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[SAYBROOK COLLEGE, YALE UNIVERSITY, 1934-1938].

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[SAYBROOK COLLEGE, YALE UNIVERSITY, 1934-1938].
A correspondence between Elliott Dunlap Smith, Master of Saybrook College at Yale (and later Carnegie-Mellon University Professor), and Edward M. Chapman; together with letters regarding the Saybrook Tercentenary Celebration (six documents total): SMITH, ELLIOTT DUNLAP (1891-1976): 1. TLS on Saybrook College letterhead, June 10, 1937. Smith thanks Chapman for his letter, which was read out to the Fellowship of Saybrook College meeting, and for a picture of Broughton Castle (seat of the English Saye and Sele families). 11in. x 8 1/2in. Condition: Two vertical and one horizontal fold, hole punches, paperclip stain. 2. TLS on Saybrook College letterhead, June 19, 1937. He thanks Chapman for the formal photographic print of Broughton Castle, and discusses the particulars of its display in the Broughton Room. 11in. x 8 1/2in. Condition: Two vertical and one horizontal fold and other light creases, hole punches. WOODIN, HERBERT PERKINS (1866-1948): 3. TLS on Saybrook Tercentenary Celebration letterhead, October 18, 1934. A formal invitation for Chapman to give the historical address at the Tercentenary platform exercises July 17, 1935. 11in. x 8 1/2in. Condition: Two vertical and one horizontal fold, hole punches, paperclip stain. CHAPMAN, EDWARD M.:  4. Carbon copy TLS to Rev. H. P. Woodin, October 22, 1934. He floridly accepts the invitation to speak at the Saybrook Tercenterary. 11in. x 8 1/2in. Condition: Two vertical folds, hole punches, paperclip stain. 5. Carbon copy TLS to Professor Elliott Dunlap Smith, June 8, 1937. Chapman introduces himself and expresses a desire for the college members to "keep in touch" with the history of Saybrook and its English connections, offering a photographic print of Broughton Castle. 11in. x 8 1/2in. Condition: Two vertical folds and light creases, hole punches. 6. Carbon copy TLS to Professor Elliott Dunlap Smith, May 10, 1938. Chapman sends a copy of his own book New England Village Life for the college library and proposes dates to address the college fellow's meeting. 11in. x 8 1/2in. Condition: Two vertical folds and light creasing, hole punches.  PLEASE NOTE: 20TH CENTURY DOCUMENTS CAN HAVE VARIED TONING FROM AGE; IMAGES MAY APPEAR LIGHTER ON DIFFERENT SCREENS. EDWARD MORTIMER CHAPMAN (1862-1952) was a Connecticut pastor, academic, and author. He graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1890. Chapman was a descendant of Robert Chapman, one of the first settlers of Saybrook, Connecticut (c. 1635). He served as pastor of Old Lyme Church from 1906 to 1915. Chapman€™s works integrated his wide-ranging theological, literary, and historical interests. This lot and the other Chapman-related documents offered in this sale were part of a collection of his family papers.