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Vincent J. Scamporino papers
Collection
Identifier: WLM-2017-004
Scope and Contents
The Vincent J. Scamporino papers collect correspondence, memos, files, telegrams, leaflets, pamphlets, tickets, maps, photographs, and other materials originating from Vincent J. “Scamp” Scamporino (1908-1974), a civilian operative of the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) in the Italian theater of operations of World War II.
Dates:
1938 - 1958
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Sir Walter and Anne Scott Papers, and George Ainsley family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Sir Walter and Anne Scott papers-and George Ainsley family papers
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence from Walter Scott and his daughter, Anne Scott, as well as antiquarian Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe (1751?- 1851). It also includes a catalogue of Norton Down's library relating to Walter Scott, Scott's manuscripts and legal documents, as well as a bound volume containing autographs and short letters penned by Walter Scott.
Dates:
1751 - 1851
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Odell Shepard Papers
Collection
Identifier: Odell Shepard papers
Scope and Contents
The Papers of Odell Shepard consist of correspondence, subject files, manuscripts, proofs, audio recordings of poetry and speeches, periodicals, newspaper clippings, musical scores based on poems, photographs, ephemera, notebooks, sketchbooks, published guidebooks, receipts, and informational pamphlets related to the life and work of Odell Shepard (1884-1967), the Trinity College Goodwin Professor of English (1917-1946) and Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (1940-1941).A notable...
Dates:
1890-2006
Found in:
Trinity College Archives
Lydia Howard Sigourney Papers
Collection
Identifier: Lydia Howard Sigourney Papers
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence, engravings, and publications such as poems in the Daily Counselor (1859) and posthumous publications, such as the Camel's Nose (2014). Collection also includes several daguerrotypes of Lydia Howard Sigourney from the mid-19th century. Paper engravings span 1825 to 1872, and depict Sigourney. Correspondence span 1814-1865. Sigourney corresponds with notable, Connecticut figures from approximately 1814-1818 such as Colonel Daniel Putnam, and Faith Trumbull...
Dates:
1814 - 1865
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Mandel Slater Papers
File
Identifier: Mandel Slater papers
Abstract
The Mandel Slater papers represents the college work of Mandel Slater during the time he spent at Trinity, MIT [Massachusetts Institute of Technology (fall 1957-58)], and Harvard (fall 1958). Included in this collection are tests, applications, and class work. Also included are lesson plans and tests presumably devised by Slater when he was teaching chemistry at the Harvard-Newton Summer School in Newton, Massachusetts. All of the material relates to education in the mid to late 1950s.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1954-1958
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Robert H. Smellie papers
Collection
Identifier: Robert H. Smellie papers
Scope and Contents
The Robert H. Smellie papers are arranged into five series which include records related to biographical and personal information; teaching materials while at Trinity College; printed works by Smellie and others; business ventures and consultant work; and ephemera and artifacts. Series one comprises a small amount of personal correspondence and papers as well as notebooks and related materials from Smellie’s time as a student at Trinity College and Columbia University. Series two consists of...
Dates:
1933-1989
Found in:
Trinity College Archives
Sound Recording Catalog Collection
Collection
Identifier: Sound Recording Catalog Collection
Dates:
Majority of material found within Catalogs cover over 40 years; some are annual catalogs, some are monthly catalogs, and some are weekly issues. Issue and date vary by company.
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Martha Linsley Spencer Papers
Collection
Identifier: Martha L. Spencer papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a range of material types including manuscripts, correspondence, and articles created by Martha Linsley Spencer (1875-1954), resident and poet of Hartford, Connecticut. Manuscript writings include poems, holographs (both original and preservation photocopies), as well as typed prose and unsorted notes from throughout her career as a writer. The collection also houses two proofs of her published work "Remembered Years, Collected Poems", with one containing...
Dates:
Circa late 1800s-mid 1900s
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Stephen Spender papers
Collection
Identifier: WLM-1992-001
Abstract
The Stephen Spender papers consist mainly of letters from Spender to Mary Elliott between July 1939 and February 1952. Also included are letters to Elliott from Inez Spender (Spender's first wife), Charles Madge, and Kathleen Madge. The correspondence relates largely to Spender's estrangement and eventual divorce from Inez Spender, although there is mention of conditions in wartime Britain as well. Includes 6 typescript poems by Spender, and 31 typescript poems by surrealist Charles...
Dates:
1939-1942, 1952, 1996
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Sydney Stanley Papers
Collection
Identifier: Sydney Stanley papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a range of materials related to the life of Sydney Stanley (1805-1878), Clerk of Connecticut Legislature. The Stanley papers are one of the earliest manuscript collections to be donated to the Watkinson Library, most likely sometime after 1885, based on an 1878 bequest of Sydney Stanley. Such materials include five letters dating from 1847-1861. A bulk of the collection consists of eight original diaries, with the earliest date of July 31, 1858 and the latest August...
Dates:
1671-1878
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections