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[ Temperance Journal ] Map of Yale from The New York Voice. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, Jan. 6-Dec. 15, 1898. [with:] The New Voice. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, Dec. 22-29, 1898.

Full-year run of a leading Temperance journal … with maps!

A nearly-complete 1898 run of one of America’s “leading temperance journals” (Mott), including maps highlighting consumption in and around leading universities. Funk & Wagnalls published a weekly Temperance journal from 1884 to 1906, though under various titles and in a range of formats: For 1898 the first 50 issues were the eight-page broadsheet New York […]

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A newspaper issued jointly by three organizations in advance of the 1970 May Day protests on the campus of Yale. The New Haven May Day protest stemmed from the May 20, 1969 killing there of 19 year-old Alex Rackley by three Black Panthers, acting on the mistaken belief that he was an informer. Following the murder, the FBI moved against the Panthers leadership, arresting Bobby Seale, local Panthers leader Ericka Huggins, and others. The Panthers called on their supporters to converge on New Haven (and Yale) to protest the trail of the “New Haven 9” on May Day, 1970. The event drew radicals of every stripe, both black and white, including a contingent of Weathermen, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, and Allen Ginsberg. Expectations of chaos and violence were sky-high, stoked by the Nixon Administration, the FBI, and wildly inflammatory remarks by some radical leaders. 4000 National Guardsmen and 2000 State Troopers were deployed to the city, with thousands of active-duty military on alert in the surrounding region. Offered here is May Day New Haven, a one-off newspaper published by three activist groups involved in the protest. The paper provides background on the arrest of Bobby Seale and the New Haven 9 trial, a schedule of events, legal advice, First Aid tips, a statement by Huey Newton. It also features a large centerfold map of New Haven, centered on Yale University and the Green, overprinted in red to the locations of phones and First Aid stations, with caricatures of a bulldog, black panther, alligator (or crocodile?) and a pig. The overall tone of the paper is angry but calm, pragmatic and peaceful; indeed, one editorial makes this plea: “In relation to the talk of ripping off our city, perhaps we should consider that many people, with the Panthers, feel that street violence will not free the Panther 9. We should also consider that any subsequent super-repression will be felt first in our streets, and then across our land.” (p. 4) In the event, despite some localized violence and a bombing that caused no serious injuries, “death and destruction passed by New Haven”. (Bass and Rae) A rare artifact of a deeply-troubled time in our national history, one that helps put our hyper-partisan politics into some broader perspective. References OCLC 37462520 lists seven institutional holdings (April 2020). For a fascinating, blow-by-blow account of the events before and during the May Day protest, see Paul Bass and Doug Rae, “The Panther and the Bulldog: The Story of May Day 1970,” in the Yale Alumni Magazine for July/August 2006.

A rare relic of the 1970 New Haven May Day protest

A newspaper issued jointly by three organizations in advance of the 1970 New Haven May Day protests on the Yale campus and the surrounding neighborhoods of the city. The protest stemmed from the May 20, 1969 killing there of 19 year-old Alex Rackley by three Black Panthers, acting on the mistaken belief that he was […]

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A rare and remarkable New Haven map, with Yale prominently featured

This rare map of New Haven is a trove of information about the city as it was in the early 19th century. It is also a most decorative piece of early Americana, with a distinctive Federal-era aesthetic including bold engraving, architectural features depicted in profile, and flamboyant calligraphic flourishes. The map depicts a growing city […]

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[ Harvard Yale regatta] Hoggson & Robinson, Steam Job Printers, BOAT RACE! ON LAKE SALTONSALL. HARVARD SCIENTIFIES! VS. YALE SCIENTIFICS! ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22d, 1870.

Unrecorded Harvard Yale Regatta broadside

A large, displayable and extremely rare broadside promoting a June 1870 rowing contest between Harvard and Yale. The race was a prelude to that year’s installment of the Harvard Yale regatta, then and now the country’s oldest intercollegiate athletic competition. The event was held at Lake Saltonstall, a long, narrow body of water in Brandford […]

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