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Selected
Bibliography of Printed Catalogs of Collections in the Yale Library
Many of the published catalogs listed below contain information about
books, manuscripts, and other research materials held in the Yale Library
which are not represented in Orbis or any card catalog -- the printed catalog
is the only access. Some of the catalogs listed below, however, contain
information about collections that are partially, or entirely, represented
in Orbis, but provide additional information about the collection.
Printed Catalogs -- Title List
Catalogue of the Library
of the American Oriental Society
Arabic Manuscripts
in the Yale Library
Hebrew and Yiddish
Manuscripts from the Library of Sholem Asch
Catalogue of the
Papers of James Boswell
Cary Collection of
Playing Cards
Dickens and Dickensiana
Elizabethan Club
Max Ernst Library
German Baroque Literature
Medieval and Renaissance
Manuscripts in the Beinecke Library
Alchemy and the Occult:
Books and Manuscripts from the Paul and Mary Mellon Collection
Pequot Library of
Americana
Southeast Asian
Serials
Robert Louis Stevenson
Library
Papers of Ezra Stiles
Henry C. Taylor Collection
(Navigation and Exploration of American)
Tinker Library (English
Literature)
Catalogue of the Library of the American Oriental Society
... edited by Elizabeth Strout (New Haven : Yale University Library, 1930.)
Beinecke, Reference Z7050 A43 (LC)
SML, Bibliography Room, Z7050 A43 (LC)
The catalogue is arranged by subject -- bibliography, biography, periodicals
and transactions of learned societies, history of civilization and culture,
and language and literatures -- within each broad subject by language or
country. The Oriental languages and literatures, the largest portion of
the collection, is further subdivided by language and a more specific grouping
by subject. The collection contains both printed materials and manuscripts
in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Assyro-Babylonian, Sumerian, Sanskrit, Pali,
Prakrit, Chinese, Japanese, and Armenian; all entries have been transliterated.
For additional information about holdings in the AOS collections consult
the card catalog in the American Oriental Society Room (SML 329) and the
manuscript catalog in the Beinecke Library.
Arabic Manuscripts in the Yale University Library
...compiled by Leon Nemoy (New Haven, CT : Connecticut Academy of Arts
and Sciences, 1956.)
Beinecke, Reference Z7052 Y35 (LC)
This checklist of items in the Arabic, Landberg, and Salisbury collections
as well as a few items from the Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts is arranged
by subject, country of origin, and then author within each subject grouping.
In addition, to brief description of author, title, and collation, this
checklist provides references to Carl Brockelmann's Geschicte der arabischen
Litteratur (Weimar and Berlin, 1898-1902).
There are fuller descriptions of the Arabic manuscripts in this checklist
in Orbis in addition to Arabic manuscripts acquired by the Library after
the publication of this checklist. Use the Call Number search arabic
mss or arabic mss suppl to find records in Orbis for Arabic
manuscripts. The Call Number search salisbury mss and the search
landberg mss will retrieve Arabic manuscripts in these two collections.
For more information about Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts, refer to
the card catalogs for Near Eastern Manuscripts located in the Beinecke
Library, which provide author, title, call number, and subject access to
the rest of the Near East collection.
Catalogue of Hebrew and Yiddish Manuscripts and Books from
the Library of Sholem Asch ... compiled by Leon Nemoy (New Haven
: Yale University Library, 1945.)
Beinecke, Reference Z688 H3 Y35 (LC)
Sholem Asch's rich library documents European Jewish life and culture from
the 15th through the early 20th century. In addition to containing important
manuscripts and printed editions of his own works, this collection includes
rare early printed editions of the Bible and other books in Hebrew and Yiddish.
The collection also includes a rich selection of Bibles in manuscript as
well as marriage-contracts, dowry lists, and other miscellaneous texts.
Most of the items in this catalog are held in the Beinecke Library.
In addition to his library, the Beinecke Library holds the Sholem Asch
Papers and two related collections. Refer to the finding aids located in
the Beinecke Library and available through the Beinecke Home Page.
Catalogue of the Papers of James Boswell at the Yale
University by Marion S. Pottle, Claude Colleer Abbott and Frederick
A. Pottle (Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press ; New Haven and London
: Yale University Press, 1993.)
Beinecke, Reference PR3325 A1 1966 6
SML, Manuscripts and Archives Yzz9 B62 6
SML, Stacks, LC Classification PR3325 P76 1993
This three volume work provides a detailed description of the complete papers
of James Boswell. The collection held in the Beinecke Library contains over
10,000 items, thoroughly indexed analytically by name and place. The catalogue
offers a wealth of information not only about Boswell but also about the
society in which he lived and the illustrious people with whom he was acquainted.
The numbers assigned to items in this catalogue are preserved in the
finding aid to the Boswell Collection (GEN MSS 89) which contains additional
materials relating to ten generations of the Boswell family and span the
years 1428 to 1936 with the bulk of the materials dating from the eighteenth
century. The finding aid for the collection is available in the Beinecke
Rare Book and Manuscript Library or through the Finding Aid Database.
A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the
Yale University Library ... William B. Keller (New Haven: Yale University
Library, 1981.) 4 vols.
