Horace Dwight Taft papers 1888-1983

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Horace Dwight Taft papers 1888-1983

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The papers consist of correspondence, topical files, and physics files which document Taft's career as a professor and researcher in physics and as an administrator at Yale University. While the majority of records created during Taft's tenure as master of Davenport College and dean of Yale College are within the University Archives, Taft maintained some correspondence from these offices within his personal papers. His personal files contain correspondence with his parents and other family members, diaries, and student notebooks and papers. As a member of the board of the Taft School, Taft maintained files of correspondence, board meeting minutes, reports, and printed material from 1953-1983.

34.5 linear feet (85 boxes)

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Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Yale University. Dept. of Physics.

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Yale University. Faculty.

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Taft School

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Taft, Robert, 1917-

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Yale University. Officials and employees.

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Taft, Horace Dwight, 1925-1983.

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Horace Dwight Taft was born in 1925, the son of Senator Robert A. and Martha Bowers Taft, and grandson of President William Howard Taft. He attended the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, which was founded by a grand-uncle, Horace Dutton Taft. He received a B.A. degree (1950) from Yale University and a Master's degree (1953) and a Ph.D. (1955) from the University of Chicago. Taft joined the Yale faculty in 1956 as an instructor in physics, and was appointed a professor in 1964. He was master...