Overview
| Repository: |
Manuscripts and Archives
Yale University Library P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 Email: mssa.reference@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-1735 Fax: 203-432-7441 |
| Call Number: | RU 581 |
| Creator: | Yale University. President's Office. |
| Title: | Hanna Holborn Gray, president of Yale University, records |
| Dates: | 1977-1978 |
| Physical Description: | 24.5 linear feet (59 boxes) |
| Language(s): | The materials are in English. |
| Summary: | The records consist of correspondence, subject files, planning memoranda, annual reports, and working papers documenting Hanna Holborn Gray’s tenure as acting president of Yale University. |
| 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.0581 |
| 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 restricted. See Collection Contents for details.
Ownership & Copyright
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Cite As
Hanna Holborn Gray, President of Yale University, Records (RU 581). 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.
Biography
Hanna Holborn Gray was born in Heidelberg, Germany on October 25, 1930. She received a B.A. from Bryn Mawr in 1950 and a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1957. Mrs. Gray taught at Harvard from 1955-1960 and the University of Chicago from 1961-1972. She was dean of Northwestern University from 1972-1974 and provost of Yale University from 1974-1978. From 1977-1978 Mrs. Gray was acting president of Yale. In 1978 she became president of the University of Chicago.
Description of the Papers
The records consist of correspondence, subject files, planning memoranda, annual reports, and working papers documenting Hanna Holborn Gray’s tenure as acting president of Yale University.
Arrangement
The records are arranged alphabetically by subject.