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Department of the History of Science and Medicine, Yale University, records, 1960-1993

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The records consist of student, subject, course, and seminar files documenting the activities and operations of the Yale Department of the History of Science and Medicine. Included are files of department chairmen Derek de Solla Price and Asger Aaboe.

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Richard Aaron collection of Ira Cohen, 1946-1996

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The Richard Aaron Collection of Ira Cohen contains correspondence, writings, artwork, photographs, production files, and other papers by, to, or relating to Ira Cohen's life and work.

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Aaron Collection of Persian Gulf War Poetry, 1991

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

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Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station Records, 1882-1973, bulk 1888-1920

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The records of the Storrs Agricultural Experiement Station provide information on one of the oldest agricultural experiment and research stations in the United States. The records provide substantial information on the early years of the Experiment Station from 1888 to 1920.

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General Collection manuscript miscellany, 1600-2009

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This finding aid encompasses single manuscripts and small groups of manuscripts acquired by the Beinecke Library from various sources and at various times, which the Library has chosen to describe here rather than as separate entries in Yale University Library's on-line Public Access Catalog (Orbis). These materials include literary and historical manuscripts, individual or small groups of letters, and single documents. Materials are grouped under headings for author or other personal or corporate name to which they most closely relate. Items of unidentified authorship are grouped under the heading "Unidentified" under the letter "U". Group numbers were assigned to headings in an initial alphabetical sequence and thereafter in order of processing; within each group, folders (F-[#]) and volumes (V-[#]) are numbered in order of processing.

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Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany, 1800-2009

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This finding aid encompasses single manuscripts and small groups of manuscripts acquired by the Beinecke Library from various sources and at various times, which the Library has chosen to describe here rather than as separate entries in Yale University Library's on-line Public Access Catalog (Orbis). These materials include literary manuscripts, individual or small groups of letters, and single documents. Materials are grouped under headings for author or other personal or corporate name to which they most closely relate. Items of unidentified authorship are grouped separately under "Unidentified" at the end of the finding aid. Group numbers were assigned as items were added to the collection; entries appear in alphabetical order by main entry, not in group number order. Within each group, folders (F-[#]) and volumes (V-[#]) are numbered in order of processing.

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Music, Vocal and Instrumental, Associated with New Haven, 1775-1972

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This collection consists primarily of musical scores associated with New Haven, Connecticut in various ways; for example, some have lyrics that mention New Haven or Yale, others were written by New Haven composers, and still others were published in New Haven. The collection also includes 111 concert programs (dating from 1860 to 1970), a 1941 newspaper article about the history of music in New Haven, and a list of New Haven references in Musical Review.

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Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens, 1708-1875, bulk 1768-1836

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This collection comprises an extra-illustrated copy of the second edition of Nollekens and His Times, comprehending a life of that celebrated sculptor: and memoirs of several contemporary artists, from the time of Roubillac, Hogarth, and Reynolds, to that of Fuseli, Flaxman, and Blake (London, Henry Colburn, 1829). It includes two volumes, extra-illustrated with numerous letters, sketches and prints. All sheets are unbound.

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Edwin Hale Abbot family papers, 1787-1933

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The Edwin Hale Abbot Family papers contain correspondence, letterpress copybooks, legal and financial documents, diaries, maps, blueprints, and photographs, the bulk of which documents the personal life, law and business careers of Edwin Hale Abbot.

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Ensign-Woodruff-Kenney-Abbot families papers and photographs, 1860-1930

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Papers and photographs relating to the Ensign, Woodruff, Kenney, and Abbot families, including Jane Teressa Kenney Abbot, Abigail Ensign Woodruff Kenney, Caroline Elizabeth Meyers, William Michael Meyers, Carrie Jane Abbot Meyers, and Grace Langdon Meyers Erikson.

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George Jacob Abbot papers, 1811-1901

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The George Jacob Abbot Papers consist mainly of correspondence, drafts of speeches, unfinished drafts of U.S. State Department papers, newspaper clippings and other materials related to Abbot's employment as secretary to Daniel Webster and to his diplomatic service. There are some Abbot family materials among the papers as well.

