Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, student records circa 1906-1965

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Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, student records circa 1906-1965

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ru.0709

The records consist of student files and dean's files documenting academic performance of students in the Yale Sheffield Scientific School.

238 linear feet

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6352358

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Yale university. Sheffield scientific school

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In 1847, Yale established the Department of Philosophy and Arts, which offered courses in philosophy, the arts, and the sciences. As the scientific fields gained in strength, the School of Applied Chemistry and the School of Engineering were developed. These schools were combined in 1854 to form the Yale Scientific School. In 1858 Joseph Earl Sheffield purchased the old Medical Institution and presented it to Yale, along with scientific apparatus and an endowment. The new school, dedicated as th...