Lewis Sheldon Welch papers, 1870-1934 (inclusive), 1901-1929 (bulk).

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Lewis Sheldon Welch papers, 1870-1934 (inclusive), 1901-1929 (bulk).

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The papers include correspondence, business records, printed matter, and photographs which document Lewis Sheldon Welch's business, civic, and Yale activities. Nearly half the papers concern Welch's investments in the Saddle Mountain Mining Company of Arizona. The papers also highlight Welch's role as an active Yale alumnus and his interests in New Haven civic affairs, civilian efforts to aid the military during World War I, and repeal of the Prohibition amendment.

9 linear ft. (23 boxes)

Yale University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8023181

Yale University Library

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Welch, Lewis Sheldon, 1867-

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Welch, Archibald Ashley, 1859-1935

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Saddle Mountain Mining Co.

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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...

Bushnell, Winthrop.

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Yale University.

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Ladd, Story B. (Story Butler), 1851-1933

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Welch, Henry Kirke White.

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Norris, Osborn.

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Association Against the Prohibition Amendment

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Anti-prohibition organization. From the description of Association Against the Prohibition Amendment records, 1917-1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979970 The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment (AAPA) was founded in 1919 by William H. Stayton who was disturbed by the increasing role that the government was playing in enforcing Prohibition. By the mid 1920s a bipartisan group of businessmen which included Pierre S. du Pont, Irenee du Pont, John R...

Hotchkiss, Stuart H.

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Goodwin, Burnett.

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Taylor, Z. Emery.

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Delano, William W.

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Grace Hospital (New Haven, Conn.)

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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...

Chittenden, George B.

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George Benjamin Chittenden was born in Conn. in Dec. 1849. A graduate of Yale University, he worked as a topographer for the U. S. Geological and Geographic Survey of the Territories conducted by Ferdinand V. Hayden in Colo. and Wyo. (1873-1877). Known as the Hayden Survey, the surveys helped define the Western U. S. during expansion after the American Civil War. Chittenden died in 1939. From the description of George B. Chittenden papers, 1873-1877 [manuscript]. (Denver Public Libra...

Yale University. Class of 1884

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