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The Henry Gilbert Papers, 1821-1980

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The Henry Gilbert Papers contain manuscript and published music by Gilbert and others, correspondence, clippings, programs, scrapbooks, financial and legal items, musical games, writings by Gilbert and others, biographical material, photographs, and miscellaneous items. Their dates range from 1821 to 1980; most were created between the late nineteenth century and Gilbert's death in 1928.

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Yale University Master of Fine Arts Theses in Graphic Design, 1951-2016

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The collection consists of over 600 individual theses from 1951 to the present. The theses are most often in book format, though some have more experimental formats. Individual records for the theses are also available in the library catalog.

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Yale University Master of Fine Arts Theses in Photography, 1972-2017

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The collection consists of over 300 individual Master of Fine Arts theses from 1971 to the present. The theses are most often in the format of a portfolio of photographic prints, though some theses are also in book form. Individual records for the MFA theses are also available in the library catalog.

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Patent medicine almanacs, 1843-1966

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The almanacs in this collection were issued annually by American and a few Canadian companies to promote the sale of their proprietary remedies. The remedies were secret rather than actually patented, and exaggerated claims were made for what they could cure. Almanacs were distributed free to customers by drug stores. Typically the back cover of the almanac carried an advertisement for an individual pharmacy. Often the almanacs had a hole at the top left, through which a string was tied so that they could be hung on a nail on the wall. Two almanacs are in miniature format.

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University of Connecticut, Black Experience in the Arts Collection, 1970 - 1994

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Lecture notes, transcriptions of lectures and interviews, and over three hundred audio recordings associated with a University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts course, "Black Experience in the Arts." The course's instructors included professors James Eversole, Hale Smith, Edward O'Connor, Leon Bailey, and Carlton Molette. The records, particularly the audio recordings, document the contributions of black artists of the time period and the power of art as a mechanism for social change and racial expression.

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Oral histories documenting Yale University women, 2007-2010

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The materials consist of sound recordings and edited transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by Florence Minnis with women faculty, administrators, and staff affiliated with Yale University. The edited transcripts, produced for readability, do not closely match the audiorecordings. Dates were taken from the original interview date.

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Miles & Edwards and Charles Hindley & Sons correspondence, 1832-1875

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The collection comprises business correspondence sent by clients to the Miles & Edwards company and its successor, Charles Hindley & Sons. The bulk of the letters date from either the 1830s-1840s or the 1870s, with a few scattered letters from the decades in between. The authors of the letters were overwhelmingly female, eighty percent being written by or on behalf of women. The unknown collector of the letters evidently chose to include them based on the importance of the author. The authors include many countesses, marchionesses, earls and barons, as well as several duchesses, a maid-of-honor to the Queen, and an archbishop. Many of the women were daughters of earls or barons who had married men of the same rank. Authors of both sexes ranked as baronets or higher, or occupied important posts in the clergy or military.

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Bradford Edward Ableson Papers, 1978-2010

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This collection documents the life and work of Bradford E. Ableson, distinguished Yale Divinity School alumnus and prominent U.S. military chaplain. First a Presbyterian minister and later an Episcopal priest, Ableson was decorated for his service during the Persian Gulf War and served as Command Chaplain aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, one of the largest warships in the world. From 1996 to 1999 Ableson served as chaplain at Camp David during the Clinton administration, providing pastoral care to the President, his family, and support staff at the Maryland retreat. Correspondence, writings, sermons, and subject files provide detailed documentation of Ableson's thought, leadership skills, and dedication to his work. From early on in his career as a Navy chaplain, Ableson recognized the profound disconnect between Christians from the West and citizens in the Muslim world, and in the 1980s he emerged as an expert on preparing service members with knowledge and understanding that would make them respectful visitors in Muslim countries. Ableson's journal written during operation Desert Storm (1991) provides valuable documentation about the work of a chaplain in a combat setting.

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Jessica Helfand scrapbook collection, 1892-1981

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The collection consists of scrapbooks collected by Jessica Helfand as research for her book Scrapbooks: an American History (Yale University Press, 2008). Also includes examples of volvelles.

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Robert Shaw Papers, 1916-2002

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The largest part of the Robert Shaw Papers consists of Shaw's collection of annotated musical scores. Most works in the standard repertoire are represented by multiple copies, marked up by Shaw at different points in his career. The Papers contain Shaw's extensive office files, which include files on musical topics (including specific composers and compositions); general files (which deal with Shaw's performing career as well as a wide variety of other topics); and general correspondence, including letters from many prominent musicians and other persons of note. The Papers also contain writings (including speeches and Shaw's famous letters to his choruses), photographs, programs, audio and video recordings, and various other materials.

