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Guide to the Howard Roberts Lamar PapersWA MSS S-2639

by Susan Brady

June 2010

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Howard Roberts Lamar papersWA MSS S-2639

Table of Contents

Collection Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 3Requesting Instructions ................................................................................................................................................. 3Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................................ 3

Immediate Source of Acquisition ................................................................................................................................ 3Conditions Governing Access ..................................................................................................................................... 4Conditions Governing Use ......................................................................................................................................... 4Preferred Citation ....................................................................................................................................................... 4Processing Information .............................................................................................................................................. 4

Howard Roberts Lamar, 1923- ..................................................................................................................................... 5Scope and Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 5Arrangement .................................................................................................................................................................. 5Collection Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 6

February 1957 acquisition, 1956 .............................................................................................................................. 6June 1994 acquisition, 1942-1993 ........................................................................................................................... 7

Writings, 1946-1991 ............................................................................................................................................ 7Lecture notes, 1945-1980 ..................................................................................................................................... 9Topical Files, 1960-1993 .................................................................................................................................... 10Personal Files, 1942-1991 .................................................................................................................................. 10Printed Material ................................................................................................................................................... 11Restricted Material ............................................................................................................................................... 11

July 2002 acquisition, 1969-1979 .......................................................................................................................... 12August 2010 acquisition, 1942-2000 ..................................................................................................................... 17

Writings, 1950-1995 .......................................................................................................................................... 17Lecture Notes, 1949-1995 .................................................................................................................................. 18Personal Files, 1942-1994 .................................................................................................................................. 19Research Files, 1956-1990 .................................................................................................................................. 19Westering Files, 1976 ........................................................................................................................................... 19Oversize Material, 1949, 1959 ............................................................................................................................ 20Restricted Material, circa 1952-2000 .................................................................................................................. 20Computer Media .................................................................................................................................................. 21

Selected Search Terms ................................................................................................................................................. 22


Collection Overview

REPOSITORY: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript LibraryP. O. Box 208330New Haven, CT [email protected]://beinecke.library.yale.edu/

CALL NUMBER: WA MSS S-2639

CREATOR: Lamar, Howard Roberts, 1923-

TITLE: Howard Roberts Lamar papers

DATES: 1942–2011

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 49.46 linear feet (56 boxes) + 2 broadside folders, 68 film reels

LANGUAGE: English

SUMMARY: The Howard Roberts Lamar papers document the research, writing, teaching,and administrative activities of Yale history professor Howard Lamar fromthe 1940s through 2000. Included in the papers are manuscript drafts ofbooks, articles, speeches, and book reviews; lecture notes for the historycourses he taught at Yale and other universities; topical and personal files;and correspondence. Project proposals, scripts, research material, productionfiles, photographs, and films document the "Westering" film project whichLamar co-developed in the 1970s.

ONLINE FINDING AID: To cite or bookmark this finding aid, please use the following link: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.lamarh

Requesting InstructionsTo request items from this collection for use in the Beinecke Library reading room, please use the requestlinks in the HTML version of this finding aid, available at http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.lamarh.

To order reproductions from this collection, please send an email with the call number, box number(s), andfolder number(s) to [email protected].

Key to the container abbreviations used in the PDF finding aid:b. box item barcode

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of AcquisitionGift of Yale University Press, 1957, and Howard Lamar Roberts, 1994, 2002, and 2010.

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Conditions Governing AccessThe materials are open for research.

Cold Storage 31-98 (film reels): Restricted fragile material. Consult the Beinecke Library Access Servicesdepartment for additional information.

Boxes 20-21 and 109-119: Restricted until 2035. For further information consult the appropriate curator.

Box 22: Restricted until 2064. For further information consult the appropriate curator.

Box 120: Restricted until 2020. For further information consult the appropriate curator.

Boxes 121-122: Restricted until 2075. For further information consult the appropriate curator.

