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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

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

William Frederic Badè papers, 1871-1936

Title: William Frederic Badè papers, 1871-1936

Correspondence relating mainly to conservation activities in the Sierra Club and to the publication of his works on John Muir; manuscripts and reprints of some of his writings; clippings of reviews of his work; subject files on Hetch-Hetchy, John Muir, national parks, the proposed Roosevelt-Sequoia National Park (California), the Water and Power Act of 1922, and Yosemite National Park.

ArchivalResource: Number of containers: 2 boxes

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf1779n565 View

Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938. George Bird Grinnell papers, 1859-1939 (inclusive), 1886-1929 (bulk).

Title: George Bird Grinnell papers, 1859-1939 (inclusive), 1886-1929 (bulk).

The papers, which consist of letterbooks, correspondence, and subject files, including photographs and writings, document George Bird Grinnell's leading role in the American conservation movement. The material focuses on Grinnell's adult life (1886-1938) and details his work as editor of Forest and Stream magazine, authority on American Indians of the West, and active participant in the National Audubon Society, the Boone and Crockett Club, the American Game Protective and Propagation Association, and the National Parks Association.

ArchivalResource: 16.75 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702201188 View

Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938. George Bird Grinnell papers, 1859-1939 (inclusive), 1886-1929 (bulk).

Title: George Bird Grinnell papers, 1859-1939 (inclusive), 1886-1929 (bulk).

The papers, which consist of letterbooks, correspondence, and subject files, including photographs and writings, document George Bird Grinnell's leading role in the American conservation movement. The material focuses on Grinnell's adult life (1886-1938) and details his work as editor of Forest and Stream magazine, authority on American Indians of the West, and active participant in the National Audubon Society, the Boone and Crockett Club, the American Game Protective and Propagation Association, and the National Parks Association.

ArchivalResource: 16.50 linear ft. (42 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122568554 View

Russell, William Goodwin, 1821-1896. Legal papers in the case of Burnham v. the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company, 1878.

Title: Legal papers in the case of Burnham v. the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company, 1878.

Contains correspondence, notes, transcripts, and depositions in this action brought by trustees of stockholders to prohibit the merger of two other railroad companies with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. Russell was selected to arbitrate the dispute.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78421825 View