Tiffany Census

Yale University, Battell Chapel, New Haven, Connecticut

Note: the text in the square brackets ([...]) are a short form of references which have been used to deduce the corresponding information.
The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id:	8.23.8
Rating:	0 stars
Address:	400 College Street
Location:	New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
Lat/Lng:	41.30939, -72.92751
Tiffany 1910:	Page 46
Duncan 1980:	Page 209
Tiffany 1897:	Page 29
Tiffany 1893:	Listed
Tiffany 1886:	Listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1874-1876 [WIKI]
Architect:	Russell Sturgis, Jr. [WIKI]
Also of interest:	1894 Thacher Memorial Window, "Seneca", by Maitland Armstrong [YDN1894, NYTR1894, BET1894, CRIT1894]
See also:	David and Helen Maitland Armstrong Census

Site Items

8.23.8.1:

Williams Memorial Window: Chinese funeral memorial (1885) (Extant)

Item 8.23.8.1

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Williams Memorial Window: Chinese funeral memorial

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Williams Memorial Window
Description:	Chinese funeral memorial [YDN1885, NHER1885]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 46
Duncan 1980:	Page 209
Tiffany 1897:	Page 29
Signature:
Other documentation:	[YDN1885, NHER1885, NHJC1885]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Professor Samuel Wells Williams (22 Sep 1812 - 16 Feb 1884) [INSCRIPTION, YDN1885, NHER1885, NHJC1885, MAG1885, YALE1963, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his son, Frederick Wells Williams [YDN1885, NHJC1885, WEB]
Date:	Installed 4 Mar 1885 [NHER1885]
Inscription:	in seven Chinese characters, from Analects of Confucius: By his earnest endeavor his achievements were great, by his justice all were delighted // IN MEMORY OF / SAMUEL WELLS WILLIAMS L.L.D. / MDCCCXII - MDCCCLXXXIV / MISSIONARY, SCHOLAR, DIPLOMATIST / PROFESSOR OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE / IN YALE COLLEGE [PHOTO, YDN1885, NHER1885, NHJC1885, MAG1885, YALE1963, WEB]
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	north upper tier [YALE1963]

References

BET1894:	Boston Evening Transcript (20 Jun 1894, p. 5)
CRIT1894:	The Critic (23 Jun 1894, p. 430)
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
MAG1885:	Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine (Jul 1885, Vol. XVIII, No. 1)
NHER1885:	New Haven Evening Register (5 Mar 1885, p. 1)
NHJC1885:	New Haven Journal and Courier (6 Mar 1885, p. 4)
NYTR1894:	New York Daily Tribune (18 Jun 1894, p. 4)
PHOTO:	Photo of item
TIFF1886:	Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886)
TIFF1893:	Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893)
TIFF1897:	A List of Windows: And Extracts from Letters & Newspapers, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1897)
TIFF1910:	A Partial List of Tiffany Windows, Tiffany Studios (1910)
WEB:	Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information
WIKI:	Wikipedia
YALE1963:	Yale Memorials (1963, p. 22)
YDN1885:	Yale Daily News (5 Mar 1885, p. 1, 3)
YDN1894:	Yale Daily News (29 Jun 1894, p. 2)