Access to original audio visual recordings is restricted pending reformatting. Consult the BeineckeLibrary Access Services department for additional information.

Box 123 (computer disks): Restricted fragile material. Copies of electronic files disks #4-21 from Box 99are available through Access Services.

Box 124 (audiovisual material): Restricted fragile. Reference copies may be requested. Consult AccessServices for further information.

Conditions Governing UseThe Howard Roberts Lamar Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and ManuscriptLibrary, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs andassigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Preferred CitationHoward Roberts Lamar Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book andManuscript Library.

Processing InformationCollections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable,their perceived research value, the availability of sta, competing priorities, and whether or not furtheraccruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for allcollections as they are acquired, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections astime and resources permit.

This collection received preliminary processing at the time of acquisition in 1957, 1994, and 2002. Furtherorganization, rehousing and/or description was carried out in 2010. The collection is comprised ofmaterial formerly classed as Uncat WA MS Lamar, Uncat WA MS 177, and Uncat MSS 403. Variousacquisitions associated with the collection have not been merged and organized as a whole. Eachacquisition is described separately in the contents list below, according to month and year ofacquisition.

Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawnfrom information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titlesappearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previouscustodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, foldertitles are supplied by sta during initial processing.

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This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/orrevisions in arrangement and description.

Howard Roberts Lamar, 1923-Howard Roberts Lamar, historian of the trans-Mississippi West, was born in Tuskegee, Alabama in 1923.He received a B.A. from Emory University in 1944, and a Masters (1945) and Ph.d. (1951) in History from YaleUniversity. He was an instructor at the University of Massachusetts and Wesleyan University between1945 and 1949, and taught at Yale from 1949 to 1994. He held a number of administrative positions at Yaleincluding chair of the Department of History 1962-1963 and 1967-1970, Dean of the College 1979-1985, andPresident of the University 1992-1993. He is Sterling Professor Emeritus of American History at Yale.

Scope and ContentsThe Howard Roberts Lamar papers document the research, writing, teaching, and administrativeactivities of Yale history professor Howard Lamar from the 1940s through 2000. Included in the papersare manuscript drafts of books, articles, speeches, and book reviews; lecture notes for history courses hetaught at Yale and other universities; topical and personal files; and correspondence. Project proposals,scripts, research material, production files, photographs, and films document the "Westering" film projectwhich Lamar co-developed in the 1970s.

ArrangementThe collection is organized into four groupings: I. February 1957 Acquisition, 1956. II. June 1994 Acquisition,1942-1993. III. July 2002 Acquisition, 1969-1979. IV. August 2010 Acquisition, 1942-2000.

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February 1957 acquisition Howard Roberts Lamar papersWA MSS S-2639

Collection ContentsFebruary 1957 acquisition, 19560.42 linear feet (1 box)Formerly classed as Uncat WA MS Lamar.

Container Description Date

b. 1 Dakota Territory, 1861-1889: A Study of Frontier Politics, typescript5 Folders

1956

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June 1994 acquisition Howard Roberts Lamar papersWA MSS S-2639

June 1994 acquisition, 1942-199320.25 linear feet (22 boxes)Consists of various typescripts of books, articles and papers, speeches, book reviews; files relatingto professional projects; class and lecture notes from courses both studied and taught by Lamar;correspondence, and miscellaneous publications.

Formerly classed as Uncat WA MS 177.

Arranged in five series: Writings, Lecture Notes, Topical Files, Personal Files, and Publications.


WritingsIncludes manuscripts of books, articles and papers, speeches, and book reviews byHoward Lamar.

