George Dudley Seymour papers 1684-1944

Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933

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American essayist. From the description of Essay, 1915 May 25, London, on Stilton cheese. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 166330051 Writer on subjects of moral philosophy, ancient Greek literature, and events of historical and social significance. From the description of Letters, 1922-1934, bulk 1927-1928, to Henry Chester Tracy. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 12486594 John Jay Chapman was an American essayist, poet, playwright,...

Edwards, Jonathan, 1745-1801

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Jonathan Edwards, Jr. (1745-1801), Congregational minister and theologian, was pastor of the White Haven Church in New Haven, Connecticut from 1769 to 1795; pastor at Colebrook, Connecticut from 1796 to 1799; and president of Union College, Schenectady from 1799 until his death in August of 1801. From the description of Letter : New Haven, to an unidentified recipient, 1797 Dec 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702179680 ...

Flint, Joseph Marshall, 1872-1944.

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In 1872, Joseph Marshall Flint was born in Chicago. Receiving his B.S. from the University of Chicago in 1895, Flint went on to Johns Hopkins University, where he received an M.D. in 1900. Between 1901 and 1907, he was professor of anatomy at the University of California. In 1903, while in California, Flint married Anne Apperson. In 1907, he became the first full-time professor of surgery at Yale Medical School. While in New Haven, he served as chief surgeon at the New Haven Hospital and New Hav...

Hale, Nathan, 1755-1776

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Nathan Hale (b. June 6, 1755, Coventry, CT-d. September 22, 1776, New York City, NY) was born and raised in Coventry, Connecticut, and served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. In 1776 he landed at the town of Huntington in Long Island, New York on an intelligence-gathering mission that ultimately resulted in his capture and execution by the British Army....

Weir, John F. (John Ferguson), 1841-1926

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Seymour, Thomas, 1668 or 9-1740.

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Hadley, Arthur Twining, 1856-1930

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President of Yale University. From the description of Letter to William C. Welling, 1917 September 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50997891 James Hadley: philologist; B.A., Yale, 1842; spent two years at the Yale Divinity School, 1844-1845; appointed tutor in Yale College in 1845, promoted to asst. prof. of Greek in 1848, in 1851 succeeded Theodore Dwight Woolsey, holding the chair of Greek until retirement. Arthur Twining Hadley wa...

Seymour, George Dudley, 1859-1945

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George Dudley Seymour was born on October 6, 1859 in Bristol, Connecticut. He died on June 21, 1945 in New Haven, Connecticut. Seymour was a practicing patent attorney, antiquarian, historian, author, and city planner. Seymour wrote and published several articles and books. His primary areas of focus were the history of the Seymour family, the life of the patriot Nathan Hale, New Haven city planning, and many individuals and topics of interest in Connecticut history. His major works include: The...

Bartlett, Paul Wayland, 1865-1925

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Sculptor. From the description of Papers of Paul Wayland Bartlett, 1881-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131109 American expatriate sculptor. From the guide to the Paul Bartlett letter to John Shaw Billings (Director of NYPL), 1905, (The New York Public Library. New York Public Library Archives.) Sculptor and portraitist; Paris, France and Washington, D.C. Bartlett was born in Connecticut and raised in France where he enter...

Ingraham, Edward, 1887-

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Wilder, Amos Parker, 1862- .

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Hoadley, David.

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Lawrie, Lee, 1877-1963

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Sculptor. Full name: Lee Oskar Lawrie. From the description of Lee Lawrie papers, 1908-1990 (bulk 1920-1963). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980144 German-born American sculptor specializing in architectural sculpture. Among his many works are the State Capitol in Lincoln, Nebraska, The Atlas at Rockefeller Center, New York and Harkness Memorial Tower at Yale. From the description of Lee Lawrie letters to Will Owen Jones [manuscript], 1925 Mar, May, and July. (...

Churchill, Charles, 1790-1845.

