs. This collection documents the YMCA's activities and community involvement.

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Records of Women's Auxiliary and the Mother's Club of the YMCA of Greater Bridgeport, 1915-1971 1 Linear Feet

YMCA of Greater Bridgeport. Mother's club

The Young Men Christian's Association of Bridgeport was founded in 1884 to provide support for men in the city of Bridgeport. In order to support the YMCA's mission, the Women's Auxiliary was founded in 1887. The Mother's Club did the same, although it was founded later in 1936. Their assistance, documented in this collection, helps document the needs of the YMCA and the population it served from 1915 to 1971, with a particular focus on the Great Depression

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Robert Mearns Yerkes papers, 1822-1985 83.75 Linear Feet

Yerkes, Robert M. (Robert Mearns), 1876-1956

The papers contain correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, research notes, writings, photographs, diaries, and other materials documenting the professional career and personal life of Robert Mearns Yerkes. The papers document the broad range of psychological activities undertaken by Yerkes in the first half of the twentieth century. The papers contain correspondence and other materials on chimpanzee and gorilla behavior, intelligence testing in World War I, eugenics and immigration restriction, sex research under the auspices of the National Research Council's Committee for Research in Problems of Sex, research into the behavior of lower animals, and efforts to establish psychology as an experimental science. The papers include notes on chimpanzee and gorilla research, a complete set of his published writings, professional and personal photographs, and extensive files providing information on family life.

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Carroll and Helen Yerkes Papers, 1869-1971 1.5 Linear Feet

Yerkes, Carroll Harvey, 1876-1971

Letters and collected material document the work of the Presbyterian Church in Shandong (Shantung) Province, China from 1869 to the 1940s. Carroll and Helen Yerkes were American Presbyterian missionaries in Shandong (Shantung) Province from 1904 to 1925. The parents of Helen Nevius Eckard Yerkes were Presbyterian missionaries stationed in Chefoo from 1869 to 1874.

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Stephen Yenser papers relating to James Merrill, 1967-2001 3.33 Linear Feet

Yenser, Stephen

This collection consists of material created and accumlated by Stephen Yenser in the course of researching and editing the literary work of James Merrill. Material primarily includes correspondence between Yenser and Merrill spanning 1967 to 1995 and various drafts of Merrill's writings.

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Loveday Yates sketches of Yale University, 1940-1950 0.25 Linear Feet

Yates, Loveday

The collection consists of pencil and charcoal drawings depicting scenes of Yale and New Haven, Connecticut drawn by Loveday Yates in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Yates family papers, 1678-1923, bulk 1714-1868 3 Linear Feet

Yates family

Principals in this collection are the Yates family of Schenectady, New York, the Delancy family and James Duane (1733-1797) and his descendants. The major part of the papers is made up of financial and legal papers relating to land transactions in New York state between the 1760s and the 1820s. Included are leases, rent receipts, boundary agreements, survey field books, account books and charts. Most of the correspondence consists of letters from Yates family members to their land agent, Charles Fuller. Of these, approximately fifty were written by Ann Elizabeth Delancy Yates, widow of Joseph Christopher Yates, governor of New York state. Other correspondents are James Duane and his descendants and members of the Delancy family.

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Yale Women's Coordinating Council meeting minutes, 1968-1971 0.25 Linear Feet

Yale Women's Coordinating Council

The materials consist of meeting minutes documenting the activities of the Yale Women's Coordinating Council.

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Yale Women's Action Committee records, 1975-1985 1.5 Linear Feet

Yale Women's Action Committee

The records consist of clippings, reports, and correspondence documenting the Yale Women's Action Committee study of sexual and gender harassment at Yale. Also includes a report and newsclipping concerning sexual harassment at Harvard.