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Jacob Berman papers, 1863-1975, bulk 1920-1939

Argus Book Shop correspondence, 1857-1955, bulk 1930-1944

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The Argus Book Shop Correspondence consists of the shop's "author correspondence" files holding letters between Ben Abramson and his staff and more than four hundred writers, artists, printers, critics, and illustrators; the remainder of the shop's records were destroyed following instructions he had written into his will. While some of the folders hold single or just a few letters, Abramson had more extensive relationships with many writers and artists, including John Austen, Faith Baldwin, March Cost, Frederic Dannay, Norman Davey, Rhys Davies, August Derleth, Robin Douglas, Joan Marshall Grant, W.G. Hardy, Claude Houghton, William McFee, Henry Miller, Frank Cheyne Papé, Louis Paul, Frederic Prokosch, William Saroyan, Harold Sinclair, and John Steinbeck. Hundreds of Abramson's typed carbon replies are present in the files, and discuss business and literary concerns, along with his philosophies and opinions on a wide range of topics. To many of the writers with whom he became close, Abramson freely dispensed personal advice. On the business end, his letters show that he regularly recommended and shipped literature to Argus patrons, including Alfred Kinsey and other scholars and authors, as well as searched for and obtained from other vendors books specifically requested by patrons. Contracts in the folders for John Anthony Carr and Stanley Marks reveal the existence of the Argus Agency: A Service for Writers, wherein Abramson acted "as a personal representative for authors and as an agent for any and all literary, dramatic, motion picture or other such material produced by them." The largest group of letters present is those between Abramson and the writer Henry Miller (1900-1968), which cover in detail many aspects of Miller's career, finances, and travels between 1937 and 1955. Abramson published some of Miller's writings and sold most of his publications, as well as providing a mail-order service for sending Miller (and Miller's friends, on Miller's account) his own works and new titles by other authors. With the Miller correspondence is a folder holding Connecticut Anthroposophical Society membership lists and redacted letters from people across the country who were attempting to purchase Miller's Tropic of Cancer (1938). In addition to publishing and retailing books, Abramson handled the sale of literary manuscripts for authors such as W. Somerset Maugham, whose file contains a price list of works available for purchase at Argus.

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Winterhouse Art and Design Collection of Ezra Winter, 1901-2011

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The collection contains published as well as archival materials relating to the life and works of Ezra Winter (1886-1949). The collection reflects research undertaken by Jessica Helfand for the "Ezra Winter Project," a visual biography of Ezra Winter published online in 12 parts with Design Observer, the leading international graphic design blog of which Helfand is a founding editor.

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Clubs, societies, and organizations at Yale records, 1768-2006

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The records consist of minutes of meetings, membership lists, correspondence, constitutions and bylaws, scrapbooks, library records, financial and business records, programs and invitations, certificates, articles and news clippings, reports, songbooks, notices, newsletters, and related materials documenting the organization, activities, and operations of various student, faculty, and staff organizations, and other Yale community groups.

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The J. Rosamond Johnson Papers, 1879-1975

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The J. Rosamond Johnson Papers document Johnson's varied career as a composer, actor, vaudeville performer, and administrator. The Papers contain sketches, manuscript scores, and published editions of Johnson's musical compositions and arrangements. The correspondence includes letters to and from Johnson and family members, musicians, writers, and political figures. Johnson's life and work are further documented by: programs, newspaper clippings, and advertisements; diaries and scrapbooks; photographs; business and financial records; and miscellaneous items.

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Yale School of Drama Doctor of Fine Arts Dissertations, 1958-2014

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This is a collection of dissertations written in partial completion of the requirements for the Yale School of Drama Doctor of Fine Arts degree.

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David C. Acheson papers, 1921-1983

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Preliminary work and research materials of David Acheson, a staff member of the University Development Office until 1980. Includes draft of "Treatment of Yale's Previous Campaign and Development Activities," a history of Yale University's development efforts.