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Angell, James Rowland, 1869-1949

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Professor at the University of Chicago, later President of Yale University. From the description of James Rowland Angell letters, 1880-1945. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418550 Born May 8, 1869, Burlington, Vermont; psychologist, educator; B.A., University of Michigan, 1890, M.A. 1891; M.A., Harvard, 1892; taught at the University of Chicago and was acting president, 1918-1919; president of the Carnegie Corporation, 1920-1921; president of Yale University,...

Caner, Henry, 1700-1792

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Abbott, Wilbur Cortez, 1869-1947

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Epithet: historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x0003e0 Abbott taught history at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Wilbur Cortez Abbott, 1908-1946 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972970 ...

Seymour, Truman, 1824-1891

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Painter and watercolorist; Massachusetts. From the description of Truman Seymour papers, 1844-1974 (bulk 1844-1890). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502778 Truman Seymour: instructor in drawing at West Point, brevent Major General in Civil War, amateur artist. From the description of Truman Seymour papers, 1859-1885 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702169274 From the guide to the Truman Seymour papers, 1859-1885, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Churchill family.

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Seymour, Thomas, 1705-1767.

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Fisher, Samuel H. (Samuel Herbert), 1867-1957

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Col. Samuel H. Fisher was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1867, graduating from Yale University in 1889 and Yale Law School, 1892. He practiced law in Washington, D.C., and New Haven, Conn. In 1916 he became the personal counsel for Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness and her son Edward S. Harkness, a position he held until Fisher retired in 1931. He was a member of the Yale Corporation from 1910-1925 and a member of boards of corporate and charitable institutions. After he retired, he helped organize the Con...

Yale University.

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Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

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First director, United States Forest Service (1905). He changed the name of protected "forest preserves" to "national forests" and advocated a controversial "wise use" policy for the resources of the national forests, whereby a greater use of forest resources, such as tree harvests and grazing rights could be permitted. From the description of Correspondence, 1905-1945. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 40804560 Forester and governor of Pennsylvania. F...

Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930

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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was an American politician who served as U.S. President (1908-1912) and Chief Justitce of the Supreme Court (1921-1930). 1857 Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 15th 1878 Graduated from Yale University 1880 Graduated from Cincinnati Law School ...

Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943

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William Lyon Phelps was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 2, 1865. He received a B.A. degree from Yale in 1887, an A.M. degree from Harvard in 1891, and a Ph.D. from Yale in 1891. Phelps taught English at Yale from 1892 until 1933 and was a popularizer of literature through his public lectures, radio addresses, and syndicated newspaper columns. He died in New Haven on August 21, 1943. From the description of William Lyon Phelps papers, 1826-1944 (inclusive), 1887-1943 (bulk)...

Jacobus, Donald Lines, 1887-1970

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Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934

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Cass Gilbert was born on November 24, 1859, in Zanesville, Ohio, the son of General and Mrs. Samuel Augustus Gilbert. He received his education at MacAlester College, St. Paul, Minnesota and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge after working in a St. Paul architect's office. Following graduation, he traveled throughout Europe and upon his return, entered the office of McKim, Mead, and White, Architects in New York City. A year later, in 1882, he established his own off...

Strickland, Emily M.

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Allen, Frederic Winthrop.

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Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957

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Landscape architect. From the description of Frederick Law Olmsted reports, 1916 and 1922. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418918 Historical Note Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), known as the "father of American landscape architecture," designed and planned parks and park systems throughout the United States. His earliest designs, completed with partner Calvert Vaux, include New York's Central Park, Broo...

Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935

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William Fowler Hopson (1849-1935): artist and engraver; in 1870 moved to New York City to work as book engraver; in 1872 moved to New Haven, Ct., in partnership with Roger Sherman as professional engravers; engraver of many bookplates. From the description of William Fowler Hopson papers, 1865-1941 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166107 From the guide to the William Fowler Hopson papers, 1865-1941, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Rogers, James Gamble, 1867-1947

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James Gamble Rogers was born on March 3, 1867, in Bryants Station, Kentucky. He received a B.A. degree from Yale University in 1889 and a Diplôme d'Architecte from the École Nationale et Spéciale des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1899. He began his architectural practice in New York City in 1905 and was responsible for numerous residences and government, church, hospital, and school buildings. Rogers died on October 1, 1947. From the guide to the James Gamble Rogers papers, circa 1890s-198...

Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823

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Congregational clergyman; botanist; one of the founders of the Ohio Co. which colonized the Ohio River Valley; member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. From the description of Manasseh Cutler letter to Benjamin Lincoln [manuscript], 1783 May 18. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 191118377 Cutler (Yale University, B.A. 1765 and Harvard, A.M.1770) was appointed minister of Ipswich Hamlet in 1771. He published a botanical paper in the first volume of the...

Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955

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Museum director, architect. Educated at Harvard (M.Arch. 1912) and University of Michigan (Ph.D. 1915). Founder and director of the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University (1923-1925). Director of Philadelphia Museum of Art (1925-1955). From the description of Papers of Sidney Fiske Kimball, 1918-1952 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 269301918 Sydney Fiske Kimball, b. Newton, Mass. Architect, architectural historian, professor of architecture and ...

Town, Ithiel, 1784-1844

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Ithiel Town was an architect and bridge builder. He studied with Asher Benjamin in Boston and was a partner with Alexander J. Davis for a few years. Town was a leader in the Greek and Gothic Revival styles in American architecture. But it was his profits from bridge building that enabled him to amass the largest library of art, architecture, and engineering books and prints in the United States. He began to sell off his library before his death in 1844. From the description of Auctio...

Van DeVanter, Willis, 1930-

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Ingraham, Dudley.

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Jennings, Annie Burr, 1855-1939

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Annie Burr Jennings (1855-1939) was the aunt of Annie Burr Lewis, the wife of Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis (1895-1979). From the description of Cookbook, 1875. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702183288 ...

Graves, Henry Solon, 1871-1951

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Henry Solon Graves was born on May 3, 1871 in Marietta, Ohio. He was a forester and organized the School of Forestry at Yale University. Graves died in Brattleboro, Vermont on March 7, 1951. Graves attended Yale University (B.A. 1892, M.A. 1900), Harvard University, and the University of Munich, Germany. From 1900-1910, he was director of the Yale Forestry School. Graves was chief forester of the U.S. Department of Agriculture from 1910-1920. In 1923 he returned to Yale University, where he was ...

Welch, Lewis Sheldon, 1867-1940.

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Lewis Sheldon Welch was born on July 9, 1867 in Hartford, Connecticut, and graduated from Yale College in 1889. In 1895 he founded the Yale Alumni Weekly and edited the magazine until 1906. He began working for Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. in 1909 and in 1928 became president of Lewis S. Welch, Inc. He was active in New Haven civic and Yale affairs and was the co-author of Yale, Her Campus, Classrooms, and Athletics. Welch died in New Haven, Connecticut on March 29, 1940. From t...

Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885

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Charles Babbage was a mathematician and inventor. From the guide to the Charles Babbage selected correspondence, 1827-1871, 1827-1871, (American Philosophical Society) Chemist; professor at Yale, from 1853. Son of Benjamin Silliman, also a chemist, geologist, and Yale professor, 1802-1852. From the description of Correspondence, 1875-1884. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31440798 This is Benjamin Silliman, Jr., a chemist and professor at Yal...

Cromie, George A.

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Appelton, William Sumner, 1840-1903.

