Overview
| Repository: |
Manuscripts and Archives
Sterling Memorial Library 128 Wall Street P.O. BOX 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 Email: mssa.reference@yale.edu Phone: (203) 432-1735 Fax: (203) 432-7441 |
| Call Number: | RU 22 |
| Creator: | Yale University. President's Office. |
| Title: | Alfred Whitney Griswold, president of Yale University, records |
| Dates: | 1950-1963 |
| Physical Description: | 125 linear feet (300 boxes) |
| Language(s): | The materials are in English. |
| Summary: | The records consist of correspondence, subject files, reports, planning memoranda, and miscellaneous biographical material documenting A. Whitney Griswold"s activities as president of Yale University. Included are materials concerning alumni relations; academic freedom and Communism; funds, gifts, trusts, and other development activities; Yale committees; athletics and the Ivy League; admissions; Yale commencements; relations with the city of New Haven; the Association of American Universities; the publication of William F. Buckley, Jr.'s book, God and Man at Yale; the Masters of Arts in Teaching program; and the National Defense Education Act. Also included are a set of Griswold"s addresses, articles, and other writings; and some personal materials. |
| 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.0022 |
| Catalog Record: | A record for this collection may be available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog. |
Administrative Information
Information about Access
Access to the records is partially restricted. See Collection Contents for details.
Cite As
Alfred Whitney Griswold, President of Yale University, Records (RU 22). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
Processing Notes
Yale University records are arranged and described at the accession level by the creating office. The University Archives creates collection level descriptive records, but typically does no further arrangement and description at the accession level.
HISTORICAL NOTE
Alfred Whitney Griswold was born on October 27, 1906 in Morristown, New Jersey. He received a B.A. from Yale in 1929 and a Ph.D. in 1933. Griswold taught English and was a professor of history, as well as government and international relations, at Yale. He served as Director of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs Training Program in Foreign Area and Language Studies, and as Director of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs Training School at Yale (1942). In 1950 Griswold became president of Yale. He instituted progressive academic and physical changes and introduced discussion on coeducation at Yale. A. Whitney Griswold died in New Haven, Connecticut on April 19, 1963.
Description of the Papers
The records consist of correspondence, subject files, reports, planning memoranda, and miscellaneous biographical material documenting A. Whitney Griswold"s activities as president of Yale University. Included are materials concerning alumni relations; academic freedom and Communism; funds, gifts, trusts, and other development activities; Yale committees; athletics and the Ivy League; admissions; Yale commencements; relations with the city of New Haven; the Association of American Universities; the publication of William F. Buckley, Jr.'s book, God and Man at Yale; the Masters of Arts in Teaching program; and the National Defense Education Act. Also included are a set of Griswold's addresses, articles, and other writings; and some personal materials.
Arrangement
The records are arranged as follows: I. Subject/Correspondence Files. II. Writings. III. Miscellany; subsequent accessions.