Catalog of Manuscript Collections

Creators: H.H. Babcock; John Hall Benham; Frederick Bostwick; Abel Buell; Donald P. Bullis; Amos Doolittle; Charles H. Fischer; William Fowler Hopsons Nathaniel Jocelyn; Simeon Smith Jocelyn; Samuel Finley Breese Morse; Lemuel Swift Punderson; Lucus Sanford; James H. Munson; Daggett, Hinman & Co.; Price and Lee Company, Inc.; Our Race Publishing Co. Extent: 2.5 in. (200 items) Description: Largely a collection of engravings and samples of printing by engravers and printers working in New Haven, including correspondence, biographical materials, financial records, maps, portraits, and photos. The collections contains materials of H.H. Babcock (1809-54), John H. Benham (1868-70), Frederick Bostwick (1852), Abel Buell (1773), Donald P. Bullis (1940, 1953); Daggett, Hinman & Co. (n.d.); Amos Doolittle (1800-56); Charles H. Fischer (n.d.); William Fowler Hopson (1849-1935); Nathaniel Jocelyn (1829-81); Simeon Smith Jocelyn (n.d.); Augustus Lines (1835); S.F.B. Morse (n.d.); James H. Munson (1831-43); Our Race Publishing Co. (1895); Price & Lee Co. (1880-1933); Lemuel Swift Punderson (1782); Lucus Sanford (b. 1817); and a file of unidentified prints and printers. Research Topics: New Haven printing and engraving, 18th to 20th centuries; literary and visual culture in New Haven