Collection contains correspondence, writings, personal papers,financial records, photographs, subject files, clippings, printed material, and other papers by or relating to Chauncey Brewster Tinker.Correspondence consists primarily of letters to Tinker, including letters from Leonard Bacon, Charles Montgomery Hathaway, Jr., Sinclair Lewis, A. Edward Newton, Thornton Wilder, and the Yale University Library, along with several third-party letters, and a few copies and drafts of letters by Tinker. Writings include holographs, printed versions, and clippings of writings by Tinker and others, including Leonard Bacon, Stephen Vincent Benét, and Lewis M. Knapp. Personal papers consist of genealogical papers and other personal items, including an original engraved printing plate for one of Tinker's bookplates, along with several prints, and a copper printing plate for calling cards or stationary.Financial records contain primarily bills for book purchases. Photographs include photographs of Tinker, A. Edward Newton and others. Other papers include subject files, clippings and printed materials related to Tinker, his research and his interests in literature, book collecting, and other subjects, including eight boxes of catalog cards describing his rare book and manuscript collection.