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American School for the Deaf Archives repository description, 1644-2024

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This repository contains the following types of documents/records: Correspondence, Photographs, Fliers, Maps, Architectural drawings, Video recordings

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Publications at the American School for the Deaf Archives, 1644-2000s

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The publications in this collection were collected by the School to document deaf education. The collection is divided into three series:

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Research Collections at the American School for the Deaf Archives, 1804-2000s

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This collection contains documentation compiled by various individuals and families, including Maxine Tull Boatner, Margaret Ames Fogg, Alberte Berte, Livington Patton, Susan Pedersen, Barbara Babbini-Brasel, Isola Belle, and the Clerc and Nagler families. The earliest record in the collection, in the Wilton Collection, is a letter to Laurent Clerc from his father Joseph Francis Clerc dated May 5, 1804.

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American School for the Deaf, Annual Reports, 1817-1958

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A collection of annual reports for the American School for the Deaf. Includes 1817-1846, 1848-1864, 1866-1879, 1881-1885, 1888-1895, 1897-1899, 1909-1913, 1916-1918, 1934-1946, 1956-1958.

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American School Kikungshan and American School Kikungshan Association Records, 1900-2014

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These records document the history of a school established in 1915 for the children of Lutheran missionaries in China and the school's alumni/ae association. Because of civil unrest in China, the school was often evacuated from Jigongshan (Kikungshan), a hill resort situated north of the Yangtze River that was the favored summer resort for the foreign residents of Hankou (Hankow) (now Hankou). These records, along with records held at YDSL of the Shanghai American School and North China American School, provide an excellent picture of the lifelong influence of these schools for missionary children.

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American Social Science Association Records, 1863-1906, bulk 1865-1887

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The American Social Science Association Records consist of organizational papers, minutes, correspondence, financial records, and committee files, which document the history of the American Social Science Association from its founding in 1865 through the first twenty-five years of its existence. The files are an incomplete record of the period but highlight the work of Franklin Benjamin Sanborn as secretary of the association and active member of many committees. The records also include files relating to other social science organizations, in which Sanborn was active. The most numerous of these files is for the Conference of Charities and Corrections.

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Journal of Experimental Zoology records, 1891-1964

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The records include correspondence, financial papers, minutes, and miscellanea relating to the publication and operation of the Journal of Experimental Zoology. Correspondence with editorial board members, contributors, and members of the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology document the daily activities of the journal's staff. Correspondents include; Edwin Grant Conklin, Jacques Loeb, Charles Rupert Stockard, Ross Granville Harrison, and John Spangler Nicholas.

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American Student Union papers, 1936-1941

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Assorted printed materials of the American Student Union and other student and youth organizations of the 1930s and 1940s make up these papers. The American Student Union, founded in 1935 in Columbus, Ohio, was a left-leaning organization of high school and college students. The literature of the organization contained in this collection stresses pacifism, human rights, equality, unionism, and the dissemination of education. Also stressed are anti-fascism and support for the Spanish Republic. Among the materials in the papers are a constitution, newsletters, minutes of meetings, convention proceedings, guides for chapters, programs, financial statements, resolutions and position statements, several pamphlets by Joseph P. Lash, clippings, ephemera, and related items. Also included in these papers are similar materials relating to the American Youth Congress, founded in 1834 in New York. This was another left-oriented youth group made up of college, church, trade union, and other organizations, and concerned with unemployment, education, public health, and social legislation to benefit youth. Finally, there are a few papers from several other youth groups, including the Campaign for Youth's Needs and Work Camps for America. Scattered throughout the papers are several pieces of correspondence of Robert E. Lane, a Harvard graduate who entered Yale Graduate School with the class of 1942 but never finished his degree. A portion of these papers belonged to Lane, who appears to have been a member of several of the organizations represented here.