1946-1991

Books 1955-1985

b. 2 Dakota Territory, 1861-1889; a Study of Frontier Politics, typescript draft5 Folders

1955

b. 2 The Far Southwest, 1846-1912: a Territorial History

b. 2 Typescript drafts20 Folders

1965


1965

b. 3 Proofs 1965

b. 3 Index2 Folders

1965

The Frontier in History: North America and Southern Africa Compared 1981


circa 1980


circa 1980

b. 3 Research and notes3 Folders

circa 1980

Gold Seeker: Adventures of a Belgian Argonaut During the Gold RushYears, by Jean-Nicolas Perlot; edited by Howard R. Lamar


circa 1985


circa 1985

b. 6 Footnotes circa1985

b. 6 Perlot correspondence, 1855-1866 (typescript copies) circa 1985

b. 6 Research and notes4 Folders

1978-1986

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b. 6 Bibliography7 Folders

ca. 1985

b. 6 "Jeerson, France, and Napoleon" (not published), drafts and outlines3 Folders

undated

b. 6 Odds and Ends; Or, Incidents of a Cruise in the Pacific in the U.S. ShipPortsmouth, by Fore Peak, Pseudonym for Joseph T. Downey, 1845-1848,typescript drafts4 FoldersEdited by Howard Lamar and published as The Cruise of thePortsmouth, 1845-1847)

ca. 1958

b. 6 U.S. chapters for John W. Hall's world history volume, typescript draftsand notes4 Folders

1972

Articles and papers 1946-1978

b. 7 "Colorado: The Centennial State in the Bicentennial Year" 1976

b. 7 "The American Farm Bureau Federation"6 Folders

1946

b. 7 "Persistent Frontier: The West in the Twentieth Century"2 Folders

circa 1973

b. 7 "Public Values and Private Dreams: South Dakota's Search for Identity,1850-1900"4 Folders

1978

Speeches 1950-1989

b. 7 Yale Speeches

b. 7 Freshman Assembly addresses10 Folders

1955-1984

b. 7 Yale Club and alumni talks6 Folders

1976-1989

b. 8 Other50 Folders

1950-1990

b. 8 Non-Yale speeches24 Folders

1962-1988

b. 9 Non-Yale speeches12 Folders

1982-1988

b. 9 Book reviews46 Folders

1951-1989

b. 10 Book reviews66 Folders

1976-1989

Writings > Books > Gold Seeker: Adventures of a Belgian Argonaut During the Gold Ru [...](continued)

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Lecture notesIncludes outlines, notes, and other materials for classes Lamar taught at Yale andother universities.

1945-1980

Yale courses

b. 11 "The New Freedom," first (guest) lecture at Yale 1950

b. 11 Silliman seminar 1957-1958

b. 11 History 2023 Folders

1950-1959


1950-1956


1950-1980


1967-1976


1962-1969


1950-1969


1955-1962


1963

b. 14 History 208a2 Folders

1972-1973

b. 15 History 291, Comparative Frontiers20 Folders

1979

b. 15 History, M.A. in Teaching (M.A.T.) program, Yale Summer Term5 Folders

1962

Non-Yale courses

b. 15 Stanford Summer Term2 Folders

1969

b. 16 History, U.S. Army Specialized Reserve Training Program, University ofMassachusetts2 Folders

1945

b. 16 European History, University of Massachusetts7 Folders

1946-1947

b. 16 American History, Wesleyan University7 Folders

1948-1949

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Topical FilesIncludes reports, meeting minutes, and other material relating to Lamar'sactivities at Yale and other institutions.

1960-1993

b. 17 American Council of Learned Societies 1960-1962

b. 17 Bell, Wendell 1983-1984

b. 17 Center for Southern Culture 1975-78

b. 17 "Dwight Hall," by L. Freedman 1983

b. 17 Far Southwest 1966-1967

b. 17 Giamatti speeches 1979-1985

b. 17 History Education Project 1976-1977

b. 17 Humanities Review 1973-1974

b. 17 Indian Forum 1976

b. 17 Mississippi Valley Historical Association 1963-1964

b. 17 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1974-1975

b. 17 National Humanities Institute 1974-1976

b. 17 Report on Graduate History Program, University of Montana 1972

b. 17 Review of summer seminar, W.T. Jackson 1975

b. 17 Reviews of books by Lamar 1978-1993

b. 17 St. Paul's School 1983

b. 17 Time-Life Books, "Western Classics" 1979

b. 17 Virginia Commonwealth University 1979

b. 17 Yale University Council on Humanities

b. 17 Yale University, Department of History2 Folders

b. 17 "Yale Today" questionnaire

Personal FilesConsists of notes, papers, and other material relating to Lamar's undergraduatestudies at Emory University, a few calendars from his years as an administrator atYale, and correspondence.

