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Farnam family papers, 1721-2002 (inclusive), 1850-1937 (bulk).

Title: Farnam family papers, 1721-2002 (inclusive), 1850-1937 (bulk).

Correspondence, diaries, letterbooks, financial papers, writings, scrapbooks, and memorabilia of the Farnam family of New Haven, Connecticut, 1721-1929. The papers of Henry Farnam (1803-1883), and two of his sons, Henry Walcott Farnam (1853-1933) and William Whitman Farnam (1844-1929) form this collection. The papers of Henry Farnam include personal and professional correspondence concerning his family, life in New Haven, and the building of several canals and railroads in Connecticut and the Midwest. Materials documenting the New Haven and Northampton Company, Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, Mississippi and Missouri Valley Railroad, Northern Indiana Railroad, and Peoria and Bureau Valley Railroad is arranged here. The papers of Henry Walcott Farnam include personal and professional correspondence, financial papers, writings, subject files and scrapbooks relating to his family, life in New Haven, student and teaching experiences at Yale, membership in local, state, and national academic and reform organizations, and philanthropic activities on behalf of educational and charitable institutions. The papers of William Whitman Farnam include correspondence and topical files relating to family matters, Yale University, and New Haven Park Commission activities.

ArchivalResource: 161.5 linear ft.

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0203 View

Kingsley, William Lathrop, 1824-1896. William Lathrop Kingsley papers, [18--].

Title: William Lathrop Kingsley papers, [18--].

Notes for Kingsley's lectures and books, notes and references for a history of Yale College, letters to Kingsley, account books with students, typewritten copy of Kingsley's recollections, and various other papers.

ArchivalResource: 1.20 linear ft. (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702152313 View

Barnard, Henry, 1811-1900. Papers, 1765-1935 (bulk 1830-1899)

Title: Henry Barnard Papers 1765-1935 (Bulk: 1830-1899)

The Henry Barnard Papers of Fales Library holds a substantial portion of the manuscript materials collected and authored by Henry Barnard (1811-1900), a nineteenth century educationalist and prominent member of the Common School Reform movement. He joined with many of his era's most respected educators in advocating the improvement of public education in the United States, a pursuit which dominated his career as a scholar, orator, and politician. Barnard was particularly involved in expanding the literature describing the history, practice, and theories of education and teaching; over the course of his life he wrote extensively on these subjects and established multiple periodicals dedicated to them, including the . The collection at Fales Library is composed primarily of correspondence, much of which is of a routine business nature, but also includes some of Barnard's diaries, draft versions of articles published in his journals, and images of Barnard's correspondents. It also contains typed transcripts of Barnard's letters prepared by the donor of the collection, Will Monroe, notes regarding the genealogy of the Barnard family, clippings that discuss Barnard's life or the subject of education, and some of Monroe's own correspondence. American Journal of Education

ArchivalResource: 18 Linear Feet (12 boxes)

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/barnard/barnard.html View

Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894. William Dwight Whitney family papers, 1778-1951 (inclusive), 1814-1912 (bulk).

Title: William Dwight Whitney family papers, 1778-1951 (inclusive), 1814-1912 (bulk).

The papers consist of correspondence, journals and diaries, writings, legal and financial papers, and miscellanea of the William Dwight Whitney family, including William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894), his wife Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin Whitney (1824-1912), his brother Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819-1896), and his father Josiah Dwight Whitney (1786-1869). William Dwight Whitney material includes several hundred letters with his wife, journals and diaries (1843-1893), and a small quanity of professional papers. Material of his brother Josiah includes a geological survey of the Upper Mississippi (1862), and correspondence relating to the first systematic exploration and mapping of the American West. Information relating to Benjamin Silliman and the National Academy of Sciences is also documented. His family correspondence includes several hundred letters with William Dwight Whitney and their father, Josiah.

ArchivalResource: 25.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153614 View

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874

Title: Charles Sumner correspondence, 1829-1874

Letters to Charles Sumner, lawyer, Republican senator from Massachusetts, and anti-slavery campaigner; with a smaller number of letters from Sumner to others.

