Catalog of Manuscript Collections

Creators: William Graham Sumner (1840-1910); Eliot Sumner (1873-1941); Katherine Diana Ward (Rockwell) Sumner (1873-1936); Alfred Perkins Rockwell (1834-1903); Katherine Virginia (Foote) Rockwell (1839-1902); Samuel Edmund Foote (1787-1858) Extent: 1 box (375 items) Description: Correspondence, bills, receipts, and other business and personal papers, of William Graham Sumner (1840-1910), professor of political science and sociology at Yale University; his son, Eliot Sumner (1873-1941), of Philadelphia, associated with the Pennsylvania Railroad, and his wife, Katherine Diana Ward (Rockwell) Sumner (1873-1936); Mrs. Sumner's parents, Alfred Perkins Rockwell (1834-1903), professor of mining and businessman, and Katherine Virginia (Foote) Rockwell (1839-1902); and Mrs. Rockwell's father, businessman Samuel Edmund Foote (1787-1858). Research Topics: Commerce and prominent families in 19th century New Haven; history of the sociology department at Yale