Farnam family.

Dates:
Active 1721
Active 2002

Biographical notes:

The Farnam family first settled in Connecticut in the person of Henry Farnam (1803-1883). Farnam engaged in the engineering and building of canals and railroads in Connecticut, and supervised the construction of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad and the Missouri and Mississippi Valley Railroad in the Midwest. His eldest son, Henry Walcott Farnam (1853-1933) was educated at Yale University (A.B., 1874; A.M., 1875) and in Germany. He taught political economy and economics at Yale, served on many national boards and commissions, authored numerous articles and books, chaired the Yale Review (1892-1911), and was an active national reformer in the areas of civil service, prohibition, and tobacco use. He also supported many educational institutions, Indian missionaries, and charitable organizations in the United States. William Whitman Farnam (1844-1929), also a son of Henry Farnam, studied at Yale (B.A., 1866), in Germany, and received his law degree from Columbia in 1871. He served as trustee (1885-1891) and treasurer (1888-1899) of Yale University, and as a member of the New Haven Commission of Public Parks (1880-1914).

From the description of Farnam family papers, 1721-2002 (inclusive), 1850-1937 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702153470

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Subjects:

  • Alcohol
  • Business
  • Charities
  • Civil service
  • Economics
  • Families
  • Hospitals
  • Indians of North America
  • Prohibition
  • Public welfare
  • Railroads
  • Social sciences
  • Tobacco
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Working class

Occupations:

  • Authors
  • Businessmen
  • Capitalists and financiers
  • Educators
  • Political scientists

Places:

  • Connecticut--New Haven (as recorded)
  • Germany (as recorded)
  • Middle West (as recorded)
  • Europe (as recorded)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (as recorded)
  • Connecticut (as recorded)
  • New Haven (Conn.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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