Frederick L. Hoffman Papers, 1881-1989

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Series II: Manuscripts and documents, 1881-1945, undated

Series II contains Hoffman's diaries, an unpublished autobiographical manuscript, poetry manuscripts, travel itineraries, photographs, scrapbooks, and memorabilia. The texts of lectures given by Hoffman at Yale University in February 1916 and at Babson Institute between 1922 and 1925 are also included. Finally, there are three annual reports Hoffman submitted to the president of Prudential Insurance Company, dating from 1907, 1913, and 1917.



Box 12 Handwritten notes on various topics, circa 1880s-1890s



Box 29 Poems by Frederick L. Hoffman, circa 1880s-1930s



Box 11 Diaries in German and English, 1881-1890



Box 12 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1885-1889



Box 23 Scrapbook: Brunswick, Georgia, 1887


Box 23 Scrapbook: Chattanooga, 1891


Box 23 Scrapbook: Hampton, 1892



Box 12 First articles written by hand, 1892-1899



Box 23 Scrapbook: Cottage City, Massachusetts, 1895



Box 11 Small diaries in German and English, 1904-1945



Box 2 Annual Report of Frederick L. Hoffman to President of Prudential, Mr. John F. Dryden, 1907

Topics include: Changes in Ratings.



Box 37 Frederick L. Hoffman LL.D. Diploma from Tulane University, 1911 May 17



Box 5 Annual Report of Statistician's department, 1913



Box 14 Lectures on Race Pathology and Anthropometry at Yale University, 1916 February



Box 7 Annual Report of Statistician's department, 1917



Box 14 "Verses of a Wanderer", 1918-1920

A book of poetry by Hoffman. Bound but not printed.



Box 7 Itinerary of European trip, 1919



Box 30 Itinerary, 1919 August-December



Box 22 Scrapbook: Hawaii, circa 1920s



Box 15 Index of a Statistician's library of over 200,000 volumes, circa 1920s



Box 23 Scrapbook: Yellowstone Park, general, circa 1920s



Box 29 Travel essay drafts, circa 1920s-1930s



Box 31 South American exploration trip, 1921



Box 36 Tuberculosis Survey typescript with photographs, by Frederick L. Hoffman, 1921-1922



Box 16 Bound volume of lectures given to students at Babson Institute, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, 1922



Box 30 "Life Insurance of the Future" and other addresses, Babson Institute, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, 1923



Box 17 Addresses given by Frederick L. Hoffman for Babson Institute, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, 1923-1925



Box 12 "Heredity in Relation to Cancer" typescript, 1926 March 12



Box 17 Geographical Itinerary - Belize - Yucatan, Mexican Trip, 1926 June 7-July 29



Box 21 Scrapbooks: photographs of Mexican journey, 1926



Box 19 Air Journey to Mexico, 1930 January-February



Box 31 Photograph of Hoffman, age 70, circa 1935



Box 15 The Life Story of a Statistician from 1865-1884 (as written by himself), undated, Bound but not published. Rough draft.



Box 21 Published and unpublished verses by Hoffman, undated



Box 22 Scrapbook: West Indies, undated


Box 22 Scrapbook: Navajo country, undated



Box 23 Scrapbook: family photographs, undated



Box 31 Photograph of Hoffman's office in Prudential building, undated



Box 28 Four scrapbooks, undated



Box 1 Memorabilia, undated



Box 36 Manuscripts by "William E. Williams" and "Cleveland Edwards" (pseudonyms), undated


Box 36 Essay on Heine, undated


Box 36 Unidentified manuscript, undated