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William Yale papers, 1915-1919 2 Linear Feet

Yale, William, 1887-1975

Correspondence, intelligence reports, and other papers of William Yale, author, diplomat and professor. The papers relate primarily to problems in the Near East during and immediately after World War I. Included are reports and agreements concerning Palestine and Syria and various reports by special commissions on Turkey, Arabia, and Zionism. There is also material relating to the Paris Peace Conference.

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Women's Center, Yale University, records, 1969-2014 4 Linear Feet

Yale University. Yale Women's Center

The Women's Center, Yale University, records consists of administrative files, event records, publications, staffer journals and subject files from 1969 to 2014.

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Yale Union records, 1891-1927 0.25 Linear Feet

Yale University. Yale Union

The records consist of a constitution, tickets, agreements, a dinner menu, program records, correspondence and memorabilia documenting the Yale Union. Included is material concerning the 1892 debate against the Harvard Union.

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Yale Political Union records, 1935-2004 2.75 Linear Feet

Yale University. Yale Political Union

The records consist of correspondence, published materials, minutes, press releases, membership lists, memorabilia, and videotapes documenting the activities and operations of the Yale Political Union.

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Yale University Women's Organization records, 1943-2006 6 Linear Feet

Yale University Women's Organization

The records consist of minutes, including minutes of the Newcomer's Club, newsletters, annual reports, program records, correspondence, and printed materials documenting the activities of the Yale University Women's Organization.

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Yale University Women's Organization oral history project records, 1965-2002 0.75 Linear Feet

Yale University Women's Organization

The materials consist of audiotapes, a videotape, transcripts, and project and background files relating to "One Story, Many Voices: An Oral History of the Yale University Women's Organization."

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Women Faculty Forum, Yale University, records, 2006-2006 1.75 Linear Feet

Yale University. Women Faculty Forum

The materials consist of posters created during a campus-wide poster session "Scholarship by Women/Research on Gender," hosted by the Yale Women Faculty Forum, November 7-9, 2006.

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Vassar-Yale Joint Study Group, Yale University, records, 1963-1968 4.5 Linear Feet

Yale University. Vassar-Yale Joint Study Group

The records consist of committee reports, drafts, and research materials documenting the activities and operations of the Vassar-Yale Joint Study Group, which was formed to study the possible merger between Vassar College and Yale University.

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University Tribunal, Yale University, records of the Chair, 1998-2003 0.75 Linear Feet

Yale University. University Tribunal

The records of the Yale University Tribunal contain correspondence, transcripts and court records related to a case before the University Tribunal.

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University Career Services, Yale University, records, 1950-2013 170.75 Linear Feet

Yale University. University Career Services

The records consist of materials concerning the Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) degree, teacher placement, pre-medical students, fellowship applications, scholarships, reports on Yale Conferences on the Teaching of Social Studies and English, and the National Science Foundation Summer Institute. Also included are registration cards, minutes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, budgets, and administrative files of Undergraduate Career Services (formerly) Yale University Career Services.

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United States Bicentennial Committee, Yale University, records, 1970-1977 6.75 Linear Feet

Yale University. United States Bicentennial Committee

The records consist of memoranda, subject files, publications, minutes, and related objects documenting the activities and operations of the Yale United States Bicentennial Committee.

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Undergraduate Financial Aid Office, Yale University, financial aid records for the Classes of 1935-2005, 1931-2005 1198.5 Linear Feet

Yale University. Undergraduate Financial Aid Office

The records consist of student records and financial aid materials of the Yale University Undergraduate Financial Aid Office.

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Undergraduate Financial Aid Office, Yale University, records, 1975-1977 0.25 Linear Feet

Yale University. Undergraduate Financial Aid Office

The records consist of staff meeting minutes of the Yale Financial Aid Office.

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Undergraduate Athletic Association, Yale University, meeting minutes, 1949-1967 0.25 Linear Feet

Yale University. Undergraduate Athletic Association

The records consist of one bound volume of meeting minutes and supporting materials of the Undergraduate Athletic Association documenting athletics at Yale.

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