Beinecke Reference GV1235 K45 (LC)
The Cary Collection contains well over 1,000 complete or partial packs of
standard playing cards, approximately 200 sheets of standard cards, and
about 30 blocks and plates used for the printing of standard cards; the
numbers for non-standard cards equals those for standard cards. The collection
includes cards from most European countries and from elsewhere in the Western
hemisphere and span a 500-year period. The collection includes many unique
examples and rarities as well as a miscellany of ephemeral materials bearing
on the manufacture, advertisement, and use of playing cards.
This four-volume descriptive catalog, which contains almost 2400 entries,
is organized by elements of description, by country of manufacture, and
by standard and non-standard, suit system, and type, etc. described in
the Introduction, pp. xxv-xlvi. The catalog is the only access to
individual items in the Cary Collection which is housed in the Beinecke
Library; there are no cards in any catalog and no records in Orbis for
materials in this collection
Dickens and Dickensiana: a catalogue of the
Richard Gimbel Collection in the Yale University Library ... by John
B. Podeschi (New Haven: Yale University Library, 1980.)
Beinecke, Reference Z8230 Y35 (LC)
This catalog describes the contents of the Gimbel Collection of Dickens
first editions, major and minor editions, translations and adaptations,
collected editions and selections, periodicals, manuscripts, autograph letters
and documents, and a rich collection of Dickensiana including relics, artwork,
prints, music and playbills. Most printed items in this important Dickens
collection are not described in Orbis or any card catalog.
The Elizabethan Club of Yale University and its library
... Stephen Parks (New Haven, CT : Published by the Elizabethan Club by
Yale University Press, 1986.)
Beinecke, Reference Z881 N559 P37 1986 (LC)
CCL, Stacks Z881 N559 P37 1986 (LC)
SML, Manuscripts and Archives Yeg7 E3a 8
British Art, Reference Z881 N559 P37 1986 (LC)
The Elizabethan Club library of Tudor and Stuart literary texts is described
in this catalog. Individual items in this library are also represented in
Orbis -- use the Call Number search eliz. Books in this collection
can be paged at the Beinecke Library and consulted in the Beinecke Reading
Room.
The Max Ernst Library (New Haven : Beinecke Rare
Book and Manuscript Library, 1989.)
Beinecke, Reference Z997 E65 B44 (LC)
This catalog of the Max Ernst Library in the Beinecke Library contains listings
of books illustrated by him, periodicals with contributions by him, books
on his work and catalogues of his exhibitions, books inscribed to him, books
by his wife Dorothea Tanning and by the two of them. Much of the library
is represented on Orbis. Use the Call Number search to browse books in the
library -- ernst -- or use the special tracings search (Advanced
Search—Local Subjects) ernst, max for provenance tracings.
German Baroque Literature: a catalogue of the
collection in the Yale University Library by Curt von Faber du Faur (New
Haven: Yale University Press, 1958) 2 vols.
Beinecke, Reference Z2232 Y35 (LC)
SML, Bibliography Z2232 Y35 (LC)
This catalog describes the literary texts of the German baroque period,
1575 to 1740, limiting the scope to original editions but covering some
philosophical, historical, theological, and philological publications when
they address a general audience or possess "literary merit." The
material is arranged in broad literary-historical categories (for example,
"Religious Poetry," "Dramatists," "Silesian High
Baroque"), with commentary by Curt von Faber du Faur. The catalog is
based on the holdings of the Collection of German Literature in the Beinecke
Library. All holdings are represented in Orbis. Most books in the collection
including additions since 1969, can be browsed with the Call Number search
Zg17.
Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in
the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library ... by Barbara A.
Shailor (Binghampton, New York : Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies,
1984-1992.)
Beinecke Reference Z6621 B4213 1984 (LC)
Art/Architecture Z6621 B4213 1984 (LC)
SML, Bibliography Room Z6621 B4213 1984 (LC)
Divinity, Stack Reference Z6621 B4213 1984 (LC)
Volume I contains descriptive entries for Manuscripts 1-250; Volume II contains
entries for Manuscripts 251-500, and Volume III contains entries for Martson
Manuscripts 1-287. Each entry begins with call number, country of origin,
date or approximate date, followed by contents, physical description, provenance
information, and bibliography. The volumes also contain extensive indices
and plates. Additional volumes are planned for the remaining 400+ Medieval
and Renaissance manuscripts in the General Collection as well as the Medieval
and Renaissance manuscripts in the Osborn Collection.
Full descriptive records for manuscripts in these volumes are available
from the Beinecke Library or through Finding Aid Database.
There are no Orbis records for the manuscripts described in these catalogs.
Alchemy and the Occult: A Catalogue of Books
and Manuscripts from the Collection of Paul and Mary Mellon given to the
Yale University Library ... compiled by Ian Macphail (New Haven: Yale
University Library, 1968.) 4 vols.
Beinecke, Reference Z5524 A35 +Y35 (LC)
British Art, Reference Z5524 A35 +Y35 (LC)
SML, Bibliography Room Z5524 A35 +Y35 (LC)
Medical Historical, Reference Hist Ref 2 ZQD13 Y34
Printed material in this collection can be browsed in Orbis using the Call
Number search mellon alchemical or mellon alchemical [catalog
number] to retrieve a specific item.