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Gibbs, William, 1785-

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Isham, Norman Morrison, 1864-1943

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Architect; A.B., Brown, 1886, A.M. 1890; in practice as an architect, 1892-1943; instructor in architecture, Brown, 1894-1898; head of architectural dept., R.I. School of Design, 1912-1920 and 1923-1933, lecturer in architectural history, 1920-1923 and 1933-1943; consultant on colonial rooms Am. Wing, Met. Museum, 1923-1924; consulting architect on Delaware State House, 1930-1933. From the description of Norman Morrison Isham papers, 1848-1937 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record ...

Seymour, Thomas H. (Thomas Hart), 1807-1868

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Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876-1963

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Epithet: of Yale University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x00011e A full biographical statement is provided in the register for the Chauncey Brewster Tinker Papers (GEN MSS 354) . From the guide to the Chauncey Brewster Tinker letters and manuscripts, 1900-1963, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) Chauncey Brewster Tinker, teacher, scholar and collector. Tinker was a membe...

Welles family.

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Seymour, Thomas, 1735-1829.

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La Farge, Louis Bancel, 1900-

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Meeks, Everett.

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Burnham, William, 1684-1750

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Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942

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Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) was a painter and art instructor from Philadelphia, Pa. Studied in Europe and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where she later taught. From the description of Cecilia Beaux papers, 1863-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81491295 Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) was a painter and art instructor from Philadelphia, Pa. Born in Philadelphia in May 1855; died in Sept. 1942. Beaux st...

Shipman, Arthur Leffingwell, 1864-

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Talcott, Mary Kingsbury, 1847-1917

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Austin, David, 1759-1831

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American Congregational clergyman and writer on the millenium. From the description of Letter to Jedidiah Morse, 1792 March 10. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53794736 ...

Seymour family

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Peck, Miles Lewis.

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Welles, Edwin Stanley

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Farnam, Henry W. (Henry Walcott), 1853-1933

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Trumbull, Benjamin, 1735-1820

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American Congregational divine and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : North Haven, to Rev. Mr. Patten, 1811 Jun. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573313 Benjamin Trumbull was born on December 19, 1735, in Hebron, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1759 and began work as pastor for the Congregational Church of North Haven, Connecticut, in 1760. He served there for sixty years, interrupted only by service as a chaplain during the Revol...

Shepard, James, 1838-1926

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A patent lawyer and his wife of New Britain, Connecticut. From the description of James and Celia Shepard papers, 1880-1896, 1918. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 63181653 ...

Burnap, Daniel, 1759-1838

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Daniel Burnap was a clock maker working in East Windsor, Conn. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1780. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668259554 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1795-1800. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668259544 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1785-1795. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668259526 From the description of Tall case brass dial c...

Churchill, Mary.

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Churchill, Charles, 1723-1802.

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Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958

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Anson Phelps Stokes was born on April 13, 1874, in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. He received degrees from Yale University (B.A., 1896) and the Episcopal Theological School (B.D., 1900). He served as Secretary of Yale University (1899-1921) and was active on several University committees and organizations. Phelps also served as Canon of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, Washington, D.C. (1924-1939) and was active on a variety of educational commissions and as a trustee of the Phel...

Huntington, Thomas, -1833

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Bingham, Hiram, 1875-1956

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American explorer, politician, and author. From the description of Letter : to [Edmund Clarence] Stedman, 1901 Dec. 27. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 86157600 Hiram Bingham was a scholar, author, explorer, and politician, best remembered for discovering Machu Picchu. Born Hiram Bingham III to missionary parents in Hawaii, he gradually distanced himself from the missionary lifestyle and entered Yale with th...

Earle, Ralph, 1751-1801.

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Lohmann, Carl A. (Carl Albert), 1887-

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Seymour, Charles, 1885-1963

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Charles Seymour was an author and educator. He served as a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Seymour was president of Yale University from 1937-1950. He was the author of Intimate Papers of Colonel House, 1926-1928. From the description of Charles Seymour papers, 1912-1963 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702206354 Charles Seymour was an author and educator. He served as a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Seymour was presi...

Hale family.

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