Y Classification

Y Classification

Last content review: 2025-10-27

Y11-Y91 Gen​eral. Administration. Organization. Catalogs

Yale Memorabilia Collection

Yale Memorabilia Collection

Periodicals

  • Undergraduate publication, see Yg

  • Alumni publications, see Yh10

  • Of various schools, see Yj

  • Of Yale Publishing Association, see Ynt71

Betts Collection 

Broadsides

Y11    

Bibliography (general by date; individual A-Z; Yc for 2nd copies)

Y12    

Rules for printing

Y15       

Charter, including Acts of the General Assembly of Connecticut respecting Yale College

Y16  

Books about the Charter

Y20

Constitution and government, including name, seal, laws, etc.

A11     

Orders and appointments

A12     

Miscellaneous laws

A13    

Laws in Latin

A14     

Laws in English

Y21   

Corporation (A11-29)

Y22

Standing committees (A11-29)

Y24

University committees and councils (A11-29)

Y26

Yale faculty as administrative body

Y27  

Office of University Development

Y28

Alumni Board (A1-9; see Yh for Alumni activities)

Administration

Administration

Y31

General and Official reports (A11-59)

B1-49

Finance

B1

Report of Treasurer

B181-5

Bureau of Appointments

B21

Dining Hall

B31

Endowment

B37

Scholarships and Prizes

B39

Office of Counseling and Placement (later Career Advisory Office); Fellowships

B41

Salaries and pensions; Federation of University Employees

C1-19

 

 

 

Secretary

C10

Office of Development

C12

Security

C13

Yale Association of Class Secretaries

D1-3

Deans (now abolished; see under Yale College and special schools)

E1    

Office of Selective Service

E2    

Bureau for Foreign Nationals (now International Office)

Y32

Yale Benefactors and Donors (Class by Cutter no. for benefactor; Cutter on third line for author)

 

H2

Edward Stephen Harkness

Y34

Affirmative Action Programs

H3    

Handicapped

M5    

Minority groups

S7    

Staff Affirmative Action Advisory Committee

W6  
 

Women

Policy and Organization

Policy and Organization

Y51

General: Aims, methods, etc. (including faculty handbooks)

Y52

Early requirements (to 1850)

Y54

Entrance requirements (A11-29)

Y55​

Board of Admissions

Y56

Registration, attendance, cuts, etc.

Y57

Examinations

Y58

Entrance examinations

Y59

Examinations for special courses

Y63

Honor system

Y64

Mental tests; predictability of success, etc.

Y65

Curriculum (A-Z) 

Special scheme with symbol for subject as 2nd line number of coll. no. For pamphlets, use 1 in 3rd line; for monographs, use date plus author initial. General works on entire curriculum, use monograph notation as 2nd line. Subject traced should always be:

  1. Yale University--Curricula--[subject]

  2. [Subject]--Study and teaching

​or

     [Subject]--outlines, syllabi, etc.

B1     

History

G13   

Latin

Q1     

Science

Y69

Miscellaneous concerts and lectures

Y71

Lectures and concerts in series (A-Z)

L97    

Lyman Beecher lectures

N45    

New Haven Symphony concerts

N45   

New Haven Symphony concerts

Or5    

Organ recitals

P53   

Phi Beta Kappa Carol Society

Si3    

Silliman lectures

W8    

Woolsey Hall series

Y72

Yale Extension courses (see Department of Education at Yla)

Y73

Summer School (3 years, 1905-1907; include here later sessions (e.g. 1966)

A11-19

1905-1907

A21

later; use 3 digit date

Y75

Degrees and honors, including individual diplomas (see also individual schools)

Y76

Academic costume

Y81

University catalogs (general only A1-9)

Y83

Student directories

Y85

Other directories (A1-9); but alumni directories at Yb25; obituary record at Yb65)

Y86

Time-tables, schedules, etc. (A11-29)

Y87

Announcements, circulars, posters of all kinds and from all departments

Y88

Weekly bulletin, etc.

A21

Yale weekly bulletin and calendar (folio size: YY88 A21)

A3

Summer calendar

Y91

Publicity and press bulletins

Y92

Department of Auxiliary Services

T67

Yale Travel

Y93

Y.U. Business Management or University Functions

A2

Periodicals (A-Z)

A3

Monographs

Y94

Department of Human Resources

A2

Periodicals (A-Z)

Y95

Office of University Safety

Yb Biography, Collective

Presidents, Faculty, Alumni

YB12

Presidents (Collectively), including group photographs

Yb13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presidents (Individually) (A-Z)

An3

Andrew, Samuel, 1656-1738

An4

Angell, James Rowland, 1869-1949

B6

Brewster, Kingman, Jr., 1919-1988

C5

Clap, Thomas, 1703-1767

C9

Cutler, Timothy, 1684-1765

D32

Daggett, Naphtali, 1727-1780

D4

Day, Jeremiah, 1773-1867

D9

Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817

D91

Dwight, Timothy, 1828-1916

G5

Giamatti, A. Bartlett

G7

Gray, Hanna Holborn

G8

Griswold, Alfred Whitney, 1906-1963

H1

Hadley, Arthur Twining, 1856-1930

L3

Lamar, Howard Roberts

L4

Levin, Richard C.

P6

Pierson, Abraham, 1646-1707

P8

Porter, Noah, 1811-1892

Sa5

Salovey, Peter

Sch6

Schmidt, Benno C., 1942-

Se9

Seymour, Charles, 1885-1963

St5

Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795

W5

Williams, Elisha, 1694-1755

W8

Woolsey, Theodore Wright, 1801-1889

Yb14

Faculty and Founders (Collectively)

Yb15

Faculty (Individually) (A-Z); if Yale graduate put with class in Yc

Yb17

Historical Register

Yb21

Alumni catalogs (A1-A9)

Yb25

Alumni directories (general A1-9)

Yb26

Alumni directories of special colleges (A-Z)

Alumni directories of special schools​

Alumni directories of special schools​

Yb27​

Sheffield

Yb28

Medical

Yb29

Divinity

Yb31

Law

Yb32  

Graduate

Yb33

Fine Arts

Yb34

Music

Yb35

Forestry

Yb36

Nursing

Yb37