Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, class records 1908-1974

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Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, class records 1908-1974

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ru.1084

The materials consist of correspondence, photographs and printed ephemera documenting the Sheffield Scientific School Classes of 1912 and 1904.

0.04 linear feet (2 folders)

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6352668

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...