1942-1991

Undergraduate class notes, essays and related material.

b. 18 English 1942

b. 18 History15 Folders

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b. 18 Philosophy2 Folders

1943

b. 18 Time Magazine 1945 Apr 23,May 7

b. 18 Calendars2 Folders

1979, 1990–1991

CorrespondenceStored in: Restricted Material

Printed MaterialConsists of books, periodicals, brochures, pamphlets, and oprints not written byLamar.

b. 19 Bennington College: In the Beginning, by Thomas P. Brockway 1981

b. 19 Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Vol. 87, Part 2 1977 Oct

b. 19 South Dakota History, Vol. 11, no. 4 1981

b. 19 William Reece Co. sale catalogs

b. 19 Yale Alumni Magazine, Vol. XLVII, no. 8 1984

b. 19 Yale Daily News(various issues) 1979-1980

b. 19 Yale Weekly Bulletin and Calendar (various issues) 1979-80

b. 19 Miscellaneous pamphlets, brochures 1963-1987

Restricted Material

b. 20 Restricted correspondenceRestricted until 2035. For further information consult the appropriatecurator.



Personal Files > Undergraduate class notes, essays and related material. (continued)

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July 2002 acquisition Howard Roberts Lamar papersWA MSS S-2639

July 2002 acquisition, 1969-19795.67 linear feet (7 boxes) + 1 broadside folder, 68 film reelsConsists of correspondence, project proposals, research files, scripts, film production files, photographs,films and other materials documenting the "Westering" film project.

Formerly classed as Uncat MSS 403.

Arranged by type of material.


b. 23 "Westering" project proposals4 Folders

1976-77

b. 23 Juan Bautista de Anza scripts3 Folders

undated

Charles Siringomaterial

b. 23 Research files10 Folders

b. 24 Siringo scripts9 Folders

1976 May–Jul,undated

Film production files

b. 24 Scene list 1977

b. 24 Director's sheetsStored in: Oversize

b. 24 Editing script 1977

b. 24 Sound eects3 Folders

b. 24 Lined script and editor's log3 Folders

1976

b. 24 Rough cue sheetsAlso stored in: Oversize

b. 25 Film log2 Folders

b. 25 Film log, "blue binder"2 Folders

b. 25 Interview transcripts, "Phil's Copy, Volume 1"2 Folders

b. 25 Interview transcripts, "Phil's Copy, Volume 2"2 Folders

Production photographic documentation

b. 25 Photographs32 FoldersAlso stored in: Oversize

1975-1979

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b. 26 Photographs3 Folders

b. 26 Polaroids3 Folders

b. 26 Slides3 Folders

b. 26 Negatives2 Folders

1979

b. 26 Dailies, outtakes, work print, and answer print (16mm film)Stored in: Restricted Fragile material. Access to this material isrestricted pending reformatting. For more information contact theBeinecke Library Access Services department.