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Dean Gooderham Acheson papers, 1898-1989

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The Dean Acheson Papers are a rich source of information on the policies, thoughts, and accomplishments of the secretary of state who guided American foreign policy from 1948 to 1953. The papers, which span the period from 1898 to 1989, are especially full for the period after Acheson left public office in 1953 until his death in 1971. Included in the correspondence, speech and lecture files, manuscripts of books and articles, and memoranda, which compose the papers, are examinations of such major topics of U.S. foreign policy as Korea; NATO; post-war relations with the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and Germany; tensions in the Middle East; the war in Vietnam; and the U.S. posture towards Rhodesia and South Africa. Evaluations of the Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations figure prominently in the papers, and Acheson's role as a member of the Yale Corporation is thoroughly documented. Major correspondents include personal friends and professional colleagues.

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MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale records, 1981-1995

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The records consist of correspondence, transcripts, and other papers relating to the Dean Acheson Conference held at Yale on April 24, 1982 and the gant proposal, meeting agendas, notes, and minutes, correspondence, report drafts, and background materials assembled by the Independent Working Group on the Future of the United Nations, 1993-1995.

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The Isidor Achron Papers, 1922-1989

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The Isidor Achron Papers document the careers of Achron and his wife, singer Lea Karina. The Papers hold sketches, manuscript music, and printed editions of Achron's musical compositions, as well as songs which other composers wrote specifically for Karina. The Papers also include correspondence, photographs, programs, clippings, biographical materials, and miscellaneous materials relating to both Jascha Heifetz and Achron's pupil, popular singer Hildegarde.

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Janet Achurch and Charles Charrington Correspondence, 1847-1927

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Autograph manuscript letters, signed, of Janet Achurch and Charles Charrington and their correspondents. Letters concern: casting of theatrical productions; investing in theatrical projects; Charrington's involvement in the Fabian Society; and other professional and domestic topics. Correspondents include George Henry Boughton, Stopford Augustus Brooke, Charles H. E. Brookfield, Harley Granville-Barker, St. John Emile Clavering Hankin, Henry Holiday, Gertrude Kingston, May Morris, Felix Moscheles, William Poel, Charles Rock, Kate Santley, Clement Scott, William Sharp, Arthur Streeton, Julian Sturgis, Fred Terry, John Todhunter, Hermann Vezin, Mrs. Humphry Ward, and Sir Frederick Wedmore, and unidentified. Also included is a booking sheet for the Vaudeville Theatre, London, circa 1880.

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Register to the Papers of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1890-1984

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The Papers of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya contain manuscript scores and sketches of Weill's music, including American stage works as Down in the Valley, Lady in the Dark, One Touch of Venus, Street Scene, Lost in the Stars, Love Life, Firebrand of Florence, and Johnny Johnson. Music for stage works written in Germany includes the holograph scores for Happy End and Mahagonny-Songspiel. Photocopies of holograph scores for other works from his German period, including Die Dreigroschenoper and Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, have been provided from the archives of Universal Edition, Vienna, which holds the original manuscripts. Other musical scores and sketches in the collection include the Cello Sonata, Symphony No. 1, String Quartet Op. 8, Quodlibet, Sinfonia Sacra, Frauentanz, Concerto for Violin and Wind Instruments, Das Berliner Requiem, Vom Tod im Wald, Symphony No. 2, You and Me, Railroads on Parade, Walt Whitman Songs, Where Do We Go From Here, A Flag Is Born, Weill's arrangement of the Israeli national anthem Hatikvah, and various arrangements of Weill's music for performances by Lenya after his death. Correspondence, programs, clippings, photographs, and personal documents belonging to Weill and Lenya comprise the remainder of the collection. The correspondence spans the entire careers of Weill and Lenya, and includes letters to and from their friends, families, and collaborators such as Georg Kaiser, Bertolt Brecht, Maxwell Anderson, Ira Gershwin, Ogden Nash, S.J. Perelman, and Langston Hughes. Photographs of Weill, Lenya, family, and friends, of musical productions by Weill, and of stage and film appearances by Lenya are included among the papers. The 20,000 clippings in the collection date from their early years in Berlin.

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Peter Ackroyd papers, 1962-2009

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The Peter Ackroyd Papers primarily contain research files, manuscripts, drafts, and page proofs for many of his novels, biographies, and historical studies, as well as related correspondence and screenplays. Also present are his appointment books, some personal papers and photographs, and papers related to his partner Brian Michael Kuhn.

