Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817
2. Dwight, Theodore, 1764-1846
3. Dwight, Theodore, 1796-1866
4. Dwight, Sereno Edwards, 1786-1850

Description

1. .7 linear foot (2 boxes).

Summary

1. Collection consists of letters, 1795-1815, and notebook of Timothy Dwight; letters, 1789-1843, poems, and miscellaneous documents of Theodore Dwight; correspondence, 1815-1866, diary (published in 1824 under the title "A Journal of a Tour in Italy, In the Year 1821") of a tour through Italy and Europe, poems, and notes of Theodore Dwight, Jr.; letters, 1821-1828, of Sereno Edwards Dwight; letters, 1836-1853, to various members of the Dwight family; and letters, 1828-1852, poems, and other papers of the Alsop family.

Subject

1. Alsop family.
2. Dwight family.
3. Yale College (1718-1887) -- Administration.
4. Congregationalists -- Connecticut.
5. Families -- Connecticut.
6. Europe -- Description and travel.
7. Italy -- Description and travel.
8. Connecticut -- Social life and customs.
9. Connecticut -- Religion -- 18th century.

Genre/Form

1. Diaries.

Call number

1. MssCol 874

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;
2. Microfilm must be used in lieu of originals.

Additional formats (note)

1. available on microfilm;

Source (note)

1. Ford family (formerly part of NYPL's Ford Collection)

Biography (note)

1. Among the notable members of the Dwight family of Connecticut were: Timothy Dwight (1752-1817), a Congregational minister and president of Yale College; Theodore Dwight (1764-1846), a lawyer, editor and author; Theodore Dwight, Jr. (1796-1866), author and educator; and Sereno Edwards Dwight (1786-1850), educator and Congregational minister.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Cataloging updated

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Additional formats

1. Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library *ZL-356

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Authors.
2. Clergy.
3. Educators.
4. Journalists.
5. Lawyers.

Added author

1. Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817.
2. Dwight, Theodore, 1764-1846.
3. Dwight, Theodore, 1796-1866.
4. Dwight, Sereno Edwards, 1786-1850.

LCCN

1. ms 69000821