ArchivalResource: 33 cartons (43.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00232/catalog View

Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Title: Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Contracts (with associated materials) of the Houghton Mifflin Company publishing house of Boston, Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (48 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00239/catalog View

Kingsley, William. Autograph letter signed : S. Kilvington, to John Ruskin, 1868 July 5.

Title: Autograph letter signed : S. Kilvington, to John Ruskin, 1868 July 5.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270924666 View

Farnam family papers, 1721-2002 (inclusive), 1850-1937 (bulk).

Title: Farnam family papers, 1721-2002 (inclusive), 1850-1937 (bulk).

Correspondence, diaries, letterbooks, financial papers, writings, scrapbooks, and memorabilia of the Farnam family of New Haven, Connecticut, 1721-1929. The papers of Henry Farnam (1803-1883), and two of his sons, Henry Walcott Farnam (1853-1933) and William Whitman Farnam (1844-1929) form this collection. The papers of Henry Farnam include personal and professional correspondence concerning his family, life in New Haven, and the building of several canals and railroads in Connecticut and the Midwest. Materials documenting the New Haven and Northampton Company, Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, Mississippi and Missouri Valley Railroad, Northern Indiana Railroad, and Peoria and Bureau Valley Railroad is arranged here. The papers of Henry Walcott Farnam include personal and professional correspondence, financial papers, writings, subject files and scrapbooks relating to his family, life in New Haven, student and teaching experiences at Yale, membership in local, state, and national academic and reform organizations, and philanthropic activities on behalf of educational and charitable institutions. The papers of William Whitman Farnam include correspondence and topical files relating to family matters, Yale University, and New Haven Park Commission activities.

ArchivalResource: 161.5 linear ft.

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0203 View

Lovell, Malcolm K. TLS, 1937 March 5, New York to William Kingsley.

Title: TLS, 1937 March 5, New York to William Kingsley.

Sends Kingsley a copy of Two Quaker Sisters which he compiled and to which he has written the introduction.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38934543 View

Coit and Gilman families. Coit and Gilman family papers, 1696-1912.

Title: Coit and Gilman family papers, 1696-1912.

Correspondence and other writings of the Coit and Gilman families of the Norwich, Connecticut, area. Includes typescript copies of some items, including a piece by Martha Coit[e], a letter to Mehetabel Coit[e], a letter from Daniel L. Coit to his grandson, William L. Kingsley, a letter by Elizabeth Chandler to her children, some family history, several pieces by William Coit Gilman, a letter from Thomas Robbins to Daniel C. Gilman, and assorted other writings. The originals of some of the typed items date to the 1690s. Other material is as recent as 1912.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/759398730 View

Kingsley memorial collection, 1696-1934

Title: Kingsley memorial collection 1696-1934

The collection is composed of family correspondence, diaries, and legal, financial, and professional papers which document the lives of several members of the Kingsley family or of the related Coit, Gilman, Upham, and Farnam families. One third of the collection concerns James Luce Kingsley, his tenure on the Yale faculty, and his classical and historical scholarship. Another third of the collection relates to the life and work of William Lathrop Kingsley, especially his editorship of the New Englander and his service to Yale College and the Class of 1843. The remaining third of the collection recounts the lives of family members in Norwich, Connecticut; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Canandaigua, New York; and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, during the first half of the nineteenth century. The European and world travels of family members and the life of the Upham family during the War of 1812 are highlighted in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0604 View

William Dwight Whitney family papers, 1778-1951, 1814-1912

Title: William Dwight Whitney family papers 1778-1951 1814-1912

The papers consist of correspondence, journals and diaries, writings, legal and financial papers, and miscellanea of the William Dwight Whitney family, including William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894), his wife Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin Whitney (1824-1912), his brother Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819-1896), and his father Josiah Dwight Whitney (1786-1869). William Dwight Whitney material includes several hundred letters with his wife, journals and diaries (1843-1893), and a small quanity of professional papers. Material of his brother Josiah includes a geological survey of the Upper Mississippi (1862), and correspondence relating to the first systematic exploration and mapping of the American West. Information relating to Benjamin Silliman and the National Academy of Sciences is also documented. His family correspondence includes several hundred letters with William Dwight Whitney and their father, Josiah.