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John Ruskin letters to John Henry Le Keux, 1854-1860

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This collection comprises 53 items, including 42 letters from John Ruskin to John Henry Le Keux, 1 letter from John James Ruskin to John Henry Le Keux, 7 stand-alone sketches related to Le Keux's engraving work for Ruskin, annotated printed proofs made by Le Keux for Ruskin and 1 letter from Henry W. Acland to John Ruskin which pertains to Le Keux's work on the frontispiece for Acland and Ruskin's The Oxford Museum. While the majority of the items are undated, the letters appear to have been authored between 1854 and 1860, with dated items ranging from 1855 to 1860. The items primarily pertain to Le Keux's engraving work for illustrations for Volumes 3-4 of Modern Painters and for The Oxford Museum. The letters reflect a cordial professional relationship between Ruskin and Le Keux and a close collaboration between critic and engraver on a variety of works and subject matters. In one letter, Ruskin describes Le Keux's etchings as "superb." (John Ruskin letter to John Henry Le Keux, page 39.)

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Acorn Club records and publications, 1899-2019

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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.

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George Kubler collection, 1902-2008

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The collection comprises a portion of the professional library of George Kubler, former Robert Lehman Professor (1965-1975) and Sterling Professor of the History of Art (1975-1983) at Yale University. The library was formerly housed in the office Mary E. Miller, Vincent J. Scully Professor of the History of Art (1998-2008), Sterling Professor of the History of Art (2008-) and Dean, Yale College (2008-) at Yale University. The collection contains scholarly publications and research materials related to the art and architecture of Latin America, Spain, and Portugal including titles on Pre-columbian art and architecture, Mesoamerica, Caribbean Indian culture, and Latin American art of the post-conquest periods.

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Harold Acton papers, 1932-1941

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The collection consists of manuscript and typescript drafts of Harold Acton's translations of Chinese literary works and his writings; correspondence from Chinese, English, and American scholars and friends; material relating to Acton's lecture tour of Italy; and other papers. Highlights include the unpublished manuscript for Popular Chinese Plays, as well as correspondence concerning its projected publication by Henry Vetch. Also included is an annotated typescript and related correspondence for Acton's novel, Peonies and Ponies (1941). Material sheds light on the development of literary translation between Chinese and English, and the influence of China on British intellectual history and literary life during the period preceding the Second World War.

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Adair Family Papers, 1850-1956

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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.

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The Hershy Kay Papers, 1940-1974

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The Hershy Kay Papers contain sketches, manuscript scores, and printed editions of Kay's musical compositions and arrangements, including ballets, orchestral works, and songs. The Papers also hold music by other composers, books, photographs, and posters.

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Dr. William Adam account book collection, 1748-1875

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The value in this collection is the depth of information on rural northeastern Connecticut that can be gleaned from the volumes. Not only is the iron industry documented, but the literacy rate, women's economic role in the community, skilled labor, accounting practices and the lives of free Black people are also part of this record.

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Adam family papers, 1737-1889

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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.

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Forbes Adam correspondence and financial records, 1766-1855

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This collection contains letters to John Adam, a merchant and iron manufacturer living in Taunton, Massachusetts before his move to Canaan, Connecticut. It includes letters about planking a vessel and several regarding a customer service issue pertaining to an order of nails. There are accounts related to the Forbes and Adam partnership and their trade in anchors. The final document is an agreement related to the 1855 merger of two pig iron businesses.

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Andrews Memorial Bookplate Collection of Irene D. Andrews Pace (Diamond Family Bookplates), 1900-1950

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This collection contains numerous bookplates commissioned by various members of the Diamond Family. J. Edouard "Jack" Diamond and Elizabeth Watson Diamond were avid bookplate collectors and the proprietors of Hyacinth Press, a small private press which they operated from their home in Cleveland, OH. Two works published by Hyacinth Press are also part of the Yale Bookplate Collection: Bookplates by Sara Eugenia Blake, Call # Z996.B635 B535 1940 (LC); and Bookplates of Hettie Gray Baker, Call # Z996 B25 B66 1947 (LC).

