Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yale University, records 1862-1994

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Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yale University, records 1862-1994

The records consist of subject files, registers, annual reports, account books, scrapbooks, and letterpress books documenting the operations and activities of the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

25.25 linear feet

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The Yale Graduate School is one of the twelve schools comprising Yale University, and is the only one which awards the Ph.D. The Graduate School (called the Department of Philosophy and the Arts until 1892) was established in 1847 by an act of the Yale Corporation. In 1861, the Graduate School awarded the first Ph.D. degrees. For nine years following, Yale remained the only American university to award the Ph.D. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences was formally established in 1892 with the a...