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American Studies at Yale University for Foreign Students records, 1948-1954

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The records consist of reports, personnel files, printed materials, correspondence, and student rosters documenting student affairs, travel, employment, and publicity documenting American Studies at Yale University for Foreign Students program

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Duke Ellington Oral History, 1939-1987, bulk 1977-1987

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The Duke Ellington Oral History is comprises ninety-two interviews with and about Ellington, one of America's greatest composers. Included among the interviewees are musicians, family members, friends, and colleagues.

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American Theological Library Association Library Development Program Records, 1960-1973

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Series I contains documents and correspondence which relate to the general operations of the Library Development Program. The bulk of the collection falls in Series II, which is arranged alphabetically by institution. The material for each institution is chronologically arranged within two formats: reports/forms and correspondence. Series III contains correspondence, reports and record books documenting the financial operations of the Library Development Program.

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American Theological Library Association Records, 1945-1997

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The Yale Divinity School Library was designated as the official repository of the ATLA's archives in 2000. This record group consists primarily of records that had been deposited over several years at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, the former repository for ATLA archives. The basic series structure and organization of the records reflects the order in which materials were received from Philadelphia, though many additional records have been integrated into the sequence. The ATLA was for many years a very decentralized organization and full records were not always transferred to the archives by its scattered officers and committee chairs.

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American Theological Library Association Records - Addendum A, 1985-2007, bulk 1991-2005

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The Yale Divinity School Library was designated as the official repository for the ATLA's archives in 2000. This record group consists of a subset (1991- ) of the records that had been deposited over several years at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, the former repository for ATLA archives, combined with records that have since been collected by the on-site archivist at ATLA (ATLA's Archives Liaison). The basic series structure and organization of the records reflects the organization structure that has existed at ATLA since 1991, when the three boards of Index, Membership, and Preservation were merged into one Board of Directors.

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American Theological Library Association Records - Addendum B, 1996-2019

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The Yale Divinity Library was designated as the official repository for the archives of the American Theological Library Association in 2000. Record Group 163B is the second addendum to the original records received at that time. According to ATLA policy, records of the Board of Directors are sent directly to the archives at Yale Divinity Library while the ATLA's operational records are compiled by their on-site records manager and then sent to the Yale Divinity Library. For this reason the Board of Directors records in this collection extend into 2014 while ATLA operational records generally date up to 2009, with some publications and conference records dating to 2012. The series structure of this record group reflects ATLA's administrative organization.

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Affirmative Action Office records, 1967-2009

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This collection consists of the records pertaining to the founding of the Affirmative Action program at Connecticut College, including planning research and documentation; committee agendas, minutes, and notes; correspondence; and investigation files. The inclusive date range includes the creation date of some material gathered for historical context which predates the Office's establishment in 1986.

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Buildings and campus collection, 1915-2015

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This collection consists of materials documenting the development of the Connecticut College campus, including architectural plans, correspondence, financial information, fundraising, grant applications, building specifications, planning records, and press coverage. Of particular note is a series of correspondence between early College administrators, trustees, and architects regarding the planning and opening of the College (see Series I: Campus planning).

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Music Published by the Loomis Temple of Music, 1877-1919

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This collection consists of 51 pieces of sheet music published in New Haven by the Loomis Temple of Music between 1877 and 1919. Many of the works are of the popular "March and Two Step" variety. A number of Yale songs are also included.

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Yehuda Amichai papers, 1929-2007

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The Yehuda Amichai Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, journals, photographs, audio-visual material, printed material, and personal papers documenting the life and work of Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai. The collection spans the years 1929 to 1999, with the bulk of the collection dating from the 1960s to late 1990s.

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Thomas W. Amsden Archives, 1942-1947

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Includes Amsden's 1942 field notebooks, in addition to a number of topographic maps, planimetric maps, geologic maps, stratigraphic sections, and photographs of specimens.

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Anaconda American Brass Company Records, 1940-1965

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The Anaconda American Brass Company Records contains documents from 1940-1965 and undated. The collection is arranged in two series: Administrative Files and Product Information.

