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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

Samuel Wells Williams family papers, 1809-1983, 1809-1941

Title: Samuel Wells Williams family papers 1809-1983 1809-1941

The papers include correspondence (comprising over half of the collection), manuscripts of Samuel Wells Williams's , themes and lecture notes by Frederick Wells Williams, diaries, newspaper clippings, articles on China, maps, and pictures. The bulk of the correspondence relates to S.W. Williams, missionary, diplomat, and sinologue. The period between 1845 and 1855 has extensive correspondence with missionaries and with James Dwight Dana and Matthew C. Perry, whom Williams accompanied on his mission to open Japan and on his return visit in 1854. Williams's letters to friends and family comment on progress made and their reception in Japan. In 1856 Williams became secretary and interpreter to the American Legation in China and many of the letters refer to Chinese problems of the following 20 years. His correspondents include, in addition to Dana and Perry, Anson Burlingame, Hamilton Fish, Asa Gray, Frederick Low, William Bradford Reed, and William Henry Seward. The remaining correspondence covers the period 1885 to 1939, encompassing the correspondence of F.W. Williams, Yale professor, and Wayland Wells Williams, writer. Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language

ArchivalResource: 22.25 linear feet (33 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0547 View

Williams, S. Wells (Samuel Wells), 1812-1884. Samuel Wells Williams family papers, 1809-1983 (inclusive), 1809-1941 (bulk).

Title: Samuel Wells Williams family papers, 1809-1983 (inclusive), 1809-1941 (bulk).

The papers include correspondence (comprising over half of the collection), journals, manuscripts of Samuel Wells Williams's Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language, and an annotated copy of the 1848 edition of his The Middle Kingdom, themes and lecture notes by Frederick Wells Williams, diaries, newspaper clippings, articles on China, maps, and pictures. The bulk of the correspondence relates to S. W. Williams, missionary, diplomat, and sinologue. The period between 1845 and 1855 has extensive correspondence with missionaries and with James Dwight Dana and Matthew C. Perry, whom Williams accompanied on his mission to open Japan and on his return visit in 1854. Williams's letters to friends and family comment on progress made and their reception in Japan. In 1856 Williams became secretary and interpreter to the American Legation in China and many of the letters refer to Chinese problems of the following twenty years. His correspondents include, in addition to Dana and Perry, Anson Burlingame, Hamilton Fish, Asa Gray, Frederick Low, William Bradford Reed, and William Henry Seward. The remaining correspondence covers the period 1885 to 1939, encompassing the correspondence of F. W. Williams, Yale professor, and Wayland Wells Williams, writer.

ArchivalResource: 22.25 linear feet (33 boxes)

https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/3840 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

Gould, Annie Allender, 1867-1900. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1893-1902.

Missionary in China, killed in the Boxer Rebellion, 1 July 1900; letter from Annie A. Gould and Mary Morrill to Mr. & Mrs. Gould describing their missionary work in China; letter, Boston, 29 June 1893 from Judson Smith to Annie Gould welcoming her as a missionary; letters of sympathy to the Gould's on Annie's death from Chauncey Goodrich and Chinese converts; letter, 17 Sept. 1900 from John Fowler of the U.S. Consulate to the Gould's telling them not to lose faith; memorial poems in honor of Mary Morrill and Annie Gould; newsclipping; two letters in Chinese.

ArchivalResource: 26 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7641490 View

Kelly, Walter N. Colonel Walter N. Kelly letter : San Francisco, Calif., to Admiral C. Goodrich : carbon of TLS, 1906 May 9.

Title: Colonel Walter N. Kelly letter : San Francisco, Calif., to Admiral C. Goodrich : carbon of TLS, 1906 May 9.

Copy of a typed letter from Colonel Kelly, Commander First Infantry of the National Guard, to Admiral Goodrich, USS Chicago, commending the actions of ten sailors from Mare Island and Goat Island bases during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. The men were assigned to details charged with dynamiting buildings in an effort to halt the spread of the fire. Mentions specific locations in the city to which the men were assigned.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122544506 View

American Home Missionary Society. Archives. 1816-1936.

Title: Archives. 1816-1936.

Nineteenth-century, multi-denominational group supporting ministers on American frontier. Became increasingly Congregational. Correspondence and pamphlets describe individual schools located primarily in the Midwest and West, but including all of the states. Letters from missionaries in the Midwest, the society's secretary in New York and secretaries located in various regions, reflect frontier conditions, internal ecclesiastical conditions, education in various states, and economic, social and political problems. Topics include European immigrants, and denominationalism.

ArchivalResource: 268 linear ft. 525 Boxes and 83 Oversize Boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20405908 View

Williams, S. Wells (Samuel Wells), 1812-1884. Samuel Wells Williams family papers, 1824-1936 (inclusive).

Title: Samuel Wells Williams family papers, 1824-1936 (inclusive).

The papers include correspondence (comprising over half of the collection), manuscripts of Samuel Wells Williams's Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language, themes and lecture notes by Frederick Wells Williams, diaries, newspaper clippings, articles on China, maps, and pictures. The bulk of the correspondence relates to S.W. Williams, missionary, diplomat, and Sinologue. The period between 1845 and 1855 has extensive correspondence with missionaries and with James Dwight Dana and Matthew C. Perry, whom Williams accompanied on his mission to open Japan and on his return visit in 1854. Williams's letters to friends and family comment on progress made and their reception in Japan. In 1856 Williams became secretary and interpreter to the American Legation in China and many of the letters refer to Chinese problems of the following 20 years. His correspondents include, in addition to Dana and Perry, Anson Burlingame, Hamilton Fish, Asa Gray, Frederick Low, William Bradford Reed, and William Henry Seward. The remaining correspondence covers the period 1885 to 1939, encompassing the correspondence of F.W. Williams, Yale professor, and Wayland Wells Williams, writer.

ArchivalResource: 23.83 Linear Feet (36 boxes)

https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/3840 View