Today in History: Yale University

Yale University ENGRAVING, EAST FACADE: FLOOR PLAN
Today in History–October 9–the Library of Congress features Yale University, which received a charter from the Connecticut colonial legislature (as the Collegiate School in Saybrook) on this day in 1701. The school moved to New Haven in 1716, and was renamed Yale College in 1718 in honor of Elihu Yale, a merchant and early benefactor. Find out more about this prestigious university by visiting the Today in History section, then click the links below to access more primary sources related to Yale.

Yale images

Yale sheet music

Yale boola march song recording

Princeton and Yale football game film

Yale correspondence

Yale books & articles

New Englander and Yale Review periodical, 1843-1892

Historical newspaper articles: Yale College to 1864

Historical newspaper articles: Yale University 1864 and later