Adolph Sutro material



b. 28 Scripts2 Folders

1977

Printed material 1970-1975

b. 28 The American West, Vol. VII, no. 3; Vol. X, no. 1 1970, 1973

b. 28 The Change of Ocials in Tzo'ontahal, Chiapas, Mexico, by June Nash,preprinted from Publication 24 of Middle American Research Institute

1970

b. 28 Frontier America: The Far West, exhibition catalog, Museum of Fine Arts,Boston

1975

b. 28 The Westerners, by Dee Brown 1974

Oversize

b. 29 Westward to Promontory, by Barry B. Combs (from Charles Siringo researchfiles)

1969

b. 29 Rough cue sheets (from Charles Siringo film production files)

b. 29 Production photographs (from Charles Siringo production photographicdocumentation)13 Folders

b. 29 Research file (from Adolph Sutro research files)

b. 30 Broadside Director's sheets (from Charles Siringo production files)

Restricted Fragile Material

Charles Siringo material > Production photographic documentation (continued)

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Siringo dailies and outtakes, workprints and answer print (from CharlesSiringo production photographic documentation)Stored in Cold Storage.Access to this material is restricted pending reformatting. For moreinformation consult the Beinecke Library Access Services department.

b. 31 Dailies and outtakes 1



























Restricted Fragile Material (continued)

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Restricted Fragile Material > Siringo dailies and outtakes, workprints and answer print (from [...](continued)

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b. 96 Work prints 1

b. 97 Work prints 2

b. 98 Answer print

Restricted Fragile Material > Siringo dailies and outtakes, workprints and answer print (from [...](continued)

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August 2010 acquisition Howard Roberts Lamar papersWA MSS S-2639

August 2010 acquisition, 1942-200022.27 linear feet (25 boxes) + 1 broadside folderConsists of writings, lecture notes, correspondence, computer disks, research, and personal files, andmaterial relating to the Westering project.

Box 124 (audiovisual material): Restricted fragile. Reference copies may be requested. Consult AccessServices for further information.

Arranged by type of material.


Writings 1950-1995

Books

b. 99 Cruise of the Portsmouth, edited by Howard Lamar 1964

b. 99 "'The Soldier's Business is to Fight': The New Military History and theAmerican Frontier" (not published)

1996

b. 99 "The American Discoverers" (proposal) undated

b. 99 "The American Way: A Concise History of the UnitedStates" (prospectus)

undated

Articles

b. 99 "Historical Relevance and the American West" undated

b. 99 Preface to Stella M. Drumm's edition of Down the Santa Fe Trail andinto Mexico: the Diary of Susan Shelby Magon, 1846-184 7

1962

b. 99 "Public Values and Private Dreams: South Dakota's Search for Identity,1950-1900"

1975

b. 99 "Statehood for Utah: A Dierent Path" 1971

b. 99 "Trends in Western Historiography" undated

Editing projects

b. 99 Readers Encyclopedia of the American West7 FoldersIncludes 10 3.5" and 8 5.25" computer disks.

Copies of electronic files are available through Access Services: Disk#4-21.

circa 1987-1993

Speeches

Yale Speeches

b. 100 Freshman Assembly addresses13 Folders

1974-1992

b. 100 Yale Club and alumni talks9 Folders

1981-1995

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b. 100 Miscellaneous Yale speeches10 Folders

1950-1994

b. 100 Non-Yale Speeches29 Folders

RecordingsBox 124 (audiovisual material): Restricted fragile. Reference copies may berequested. Consult Access Services for further information.

b. 100 Campaign Fifty-Six: Sounds of an Election Year2 FoldersIncludes typescripts and printed brochure.

1956

b. 124, 39002091397043

"The Mountain Men" in The American West: The Frontier Era1 Audiocassetteduration: 00:30:45Audiovisual material. Restricted fragile. Reference copies may berequested. Consult Access Services for further information.