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David Smith Papers, 1790-1859

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The David Smith Papers consist of a selection of his personal papers and a library of his autograph sermons dating from 1796 to 1859. The personal papers in Series I are autograph manuscripts that include ten volumes of his journals, his school notes, speeches and addresses, and keys to the abbreviations he used in his writings. Also present is Smith's manuscript song book containing compositions on themes such as Bunker Hill and the death of General James Wolfe, an autograph sermon by Rev. Alexander Gillet (1749-1826), and an autograph "Articles of Faith" by Rev. Humphrey Mount Perrine (1785-1849).

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Gerald H. Anderson Papers, 1947-2017

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This collection primarily documents Gerald H. Anderson's work as missionary educator in the Philippines, author, editor, and participant in many ecumenical mission conferences and groups. While Anderson was Associate Director and then Executive Director of the Overseas Ministries Study Center from 1974-2000, this collection does not document his work with OMSC except through some Director's reports and some correspondence in the 2019 Appendix. The collection was substantially augmented and re-ordered in 2013 as records from throughout Anderson's career were added to the existing collection that primarily documented his work on the Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, a work which includes extensive and comprehensive coverage of Christian missions with 2,400 original signed biographies by 350 authors from 45 countries.

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Lee Anderson papers and Yale Series of Recorded Poets sound recordings, 1951-1968

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The Lee Anderson Papers and Yale Series of Recorded Poets Sound Recordings document the work of poet and editor Lee Anderson in recording contemporary poets reading from their work and later producing the Yale Series of Recorded Poets. The bulk of the sound recordings consist of poetry readings by various poets and a small number of poets' lectures on poetry. The papers consist of writings, correspondence, contracts, lists, procedural documentation, and printed material relating to the series production and publication. Included among the papers is Lee Anderson's notebook draft of "Memoirs," containing observations of poets reading for the Yale Series of Record Poets. The sound recordings and papers span the years 1951 to 1968.

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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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Luther Anderson papers, 1899-1940

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The Luther Anderson Papers consist of correspondence, writings and photographs, of which the most interesting material relates to the years Anderson spent in the Far East. Anderson's correspondence is mostly routine, relating to speaking engagements, articles for publication and terms of employment. There are a few letters from former students at the Imperial University, including a short note from Yuan Yuen Tai, the son of Yuan Shi Kai, who was responsible for restructuring the Chinese government after the Manchu dynasty was overthrown. A few letters of note are Anderson's to Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933 and 1934), advising the president to study the Chinese classics for precepts of good government, correspondence with William Lyon Phelps of Yale who remained a life-long friend of Anderson's, and with Birger Sandzen from the School of Art at Bethany College, which discuss Sandzen's career and goals as well as Anderson's plans for A.I.C. There is one folder of unidentified Chinese letters and receipts from 1906-11.

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Elizabeth Jenks Clark Collection of Margaret Anderson, 1914-1998, bulk 1945-1973

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The Elizabeth Jenks Clark Collection of Margaret Anderson contains correspondence, writings, photographs, sound recordings, and other papers of writer and editor Margaret Anderson. The material documents Anderson's life, work, and personal relationships with many noted writers, poets, artists, photographers and performers of the twentieth century, in particular her romantic relationships with co-editor and writer Jane Heap, writer Solita Solano and close friendship with sculptor Elizabeth Jenks Clark. The papers span the entirety of Anderson's life, though the bulk of them document her personal and professional life after the Little Review. The papers are a unique resource on Anderson's personal life in France, including her friendship and studies with George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff and participation in The Rope. A portion of the papers also document publishing the Little Review and provide context for Anderson's role as founder and editor of the magazine.

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Sidney R. Anderson Papers, 1914-2005, bulk 1955-1978

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The Sidney R. Anderson Papers consist of correspondence, writings, photographs, slides, printed material, and personal papers documenting the life and work of Methodist missionaries Sidney and Olive Anderson. The collection spans the years 1914 to 2005, with the bulk of the collection dating from the 1950s to the 1970s. Correspondence and printed material document the Andersons' work at Moore Memorial Church in Shanghai, but the majority of the collection relates to their work in Hong Kong and with Chinese students and acquaintances whom they assisted in various ways, particularly the Luk family. Biographical information and a book written by the Andersons' son, Sidney R. Anderson, Jr., provide context for documentation of their work.

