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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| Finding Aid Link: | To cite or bookmark this finding aid, use the following address: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ru.0276 |
| Catalog Record: | A record for this collection, including location information, may be available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog. |
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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.