Yale University Library

Overview

Repository: Manuscripts and Archives
Sterling Memorial Library
128 Wall Street
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520
Email: mssa.faq@yale.edu
Phone: (203) 432-1735
Fax: (203) 432-7441
Call Number: RU 276
Creator: Yale University. President's Office.
Title: A. Bartlett Giamatti, president of Yale University, records
Dates: 1977-1993
Physical Description: 318.25 linear feet
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Summary: The records consist of correspondence, annual reports, memoranda, subject files, and gifts documenting A. Bartlett Giamatti's tenure as president of Yale.
Note: Forms part of Yale Record Group 2-A (YRG 2-A), Records of the Yale president's office.
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Information about Access

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Cite As

A. Bartlett Giamatti, President of Yale University, Records (RU 276). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.

Biographical History

Angelo Bartlett Giamatti was born on April 4, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Yale College (B.A. 1960) and Yale Graduate School (Ph.D. 1964). After earning his doctorate, Giamatti taught Italian and comparative literature at Princeton University (1964-1966). He went on to teach English and comparative literature at Yale (1966-1977). In 1976 he became the Frederick Clifford Ford Professor of English and Comparative Literature, and in 1977 he accepted the John Hay Whitney Professorship of English and Comparative Literature. In 1978, Giamatti became president of Yale, a position he held until his resignation in 1986.

Description of the Collection

The records consist of correspondence, annual reports, memoranda, subject files, and gifts documenting A. Bartlett Giamatti's tenure as president of Yale.