Beinecke family papers 1786-[1980]

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Beinecke family papers 1786-[1980]

The Beinecke Family Papers consist of twenty-one albums containing manuscript and printed materials, photographs, and original documents detailing the history of Edwin J. Beinecke and his family, the Weigle and Mauer families, the Sperry and Hutchinson Company, and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Materials contained within the albums date from the eighteenth century to 1980. These volumes were compiled by Fred L. Mayer between 1972 and 1980. Also included are eight volumes of letters and cards of condolence on the occasion of Edwin J. Beinecke's death in 1970. One box of miscellaneous print, typescript, and manuscript materials is also included.

30 boxes; 43.71 linear feet

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Mauer family.

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Weigle family.

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Mayer, Fred L.,

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Beinecke family.

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Beinecke, Edwin J. (Edwin John), 1886-1970

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Glass collector. From the description of Edwin J. Beinecke papers, 1880(ca.)-1930(ca.). (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155427521 Edwin John Beinecke, the oldest of three brothers, graduated from Phillips Academy and entered Yale College. After two years, he left Yale. Edwin and his brothers, Frederick and Walter Beinecke, also Yale alumni, founded the Sperry and Hutchinson Company. For more than fifty years he served as a director, president, chai...

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, in New Haven, Connecticut, is Yale University’s principal repository of literary archives, early manuscripts, and rare books. Designed by Gordon Bunshaft of the architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the Beinecke Library opened in October 1963. It was the gift of three Yale alumni—Edwin J. Beinecke, 1907; Frederick W. Beinecke, 1909S; Walter Beinecke, 1910—and their families, who intended it as “a symbol of the loyalty and devotion of three bro...

Mauer family.

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Beinecke family.

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Mayer, Fred L., compiler.

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Sperry and Hutchinson Company

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Weigle family.

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