Records of the Divinity School, Yale University, 1825-1991 (inclusive).

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Records of the Divinity School, Yale University, 1825-1991 (inclusive).

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The records consist of reports, minutes, lists, correspondence, subject files, daybooks, alumni records, student prize materials, and student data documenting the administrative operations of the Yale Divinity School.

40 linear feet.

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Yale College (1718-1887). Theological Dept.

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Yale University.

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Yale university. Divinity school

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For more than a century, theological instruction was conducted by Yale's president or by the Professor of Divinity, a position established by Thomas Clap in 1746. During these years, however, Yale did not have a formally established Divinity School. The college began to feel the lack of a separately established department in the beginning of the nineteenth century as more New England colleges--such as Williams, Middlebury, Union, and Hamilton--began to draw students to their seminar...