1976

Lecture Notes 1949-1995

Yale courses


circa 1949-1960


circa 1952-1977


circa 1966-1983


circa 1963-1978

b. 103 History 140 1986

b. 103 History 141 1977


circa 1955-1962

b. 103 History 181 1966


circa 1955-1962


1964


circa 1963-1976

b. 104 History 266 circa 1952


circa 1977-1981

Writings > Speeches > Yale Speeches (continued)

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b. 104 History 296 1973


circa 1970-1976

b. 105 History 298 circa1970-1978


1977-1987

Non-Yale courses

b. 105 Western Art as Social and Environmental History, Summer Institutein Western American Studies, Bualo Bill Historical Center, Cody,Wyoming10 Folders

1995

Personal Files 1942-1994

Undergraduate class notes, essays and related material.

b. 106 French undated

b. 106 History9 Folders

1942-1944

b. 106 Political Science 1944

b. 106 Class note cards3 Folders

undated

b. 106 Graduate school history papers 1947, undated

Publications

b. 106 Miscellaneous Yale and non-Yale brochures, pamphlets, magazineissuesAlso stored in Oversize, Broadside 108

1945-1994

b. 106 Western History Association conference programs5 Folders

1964-1992

Research Files 1956-1990

b. 107 North American Indians4 Folders

circa 1956-1987

b. 107 Bibliographies20 Folders

circa 1975-1990

Westering Files 1976

b. 107 Press coverage 1976

b. 107 Bibliography2 Folders

circa 1976

b. 107 Juan Bautista de Anza material4 Folders

circa 1976

Lecture Notes > Yale courses (continued)

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b. 107 Charles Siringo material circa 1976

b. 107 Adolph Sutro material2 Folders

circa 1976

Oversize Material 1949, 1959

b. 108 Broadside Reproduction of a map of "Part of the Continent of the United States" in foursheets

undated

b. 108 Broadside "Nevada Looks Ahead," a section of the Reno Evening Gazette 1959 January 6

b. 108 Broadside Life magazine 1949 May 30

Restricted MaterialConsists of general and topical correspondence files and correspondence fromsubseries above.

circa 1952-2000

b. 109 Restricted correspondenceIncludes general A-L correspondence

Restricted until 2035. For further information consult the appropriatecurator.

b. 110 Restricted correspondenceIncludes general M-Z and topical file correspondence A-D


b. 111 Restricted correspondenceIncludes topical file correspondence E-N


b. 112 Restricted correspondenceIncludes topical file correspondence O-Western History Association(WHA), 1963


b. 113 Restricted correspondenceIncludes topical file correspondence WHA, 1965-1993


b. 114 Restricted correspondenceIncludes topical file correspondence WHA 1994-Y, and correspondence fromWritings--Books; computer disk #22 stored in Restricted Fragile


Westering Files (continued)

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b. 115 Restricted correspondenceIncludes correspondence from Writings--Books and Writings--Articles;computer disks #1-3 stored in Restricted Fragile


b. 116 Restricted correspondenceIncludes correspondence from Writings--Articles and Writings--Editingprojects


b. 117 Restricted correspondenceIncludes correspondence from Writings--Editing projects to Writings--Speeches


b. 118 Restricted correspondenceIncludes correspondence from Writings--Speeches


b. 119 Restricted correspondenceIncludes correspondence from Personal, Research, and Westering files


b. 120 Restricted Dean's oce recordsRestricted until 2064. For further information consult the appropriatecurator.

b. 121 Restricted student-related correspondence and recordsRestricted until 2075. For further information consult the appropriatecurator.

b. 122 Restricted student-related correspondence and recordsRestricted until 2075. For further information consult the appropriatecurator.

Computer MediaElectronic files: Access copies of digital files may be requested. Consult AccessServices for further information.

b. 123 Computer disks from Box 99



Restricted Material (continued)

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Selected Search TermsThe following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's onlinecatalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation andlisted alphabetically therein.

SubjectsEducatorsEducatorsHistoriansHistoriansHistory -- Study and teaching -- United States

Geographic NamesWest (U.S.) -- History

Genres / FormatsAudiocassettesAudiovisual materialsBorn digitalMotion pictures (visual works)Photographic printsSound recordings

NamesLamar, Howard Roberts, 1923-

Corporate BodiesYale University -- CurriculaYale University -- FacultyYale University. Department of History

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