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Robbins Battell Anderson journals, 1896-1963

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The collection comprises forty-seven journals begun while Robbins Battell Anderson was a freshman at Yale and continuing throughout his life, containing almost daily entries of his activities. More in-depth material includes entries relating to the attack on Pearl Harbor and political commentary on wartime events.

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New Dramatists records, 1931-1996

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The records include administrative correspondence, application files, financial and fund-raising records, internal reports, audio recordings and transcripts of guest lectures and craft discussions, audio recordings of board meetings and play readings, photographs, scrapbooks holding clippings about the organization, artwork and production materials for New Dramatists newsletters and publications, and other files related to the group's management and activities, including the ScriptShare program. Prominent in the collection are more than seven hundred play and screenplay scripts which formed a script library at the New Dramatists' office. These include drafts and final scripts by playwrights Robert Anderson, James Baldwin, Sydney Chandler, James Leo Herlihy, Romulus Linney, John McGowan, Lanford Wilson, and John Wolfson, among others, some of which are annotated with production notes. Unique to the collection are a group of whimsical cartoons and doodles created by theatre celebrities and a set of autographed sign-in boards from the New Dramatists' annual spring luncheons (1980-1996). With the exception of one play script from 1931, the records primarily date from the organization's founding in 1949 through the 1988-1989 season.

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Robert P. Anderson papers, 1880-2014

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The papers document the professional and personal life of federal judge and Yale University alumnus Robert P. Anderson. The majority of the collection is comprised of personal papers, including materials from his education at Yale College and Yale Law School, documents related to his service in the United States Coast Guard Reserve, and correspondence with family, friends, and organizations. The second largest portion of the collection consists of materials from his judicial career. These are mainly from his time serving as a judge for the Connecticut Superior Court, the United States District Court, the United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals. Also present are materials from government attorney positions. Finally, there is a small number of materials related to his service as a Connecticut State Senator, such as correspondence and campaign materials. Materials date from 1880 to 2014.

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Rudolph John Anderson papers, 1917-1962

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Writings and memorabilia of Rudolph John Anderson, professor of chemistry at Yale University, 1927-1948. The papers contain autobiographical memoirs, essays on the history of chemistry by Anderson and drafts of his book, The Chemistry of Lipoids..., published in 1938.

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Raymond-Bill family papers, 1867-2000

Samuel Anderson papers, 1813-1881

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The Samuel Anderson Papers chronicle Anderson's work on the North American Boundary Survey. The collection spans the years 1813-81, but the bulk of the material falls between 1859-75.

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William Henry Anderson correspondence regarding the Crocodile Club, 1856-1858

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This collection comprises eleven letters from 1856 to 1858 sent by Yale College student William Henry Anderson to his parents, Francis D. and Jane Anderson. Much of the correspondence is concerned with the events of February 9, 1858, when Anderson and fellow members of the Yale student organization, the Crocodile Club, got into an argument with a group of New Haven firemen outside their firehouse. The argument escalated and an unknown person among the Yale students fired two bullets. One of them struck fireman William Miles and he died from the injury the next day. Anderson and the other members of the Crocodile Club were brought to trial, where all of them invoked their Fifth Amendment right. Because the prosecution was unable to learn who actually committed the murder, none of the students were charged. However, Yale faculty asked the Crocodile Club to disband and the students agreed.

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Andover Newton Theological School Records, 1931-2017

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The records have been maintained in the order in which they were received from Andover Newton Theological School. Included in the records are correspondence and memos; financial records; legal documents; minutes; reports; statistical data; subject files; course catalogs, directories, and handbooks; transcripts; vertical files; audiovisual material; photographic and digital images; publications; clippings; realia; artwork; maps, site plans, and property records; announcements, brochures, fliers, and pamphlets; biographical information; donor files; membership records; audits; necrologies; syllabi; questionnaires and surveys; committee and conference files; speeches; working papers; histories; manuals, policies, and procedures; constitutions and by-laws; program files; anniversary material; and related material reflecting the daily work and activities of the school's trustees; presidents; deans; faculty; students; alumni; department and offices; and affiliated organizations.

