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Miriam Butterworth Papers, 1935-2011

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The collection contains correspondence, clippings, notes, photographs, artifacts, and memoirs regarding Miriam Butterworth's life and activism in local, state, and national campaigns from 1935-2008. Topics include Mrs. Butterworth's life, her career in education, Squam Lake, New Hampshire, and her political activism in presidential and senatorial campaigns, anti-war movements, the Caucus of Connecticut Democrats (CCD),the Sane/Freeze campaign against nuclear proliferation, West Hartford Town Council, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).

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Charles Emerson Beecher Archives, 1888-1904

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These papers include correspondence and manuscript related material.

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Chinese and Japanese Scroll Painting Collection, 0700-1600

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Collection of 55 Chinese and Japanese facsimile scrolls (total of 37 works), full-size and miniature format handscrolls and hanging scrolls. Each scroll is identified and labeled in English, some have accompanying information leaflets. Each scroll has been assigned an identification number. From various sources including purchases, gifts, and transfers from Yale University Art Gallery Print Room. No further documentation found.

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Eunice Johnson Collection on Timothy Richard, 1867-2002

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This collection contains photocopies, originals, and microfilm of primary and secondary source materials collected by Eunice Johnson in the course of her research projects related to Timothy Richard, as well as some of her own writings. Also included is memorabilia from the Centennial Celebration of the University of Shanxi (1902-2002).

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Yale Peabody Museum Archives, 1968-1982

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The archives of the Yale Peabody Museum contain material relating to the founding and history of the Museum as well as the archives various faculty, staff and affiliates.

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Julius Gay Papers, 1697-1936, 1697-1936

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The collection includes a variety of business documents and correspondence from the 18th and early 19th centuries, mostly relating to Farmington. Original collection description states "Papers collected by Town Clerk Julius Gay (1860-1861) and later. Some of the papers are hand copies of originals at the Connecticut State Library. Donated to Farmington Library." Additional acquisition information is being researched.

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The Polish National Home of Hartford, Inc. Records, 1917-2015

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Materials in the collection cover a wide range of activities of the PNH from 1917 to 2015, and come in a variety of forms, with most materials from the early to mid 20th century. Administrative and general correspondence, financial records, scholarship information, minutes and reports, membership lists, pamphlets and publications, newspaper clippings, photographs, and posters. Language of materials is roughly half in Polish and half in English.

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Wesley Roswell Coe Archives, 1895-1930

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

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Charles A. and June R. P. Ross Archives, 1953-2002

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Includes photocopies of field notebooks from Charlie Ross (Glass Mountains), locality information pertaining to Charlie's fusulinid localities and June's bryozoan localities, photographs and negatives of specimens, and miscellaneous documents.

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Rabbi Abraham J. Feldman, 1000

Ellsworth Huntington papers, 1779-1952, bulk 1890-1947

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The papers consist of correspondence, writings, notes and notebooks, clippings, printed matter, which relate to Ellsworth Huntington's professional career and his activities for a number of professional organizations with which he was associated. The papers also include notebooks covering his numerous field trips and ancient artifacts collected by Huntington in Chinese Turkestan. Correspondents of note include Arnold Toynbee, Ernst Antevs, Henry Adams, James Breasted, Frederick Jackson Turner, Margaret Sanger, Henry Fairchild, James Rowland Angell, and Henry Seidel Canby.

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Rights and Wrongs records, 1990-1996, bulk 1993-1996

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The records consist of videotapes, topical files, and other materials from the production, Rights and Wrongs, a weekly news magazine that ran from 1993 to 1996 and concerned global human rights issues.

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Lee Friedlander papers, 1950-2010

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The papers of Lee Friedlander include photographs, correspondence, work files, book projects, printed materials, awards, objects, audiovisual materials, and computer disks documenting his career as a photographer, including his work process, exhibitions, publications, business activities, and honors. Photographs include color slide portraits of musicians; black and white slides; exhibition prints of western landscapes; and work prints corresponding to exhibition prints held by the Beinecke Library, Yale University, and the Yale University Art Gallery. The collection also includes personal papers documenting his relationships with family and friends, in particular his wife Maria Friedlander.

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Robert Moses papers, 1934-1970

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The Robert Moses Papers consist of only mimeographed and printed material, and a few photocopies of letters. (Most of Robert Moses' papers are at the New York Public Library.) The bulk of this material was arranged and bound in 38 volumes by Moses; he also prepared a table of contents to each volume. Annotated photocopies of these tables of contents will be found in the appendix to this register; they provide a detailed, item-by-item listing of most of the collection. However, there are also some materials not bound in volumes. These are arranged chronologically and boxed at the end of the collection, and there is no detailed listing of them.

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Yale-China Association administrative records, 1903-1989, bulk 1970-1989

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The records consist of administrative files, annual reports, correspondence, oral histories, photographs, audiovisual material, and memorabilia documenting the operations of the Yale-China Association. The files were maintained by the Yale-China Association New Haven office.

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Speeches and articles by and about presidents of Yale University, 1960-1993

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The records consist of biographical material, speeches, interviews, and television transcripts by or about Kingman Brewster, Jr., A. Bartlett Giamatti, Benno C. Schmidt and Howard Lamar as presidents of Yale University.

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The Leroy Anderson Papers, 1933-1988

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The Leroy Anderson Papers document Anderson's life and career as a composer chiefly through his music, both published and in manuscript. The Papers also contain scrapbooks and other items.

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The Benny Goodman Papers, 1910-1992

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This register currently describes scores and/or parts to musical arrangements written for Benny Goodman's bands, orchestras, and combos. Some sound recordings are also included. The Papers also include published music in Goodman's collection; correspondence (including letters from many prominent musicians and political figures); photographs; scrapbooks; concert programs and publicity materials; scripts, interviews, and articles; financial and legal documents; awards, honors, and academic regalia; additional sound recoridings and film reels; and miscellaneous other items. Descriptions of these materials will be added to the register at a later date.

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W. Eben Burr Oral History Project, 1958-2005

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This collection consists of 71 taped interviews with Fairfield residents from 1958-2005. The interviewees discuss their family background as well as their childhood memories of Fairfield. Also discussed are occupations, membership in clubs (Grange, Boy Scouts, Fairfield Sportsman and the Southport Garden Club),and leisure activities.

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Office of University Publications and Design Records, 1964-2014 , (Bulk 1988-2000)

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The University Publications and Design Department is responsible for the production of academic publications and promotional materials for the university. Their services include design, copywriting, editing and photography for newsletters, billboards, advertisements, reports, magazines, viewbooks, postcards, posters, brochures and more. They also produce printed material for annual events such as Honors Convocations, Commencements and the University Ball.

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