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Georgiĭ Adamovich papers, 1926-1960

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The Georgii Adamovich Papers are contained in one box. The papers contain the correspondence from and to Georgii Viktorovich Adamovich, one book by I.A. Bunin, and poems by G.V. Ivanov.

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Alexander B. Adams writings on the American West, 1971-1981

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Typescripts with holograph annotations and corrections of Adams' books The Disputed Lands (Putnam, 1981); Geronimo: A Biography (Putnam, 1971); Sitting Bull: An Epic of the Plains (Putnam, 1973); and Sunlight and Storm: The Great American Plains (Putnam, 1977). A photocopy of Adams' TLS dated 1972 Jun 29, transmitting the typescript of Geronimo to Yale and commenting on the work, is filed in the first of the folders of that title. Bound galley proofs for Sitting Bull follow the typescript.

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Adams, Trumbull, and Wyllys family papers, 1732-1836

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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.

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Adams family collection, 1798-1928, bulk 1798-1877, Date acquired: 01/06/1970

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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.

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Charles Adams deeds, 1841-1871, Date acquired: 12/09/2011

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18 deeds related to land bought and sold by Charles Adams, members of his family, and others in Litchfield, Conn.

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Charles Adams power of attorney, 1879 Mar 18, Date acquired: 04/09/2012

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Charles Adams power of attorney to Warren W. Bissell regarding bonds, stock, and scrip to be issued by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company.

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Adams family papers, 1798-1928, bulk 1798-1877

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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.

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Charles L. Adams papers, 1946-2005

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The collection consists of material created and collected by Charles Adams in the course of his research and teaching activities as a scholar of Frank Waters and a professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Material includes correspondence; transcripts and sound recordings of interviews with Waters; sound recordings of various seminars, lectures, and talks about Waters; typescripts of writings by and about Waters; photocopies, reprints, and excerpts of published works by Waters; clippings and other printed material; teaching files; files relating to the Frank Waters Society; and other material. The collection documents Adams's academic career, which focused largely on Waters, and his role as a leading organizer of the scholarly and popular communities interested in Waters, particularly as founder of the Frank Waters Society and editor of Studies in Frank Waters. The collection also sheds light on the nature and organization of the community of interest that sprang up around Waters's work, and provides a great deal of information about Waters in the taped and transcribed interviews conducted by Adams and others.

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Hartt Recording Studio records, 1952 - 2021

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The collection consists primarily of recordings from the Hartt Recording Studio, as well as their annotated programs of recorded performances, and a card catalog of the recordings. The annotated programs cover 1952-1999 and primarily provide the identification number(s) of the corresponding analog recordings, as well as corrections or changes to the printed program and the start and stop times of different portions of the performances on the recordings. The card catalog contains information on recordings from 1960-1984 and is searchable by group, performer, and composer.

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Elijah Adams letter, 1824 Dec 13

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Elijah Adams, Esq. in Fishkill, New York writes to Asa Bacon, Esq. in Litchfield about a meeting at Col. Benjamin Tallmadge's house. Provides recollections about a business arrangement involving Judge Reeve, Uriel Holmes, Frederick Wolcott, Benjamin Tallmadge Ezekiel Lewis, John Landon, Aaron Smith and Julius Deming. Gives an account of attempts to collect a debt from Aaron Smith.

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Genealogical Papers, 1700-2020, bulk 1900-2020

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The information available for families and individual family members varies widely. For families, the information may include family trees and notes on genealogy and family history. For individual family members, the information may include significant dates and life events, occupation, place of residence, obituaries, burial location, and miscellaneous biographical notes.

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Emma L. Adams composition book, 1875-1876, Date acquired: 12/05/2011

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The Emma L. Adams composition book (2011-41-0) contains handwritten compositions by Emma L. Adams between October 30, 1875 and November 25, 1876. The small bound notebook contains various compositions dealing with a variety of topics. One titled "A day at Irvington and Tarrytown" describes a day excursion by train of school girls from Brooklyn up the Hudson River. She discusses seeing Washington Irving's home and lunching on the veranda, as well as visiting his grave and the Old Dutch Church in Tarrytown, and seeing Sleepy Hollow. Several other compositions discuss music, and "Human Ingenuity" tackles the topics of advances in travel and communication.

