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A Fantasy on the Great Adventure, 1948 December 13

 File — Box 4: Series 2, Folder: 14
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents

On conversations with those who have left the earth.

Dates: 1948 December 13

"A Forgotten Architect of the Gilded Age: Josiah Cleveland Cady's Legacy", 1983

 File — Box 1, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents

3 page photocopied typescript of notes based on "A Forgotton Architect of the Gilded Age", catalogue essay for an exhibition at the Watkinson Library...

Dates: 1983

A Glossary of the Seminole Language commenced in 1835 by Lieut. Casey of the [United States] Army, afterwards much was added by Lieut. Waldron,...[and addition] during a Journey to Florida in 1851 by Frederic Kidder, 1835-1851

 File — Box 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The American Indian Collection is a small, eclectic collection of 18th and 19th century materials related to indigenous peoples in North America and their languages. The highlight of this artificial collection is the original manuscript of French Jesuit missionary Rev. Jacques Gravier (1651-1708), entitled 'Dictionary of the Algonquin Illinois Language' (ca. 1700), which was acquired and partially transcribed by James Hammond Trumbull (1821-1897), a noted philologist and statesman. It also...
Dates: 1835-1851

A Good Dowry, 1969 June 2

 File — Box 5: Series 2, Folder: 9
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents

On the history of the relationship between England and Portugal.

Dates: 1969 June 2

A Guess at the Future, 1934 May 14

 File — Box 5: Series 2, Folder: 8
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II, Papers Presented by Members, contains autograph manuscript, typescript, and printed essays presented since 1869 by more than sixty members of the club. The papers consider local, national, and international aspects of diverse topics in politics, fine art and artists, religion, medicine, literature, history, cuisine, sports, commerce and industry, ranging from the broad (war and peace) to the specific (the history of the corkscrew). A favorite theme is life in Hartford and...
Dates: 1934 May 14

"A June Outing"

 File — Box 1, Folder: 1

5 page typescript carbon copy of essay, typewritten by L.M. Taylor, Constable Building, NY

Dates: 1900 - 1916

A Lewis Wallow, 2003 May 5

 File — Box 5: Series 2, Folder: 14
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents

On Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis (1895-1979) and his library.

Dates: 2003 May 5

A Lewis Wallow: Revisited, 2021 May 3

 File — Box 5: Series 2, Folder: 24
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents

On Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis (1895-1979) of Farmington, and his life and activities surrounding his collection on the English antiquarian and author Horace Walpole (1717-1797). Also present is a copy of the exhibition catalogue Rescuing Horace Walpole: the Achievement of W. S. Lewis, by Stephen Clarke (Farmington: Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, 2020), which was distributed to the members.

Dates: 2021 May 3

A Little Bit of Little History, 1989 April 3

 File — Box 3: Series 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents

On events in his "early middle life."

Dates: 1989 April 3

A Lost Empire, 1937 April 12

 File — Box 3: Series 2, Folder: 8
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents

Reminiscence of his 1893 adventures in Bolivia with his college friend Pierre Jay.

Dates: 1937 April 12