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Woolsey family papers, 1750-1969 (bulk 1811-1921)

Title: Woolsey family papers, 1750-1976 (inclusive), 1811-1921 (bulk).

The papers document three generations of the Woolsey family. The most prominent figures in the collection are William Walton Woolsey (1766-1839), land owner and merchant in New York City; his son, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1801-1889), Greek scholar, political theorist and president of Yale College; and Theodore Salisbury Woolsey (1852-1929), professor of international law at Yale Law School, son of Theodore Dwight Woolsey. The papers of William Walton Woolsey contain extensive business correspondence, ledgers, legal papers, documents relating to land sales in New York and Ohio, as well as family and personal letters. Since he was engaged in the importation of sugar, cotton and hardware, some of his business correspondence is political with discussions of the Jay Treaty of 1794, the problems of piracy, American neutrality in the 1790s and the general politics of the period. Important correspondents are Chauncey Goodrich, Archibald Gracie, Eli Whitney, Noah Webster, Elihu and Nathaniel Chauncey, Oliver Wolcott, Benjamin Tallmadge, Jedidiah Morse, James Roosevelt, John A. Schuyler, Comfort Sands, John Broome, and Nicholas Bayard. The papers of Theodore Dwight Woolsey contain his writings on Greek language and literature, the Bible, international law and the texts of his sermons.

ArchivalResource: 52 Linear Feet (107 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4277859 View

Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944.

Title: Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records

Records of Houghton Mifflin Company and its predecessors, containing papers relating to both the printing and publishing branches of the business.

ArchivalResource: 64 linear feet (165 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00009/catalog View

Samuel W. Dike Papers, 1870-1913, (bulk 1890-1913)

Title: Samuel W. Dike Papers 1870-1913 (bulk 1890-1913)

Congregational minister and social reformer. Correspondence, speeches, articles, book drafts, an unfinished autobiography, lecture notes, family papers, reports, newspaper clippings, and printed matter relating chiefly to Dike's correspondence with members of the National Divorce Reform League (later known as the National League for the Protection of the Family) and others pertaining mainly to business matters and social and family problems. Also included are reports, published material, and printed matter concerning the family, divorce, and temperance.

ArchivalResource: 9,800 items; 28 containers; 12 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011207 View

Dike, Samuel W. (Samuel Warren), 1839-1913. [New England Divorce Reform League publications.].

Title: [New England Divorce Reform League publications.]. [1882-1884]

ArchivalResource: 3 pieces

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78503682 View

Woolsey family papers, 1750-1969 (bulk 1811-1921)

Title: Woolsey family papers, 1750-1976 (inclusive), 1811-1921 (bulk).

The papers document three generations of the Woolsey family. The most prominent figures in the collection are William Walton Woolsey (1766-1839), land owner and merchant in New York City; his son, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1801-1889), Greek scholar, political theorist and president of Yale College; and Theodore Salisbury Woolsey (1852-1929), professor of international law at Yale Law School, son of Theodore Dwight Woolsey. The papers of William Walton Woolsey contain extensive business correspondence, ledgers, legal papers, documents relating to land sales in New York and Ohio, as well as family and personal letters. Since he was engaged in the importation of sugar, cotton and hardware, some of his business correspondence is political with discussions of the Jay Treaty of 1794, the problems of piracy, American neutrality in the 1790s and the general politics of the period. Important correspondents are Chauncey Goodrich, Archibald Gracie, Eli Whitney, Noah Webster, Elihu and Nathaniel Chauncey, Oliver Wolcott, Benjamin Tallmadge, Jedidiah Morse, James Roosevelt, John A. Schuyler, Comfort Sands, John Broome, and Nicholas Bayard. The papers of Theodore Dwight Woolsey contain his writings on Greek language and literature, the Bible, international law and the texts of his sermons.

ArchivalResource: 52 Linear Feet (107 boxes)

https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4439 View

Henry Oscar Houghton papers, 1773-1932 (bulk 1833-1895)

Title: Henry Oscar Houghton papers

Papers of American printer and publisher Henry Oscar Houghton.

ArchivalResource: 16 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00492/catalog View

Woolsey family papers, 1750-1969 (bulk 1811-1921)

Title: Woolsey family papers, 1750-1976 (inclusive), 1811-1921 (bulk).

The papers document three generations of the Woolsey family. The most prominent figures in the collection are William Walton Woolsey (1766-1839), land owner and merchant in New York City; his son, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1801-1889), Greek scholar, political theorist and president of Yale College; and Theodore Salisbury Woolsey (1852-1929), professor of international law at Yale Law School, son of Theodore Dwight Woolsey. The papers of William Walton Woolsey contain extensive business correspondence, ledgers, legal papers, documents relating to land sales in New York and Ohio, as well as family and personal letters. Since he was engaged in the importation of sugar, cotton and hardware, some of his business correspondence is political with discussions of the Jay Treaty of 1794, the problems of piracy, American neutrality in the 1790s and the general politics of the period. Important correspondents are Chauncey Goodrich, Archibald Gracie, Eli Whitney, Noah Webster, Elihu and Nathaniel Chauncey, Oliver Wolcott, Benjamin Tallmadge, Jedidiah Morse, James Roosevelt, John A. Schuyler, Comfort Sands, John Broome, and Nicholas Bayard. The papers of Theodore Dwight Woolsey contain his writings on Greek language and literature, the Bible, international law and the texts of his sermons.

ArchivalResource: 52 Linear Feet (107 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0562 View

Dike family. Dike family papers, 1746-1922, bulk: 1746-1877.

Title: Dike family papers, 1746-1922, bulk: 1746-1877.

Dike family correspondence pertains to the health, deaths, marriages, and the financial situation of friends and family. Letters from Thomas Dike describe Revolutionary War conditions, especially the suffering of wounded soldiers. Letters to George Dike from William Goodell and George Stearns ask his assistance in anti-slavery efforts and in the establishment of a freedmen's relief organization. A poem, written by George Dike, criticizes slavery. Also in the collection are a speech advocating the extension of suffrage to soldiers fighting in the fields during the Civil War; wills of various Dike family members; deeds to lands in Killingly and Thompson, Conn.; minutes of a meeting of the Thompson, Conn. Church of Christ; muster rolls from the War of 1812; letters of Samuel Dike and Samuel W. Dike; and genealogical material on the Davidson family.

ArchivalResource: 1 box. and one oversize box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17431198 View