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Andover Newton Faculty Publications Collection, 1809-2017

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This collection contains publications by faculty members who taught at Andover Newton Theological School and its predecessor institutions, Andover Theological Seminary and the Newton Theological Institution. Unpublished writings by these faculty members may be available with their personal papers.

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Andover Newton Theological School Theses Collection, 1860-2018

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This collection includes theses written by students at Andover Newton Theological School and its predecessors, Andover Theological Seminary and Newton Theological Institution, which merged to form Andover Newton Theological School in 1965. The theses were written for degrees of various types, including Ph.D.,D.Min., M.A., S.T.M., and M.A.T.S.

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Herbert J. Gezork papers, 1931-1981

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The Herbert J. Gezork Papers, 1931-1981, document his professional work. The collection is arranged according to the following categories: sermons, prayers, addresses, lectures, literary manuscripts, class lectures/course documentation, student papers, and personal mementos related to his inauguration as President of Andover Newton and to his life and work in general. The bulk of the collection is comprised of material described as class lectures/course documentation.

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Isaac Backus papers, 1660-1806

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The Isaac Backus Papers, 1660-1806, consist of two major components: personal papers and collected papers. The Personal Papers (1746-1806) of Series I document the professional work of Backus and are arranged according to the following categories: diaries, travel journals, autobiographical statements, ordination booklet, sermons, publications, unpublished manuscripts, and extracts from readings. A card index, prepared by Brown University personnel, provides main entry access to the diary. The diary and index are published: William G. McLaughlin, ed., The Diary of Isaac Backus, 3 vols. (Providence: Brown University Press, 1979)

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Newton Theological Institution Records, 1825-1965

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The records have been maintained in the order in which they were received from Andover Newton Theological School. The archives of Newton Theological Institution have been organized into 10 series.

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Andover Newton Theological School Alumni Files, 1810-2013

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The Alumni files contain information about graduates of Andover Newton Theological School and its predecessors. This finding aid provides a rough guide to the years of graduation that are included in each box so that boxes can be retrieved from off-campus shelving for more specific investigation. The finding aid will be refined to include all the names of alumni in the future, as time permits. The names provided indicate the first and last folder in each box, to assist with locating individuals when years of graduation may be spread across two boxes.

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Andover Newton Theological Seminary collection of Jonathan Edwards, 1650-2017

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The papers consist of writings and correspondence of and about theologian Jonathan Edwards and his family that were held by the Andover Newton Theological Seminary from the mid-nineteenth century until 2017. The collection includes sermons and other writings by Edwards, his correspondence with contemporaries, family correspondence including letters among Edwards, his wife and their children, his sisters, and his parents, and other family papers, including sermons by his father-in-law James Pierpont, who is regarded as one of the founders of Yale College. A few of the letters and other items are written on the versos of printed broadsides. The papers also include editorial work carried out by Edwards's descendants, including grandson Yale President Timothy Dwight and his sons Sereno E. Dwight and William T. Dwight, including manuscript copies of Edwards's writings chiefly made by Sereno E. Dwight, and correspondence among later Edwards descendants and Andover faculty members who had married into the Edwards family, as well as others, documenting further editorial projects.

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Andover Newton Oxyrhynchus Papyri Collection, 0104-0700

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The collection consists of sixteen Oxyrhynchus Papyri items. The most notable papyrus fragment (Oxy. P. 1230) relates to the New Testament text of Revelations 5,6. Other items include poetical and prose fragments, orders, contracts, receipts, letters, and a prayer. The items date from the 1st century to the 6th century. The Oxy. P. 1230 item is Papyrus 24 in the Gregory-Aland numbering system. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Book of Revelation, which contains only Revelation 5:5-8; 6:5-8. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the early 4th century.