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Papers of Henry Sanford, 1843-1971

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The collection contains hundreds of copies of letters primarily composed by Sanford from 1894 through 1901, with the bulk concentrated in 1898 and 1899. Almost all are typewritten.

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James T. Smith Papers, 1864 - 1925

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The emphasis of the collection is documentation of the responsibilities Smith carried out during his military career, 1862-1870. Correspondence, reports, inventories and rosters comprise the majority of the collection. There is nothing in the collection regarding Mr. Smith's newspaper career or his activities in Colorado.

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Adams family collection, 1829-circa 1900

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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.

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Adams Family Papers, 1712-1889, 1712-1889

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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.

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Adams family genealogy, 1829-circa 1900

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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.

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Coit family papers, 1779-1844

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This collection contains documents and a photograph pertaining to the Coit family, 1779-1844. Most of the collection consists of letters to Sarah Chester Coit and Thomas Coit of Canterbury, Connecticut from their adult children. There are several other types of documents, one photograph, and a poem by Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney on the death of Sarah Chester Coit's niece, Charlotte Chester.

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Haymarket Affair collection, 1872-1901

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The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of Illinois State's Attorney Julius S. Grinnell, who led the prosecution in the Haymarket trial in 1886-1887. These include trial evidence, notes and drafts of legal briefs, personal papers, and printed ephemera. The collection also includes a few items that were added to Grinnell's papers in the 1950s-60s by collector Frederick B. Adams. Trial evidence is chiefly in German, and consists of manuscripts, correspondence, leaflets, and other items seized from the offices of the Arbeiter-Zeitung, a publication of the International Working People's Association, with which many of the defendants were involved. The manuscripts are chiefly holograph drafts of editorials by August Spies and Michael Schwab; much of the correspondence is to Spies, including several letters from Johann Most, editor of the New York paper Die Freiheit. The evidence also includes other socialist and anarchist newspapers, as well as fragments of the bomb that exploded in Haymarket Square. Papers of the State's Attorney's Office include Grinnell's notes and drafts of legal briefs prepared for the trial and for the defense's appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court in 1887. These include a draft letter from a police spy to Lucy Parsons, Albert Parsons's wife. Also present are personal papers of Grinnell: most relate directly to the trial while others document his later career. The collection also contains printed ephemera of the socialist and anarchist movements, including a number of items relating specifically to the Haymarket affair. Among these are cabinet card photographs of six of the eight convicted men.

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George Burton Adams papers, 1879-1980

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The George Burton Adams Papers consists of approcimately 6,000 items. Includes correspondence concerning English history, the Yale History Department, the relationship of graduate to undergraduate education at Yale and in general, the American Historical Association, and the American Historical Review. Includes correspondence with British and American historians.

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Harry Adams photographs, 1943-1985, bulk 1951-1985

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Photographic prints created and collected by Harry Adams, 1943-1985, that chiefly document events, activities, and individuals related to the African American community in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of California captured in his work for African American newspapers including the California Eagle and Los Angeles Sentinel.

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Department of English, Yale University, grade books, 1901-1942

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The records consist of grade books maintained by Professor John C. Adams, professor in the Yale English Department.

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Joseph Adams family records, 1814 Nov 19, Date acquired: 11/30/1985

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An 11 page handwritten notebook with the first page "Record Amos Adams was born Sep. 1, 1728". It contains records of the Adams family to Thomas Adams born Oct. 13, 1814. The back page is inscribed Joseph Adams Book, Litchfield, Nov. 19, 1814.

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Léonie Adams and William Troy papers, 1902-1980

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The Léonie Adams and William Troy Papers contain correspondence, writings, photographs, printed materials, and other papers that document the professional and personal lives of the writers and educators Léonie Adams and William Troy. Correspondence comprises the bulk of the papers and primarily consists of correspondence with friends, colleagues, and various colleges and universities. Writings include poems, essays, literary and film reviews, drama, and other writings. Included among the writings are drafts of Adams's poetry collections and drafts of Troy's posthumous work, Selected Essays. The papers also contain professional and personal papers of Adams and Troy, including clippings by and about the authors, programs from readings, teaching notes, and other papers that record the lives of the couple. Photographs include snapshots of Adams and Troy, their friends and family, literary events, and travels. The papers span the years 1902 to 1980.

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