Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives
Yale University holds the manuscripts and papers of some prominent scholars
in the humanities who have formerly worked for the institution, as well as
material acquired from outside sources, which may be of interest to researchers
in comparative literature. These manuscripts and archives are located at Yale
University in either the Beinecke
Rare Book Library or in Manuscripts
and Archives in Sterling Memorial Library.
You may also want to visit the site of the Yale
University Library EAD (Encoded Archival Description) Finding Aids Project.
The following collections are located in Sterling's Manuscripts
and Archives, just inside the Wall Street Entrance to SML. Some finding aids
for these documents are unpublished, but are available there for reference.
Click on the collection title to access the online catalog file. These links
are available through Orbis.
- Charles
Frederick Tucker Brooke Papers: Charles Frederick Tucker Brooke
taught in Yale University's English Department from 1909-1946. He published
works on English literature and drama, including studies of Marlowe, Shakespeare,
and Gager. The papers consist of writings, note-cards, printed material,
and correspondence with Joseph Quincy Adams, John Bakeless, and John LeGay
Brereton, among others.
- Clarence
Whittlesey Mendell Papers: Clarence W. Mendell was professor of Latin
and Greek from 1911-1952 at Yale University, and was professor emeritus
from 1952-1963. The papers include: Translations and notes of Latin
and Greek classics; essays on classical authors; and a few pieces of correspondence
and poetry.
- Franco-American
Review Papers: The Franco-American Review was a quarterly devoted to
history, literature, and criticism. It was first published in June of 1936
in New Haven, Connecticut, jointly edited by American and French scholars
and critics.
- Gustav Gruener Papers: Gustav Gruener served as chairman of the Department
of Germanic Languages, 1920-1928. The papers consist of correspondence,
professional papers, writings, notes taken as a student in Germany, and
teaching materials. There are numerous letters besides from European scholars,
including Ernst Mayer, Friedrich von der Leyen, Max Friedländer and
Hanns Oertel, among others. Also included is his correspondence with Yale
scholars Arthur T. Hadley, Anson P. Stokes, Wilbur L. Cross, William Walker,
Russell Chittenden, Henry S. Graves, James R. Angell and Charles Seymour.
- Leonard Bloomfield Papers: Leonard Bloomfield was a professor of linguistics
at Yale University from 1940 to 1949. His papers include correspondence,
writings, and notebooks related to his professional interests. The largest
part of the collection consists of a sequence of forty- four notebooks,
each devoted to a language or a linguistic problem. Three unpublished articles
by Bloomfield are also included.
Other
Literature Collections at Manuscripts & Archives
The following collections are housed in the Beinecke
Rare Book and Manuscript Library. You may click on the title to access
the relevant entry in Orbis:
- Cleanth Brooks Papers: Cleanth Brooks was one of the founders of New Criticism,
editor of The Southern Review, professor at Louisiana State University
and Yale University, Faulkner scholar, educator,and lecturer. His
papers contain correspondence, manuscripts of books, textbooks, essays,
lectures, and various other shorter works, classroom material, professional
papers, writings of others, and personal papers.
- Notes and proofs for Les Deux Masques and Other Writings: A major part of
the material is the manuscript notes for Les Deux Masques, a collection
of critical essays on the theater (tragedy and comedy), including discussions
of Aeschylus, Shakespeare, Euripides, Aristophanes and Racine, written by
Paul de Saint-Victor. Also in this volume are notes concerning painting
(Dürer, Michaelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci) and history.
Other
Manuscripts Collections at Beinecke
Selected Manuscripts
and Archives on Film or Fiche
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