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Andover Theological Seminary Records, 1780-2003, bulk 1807-1965

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These are the official archives of Andover Theological Seminary, a seminary with Congregational roots that affiliated with the Newton Theological Institution in 1965 to become Andover Newton Theological School. The archives of the Andover Theological Seminary are organized according to its governance and structure. The records have been maintained in the order in which they were received from Andover Newton Theological School.

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Collection of Bookplates by J. Winfred Spenceley, 1894-1950, bulk 1895-1908

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This collection contains over 200 ex-libris designs by J. Winfred Spenceley (1865-1908), an artist and engraver active during the so-called "golden age" of American bookplate design. In addition to ex-libris, the collection includes signed artist's proofs, trial proofs, restrikes, and original sketches for both bookplates as well as other works. The collection also includes correspondence and printed ephemera – both by and about Spenceley – from a variety of sources.

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Papers of Andrew L. Riker and Family, 1844-1978

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The Andrew L. Riker and Riker Family Papers contain an eclectic variety of materials. The bulk of the material relates directly to Andrew L. Riker himself, and charts his career in the automotive industry, with a heavy focus on the 1900s to 1920s. While there is some manuscript material, most of it relates to his professional interests and contains things he either researched or was associated with. There are materials related to his personal life, but likewise they primarily reflect involvement and interests. Represented the most after Andrew L. Riker are materials related to Andrew L. Riker, Junior. His business records are presented to some degree, but the bulk of the material is research and correspondence relating to his father's history and the Locomobile Company. There are typed manuscripts of a draft of what might have been a book, as well as index card files.

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Samuel Rogers Andrew, secretary of Yale College, correspondence, 1847-1854

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The records consist of correspondence maintained by Samuel Rogers Andrew, Yale Secretary, regarding honorary degree candidates and a request for admittance.

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Charles B. Andrews papers, 1860-1903, Date acquired: 03/04/2012

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The Charles Bartlett Andrews papers (2011-16-0, .42 linear feet) document Charles B. Andrews (1834-1902), who was a lawyer, governor of Connecticut, and chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, consist of letters regarding men who sought or were recommended for government positions or assistance, other correspondence, legal opinions, petitions, drafts and working papers, printed materials related to court matters and the Connecitcut Republican party, and other documents.

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Charles McLean Andrews papers, 1723-1967

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The Charles McLean Andrews Papers consist of correspondence, research files, writings, photographs, and memorabilia, which document the personal life and professional career of Charles McLean Andrews, his wife Evangeline Walker Andrews, and other family members. More than half of the correspondence is between Walker and Andrews family members, and the major correspondents in the papers, besides Andrews and his wife are: Andrews's parents William Watson and Elizabeth Byrne Williams Andrews; his sisters Mary Williams and Elizabeth Parkhill Andrews; Evangeline Andrews's mother and sister, Laura Marion Seymour Brandt and Ethel McCoy Walker Smith; and the Andrews's children, Ethel Andrews Murphy Harlan and John Williams Andrews. Charles McLean Andrews's education and early career are detailed in family correspondence, as are Evangeline Walker Andrews's Bryn Mawr activities, travels, and historical and theatrical interests and writings. The correspondence also chronicles the development of the Ethel Walker School and the lives of the Andrews's children.

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John Betjeman collection, 1908-2002, bulk 1936-1984

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The John Betjeman Collection documents the personal and professional life of John Betjeman between 1908 and 1990, with the bulk of material dating between 1936 and 1984. The collection provides evidence of Betjeman's career as a writer and broadcaster and consists of correspondence, writings, personal papers, newspaper clippings, audiovisual materials, and a small number of candid photographs. A substantial volume of the correspondence is from Betjeman to his wife Penelope Chetwode and provides insight into their relationship. More broadly, owing to Betjeman's role as Poet Laureate and connection with various authors, the collection is a window into literary life in Britain during the twentieth-century.

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