Finding Aid Database
provide access to some records for manuscripts described in this catalog.
Other manuscripts are described only in this catalog. For
more information about the collection contact the staff in the Beinecke Rare Book and
Manuscript Library.
Catalogue of the Monroe, Wakeman, and Holman collections
of the Pequot Library Southport, Connecticut deposited in the Yale University
Library (New Haven: Yale University Library, 1960.)
Beinecke, Reference Z1207 P46 (LC)
Compiled in the late nineteenth century, this collection of Americana is
deposited in the Beinecke Library. Printed materials described in alphabetic
order in this catalog are also cataloged in Orbis, with added subject entries.
Manuscripts in the Pequot Collection are only described in this printed
catalog as well as in the Manuscript Catalog in the Beinecke Library.
Checklist of Southeast Asian Serials ...
compiled by Allen R. Maxwell, edited by Lian Tie Kho. (Boston, Mass.,
G.K. Hall, 1968.)
SML, Z3009 Y38 (LC)
This checklist contains all serial titles in the Yale Libraries which
were published in Southeast Asian countries, as well as those published
in other countries concerning Southeast Asia. Titles were selected from
the Yale Serial Catalog, and the cards duplicated and subsequently photographed
for publication. The location, if other than SML, is indicated above the
call number. Holdings are given for titles held in SML and in the Beinecke
Library as of August 1966. Incomplete volumes are listed in square brackets.
Its most valuable feature is that it includes series of monographs that
have not been analyzed. The series are generally listed under the issuing
body and one can page through the statement cards and find titles which
are not individually listed by author/title in the card catalog. An index
by country, subdivided by broad subject has been provided. It also has
an appendix of serial titles awaiting cataloging.
A Stevenson Library: Catalogue of the Collection
of Writings by and about Robert Louis Stevenson formed by Edwin J. Beinecke
.. compiled by George L. McKay (New Haven: Yale University Library, 1951.)
6 vols.
Beinecke, Reference Z8843 Y35 (LC)
Considered the world's foremost Robert Louis Stevenson collection, the
Beinecke collection is described in great detail in this six volume catalog.
There are records for books in this collection in Orbis but other printed
items -- individual issues of journals, printed ephemera, broadsides, etc.
-- are only described in this catalog. No manuscripts are described in
Orbis or any card catalog. Vols. 1-2, Printed books, pamphlets, broadsides,
etc.; vol. 3, Autographed letters by Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife;
vol.4, Letters to and about Robert Louis Stevenson; vol. 5, Manuscripts;
vol. 6 Addenda & corrigenda.
A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Ezra Stiles Papers
at Yale University ... (New Haven: Yale University Library, 1978.)
Beinecke, Reference Z8845.7554 +Y34 (LC)
SML, Manuscripts and Archives Yna29 St5 +978E
SML, Manuscripts and Archives Yb13 St5 +978EThe Papers of Ezra Stiles (1727
- 1795, clergyman and President of Yale) are a "unique resource for
the study of American history in the middle and late eighteenth-century."
Although this guide was published to help readers navigate through the massive
microfilm collection, it provides excellent topical access as well as name
indexes to the manuscript collection itself. There is no other catalog of
the collection.
The Henry C. Taylor Collection compiled by John
S. Kebabian (New Haven: Yale University Library, 1971.)
Beinecke, Reference Z6840 K43 (LC)
SML, Manuscripts and Archives Yna62 Y39 971K
SML, Map Collection Z6840 K43 (LC) The Taylor collection contains books
and manuscripts on the science and technique of navigation as well as books
about the discovery and exploration of the coasts and lands of America.
Spanning the late 13th century to the 18th century, the emphasis of the
collection is on the 16th and 17th centuries.
Most of the titles in this collection can be browsed using the Call Number
search -- Taylor. Other titles are searchable using any of the other
Orbis indexes -- e.g. author, title, subject, keyword. The Taylor number
is recorded in the Local Notes field for folio items but is not searchable
through any index. Records for the manuscripts in the Taylor Collection
will be found in the pre-1600 file of the Finding Aid Database
or contact staff in the Beinecke Rare Book and
Manuscript Library.
The Tinker Library: A Bibliographical Catalogue
of the Books and Manuscripts collected by Chauncey Brewster Tinker ...
compiled by Robert F. Metzdorf (New Haven: The Yale University Library,
1959.)
Beinecke, Reference Z881 Y175 1959 (LC)
SML, Bibliography Room Z881 Y175 1959 (LC)
Many but not all of the printed items in this catalog can be browsed
in Orbis by using the Call Number search tinker or a keyword search
on “tinker [Tinker catalog number]” for a known item. Other titles
from the Tinker Collection but not cataloged as part of the collection
are available by searching any of the other Orbis indexes -- author, title,
subject and keyword. Most of the manuscripts from the collection are described
only in this printed catalog and can be requested using the Tinker catalog
number. Many are also described in the Finding Aid Database.
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