ArchivalResource: 25.5 linear feet (57 boxes, 1 folio)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0555 View

Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.) Correspondence, 1882-1898, bulk 1838-1932.

Title: Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.) Correspondence, 1882-1898, bulk 1838-1932.

Correspondence files of Roberts Brothers, pertaining to all departments, editorial, production, advertising, and sales. Also, some miscellaneous letters and documents, unrelated to Roberts Brothers, which deal with various legal matters, including those of Frederick D. Ely and of William A. Dunn, from 1838 until 1932, and letters to the Secretary of Harvard University from 1900 to 1907.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear ft. (ca. 2,000 items in 5 boxes).

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/archival/collections/ldpd_4079266/ View

Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879,. Petition signed by 83 American authors to the Committee on Ways and Means, January 17th, 1866.

Title: Petition signed by 83 American authors to the Committee on Ways and Means, January 17th, 1866.

"That the Revenue laws so far as they relate to the manufacture and importation of books, may be so revised and modified that American publications may be relieved from the heavy burdens now resting upon them and from the disadvantages under which they suffer in competition with imported books". Includes the signatures of Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta, Asa Gray, James Russell Lowell, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Bayard Taylor, William Cullen Bryant, Horace Greeley, Oliver Wendell Holmes, George Ticknor, et al.

ArchivalResource: [6] p.

https://search.library.brown.edu/catalog/b2498652 View

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : Brantwood, Coniston, to The Reverend William Kingsley, [postmark: 1885 Apr. 26].

Title: Autograph letter signed : Brantwood, Coniston, to The Reverend William Kingsley, [postmark: 1885 Apr. 26].

Sending a book.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (12mo) + with envelope.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270865681 View

Kingsley, William Lathrop, 1824-1896. William Lathrop Kingsley papers, [18--]

Title: William Lathrop Kingsley papers, [18--]

Notes for Kingsley's lectures and books, notes and references for a history of Yale College, letters to Kingsley, account books with students, typewritten copy of Kingsley's recollections, and various other papers.

ArchivalResource: 1.20 linear ft. (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78684305 View

Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894. William Dwight Whitney family papers, 1778-1951 (inclusive), 1814-1912 (bulk).

Title: William Dwight Whitney family papers, 1778-1951 (inclusive), 1814-1912 (bulk).

The papers consist of correspondence, journals and diaries, writings, legal and financial papers, and miscellanea of the William Dwight Whitney family, including William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894), his wife Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin Whitney (1824-1912), his brother Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819-1896), and his father Josiah Dwight Whitney (1786-1869). William Dwight Whitney material includes several hundred letters with his wife, journals and diaries (1843-1893), and a small quanity of professional papers. Material of his brother Josiah includes a geological survey of the Upper Mississippi (1862), and correspondence relating to the first systematic exploration and mapping of the American West. Information relating toBenjamin Silliman and the National Academy of Sciences is also documented. His family correspondence includes several hundred letters with William Dwight Whitney and their father, Josiah.

ArchivalResource: 25.5 linear ft. (57 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122501534 View

Kingsley family. Kingsley memorial collection, 1696-1934 (inclusive), 1801-1896 (bulk).

Title: Kingsley memorial collection, 1696-1934 (inclusive), 1801-1896 (bulk).

The collection is composed of family correspondence, diaries, and legal, financial, and professional papers which document the lives of several members of the Kingsley family or of the related Coit, Gilman, Upham, and Farnam families. One third of the collection concerns James Luce Kingsley, his tenure on the Yale faculty, and his classical and historical scholarship. Another third of the collection relates to the life and work of William Lathrop Kingsley, especially his editorship of the New Englander and his service to Yale College and the Class of 1843. The remaining third of the collection recounts the lives of family members in Norwich, Connecticut; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Canandaigua, New York; and Portsmouth, New Hampshire during the first half of the nineteenth century. The European and world travels of family members and the life of the Upham family during the War of 1812 are highlighted in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702206113 View