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Max Corvo papers
Collection
Identifier: WLM-2009-001
Scope and Contents
Biagio "Max" Corvo (1920-1994), a U.S. Army officer, served in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during WWII where he worked as an intelligence officer in Italy and Sicily after Italy signed the 1943 armistice with the allied powers, realigining itself with them. Corvo's papers consist of correspondence, memos, files, telegrams, photographs, and various ephemera such as pamphlets, tickets, and leaftlets. The bulk of the material relates to U.S. intelligence gathering in Italy from 1943...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1942-1945, 1992, 2012-2013
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Harry Todd Costello papers
Collection
Identifier: TCA-2016-007
Scope and Contents
The Harry Todd Costello papers is a small collection containing lecture notes, essays, syllabi, correspondence, and diaries documenting Costello's career as an instructor of philosophy and psychology primarily while at Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut), but also from his time as a student or instructor at Columbia, Harvard, and Yale. In addition, the collection includes materials related to the Trinity College library, as well as some biographical material and a small amount of...
Dates:
1894 - 1960
Found in:
Trinity College Archives
Joseph Cummings Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Joseph Cummings family papers
Scope and Contents
Collection primarily consists of correspondence, legal and financial documents, and background notes related to the Joseph Cummings family of Ware, Massachusetts. Correspondence span 1814-1894, and cover a range of topics from daily life to encounters with acquaintances and health. Correspondence from acquaintances discuss life in Buffalo, New York, and Amherst, Massachusetts during the 1830s. One file contains correspondence related to Nicholas Harris; a son-in-law of Joseph Cummings who...
Dates:
1835 - 1861
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Harold L. Dorwart papers
Collection
Identifier: TCA-1980-001
Content Description
The Harold L. Dorwart papers contains correspondence, articles, clippings, brochures, and handwritten accounts by Harold L. Dorwart during his tenure as Seabury Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and later Dean of Trinity College. Includes materials related to the 1968 sit-in at Trinity, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's visit to campus in 1954, as well as other documents illustrating cultural and political events that took place both at Trinity and around the country....
Dates:
1924-1997
Found in:
Trinity College Archives
Durium Record Collection
Collection
Identifier: Durium Record Collection
Scope and Contents
The Durium Record Collection consists of eight 4” single faced recordings on disc. Six of the recordings hold the same tune, Silent Night, composed by Joseph Mohr and presumed to have been orchestrated by Phil Spitalny, was originally written by Franz Xaver Gruber. This song is presumed to have been performed by Ruth and Julia Paull known collectively as the Paull Sisters. Two recordings are of unknown contents, but labeled "Tony Wons."
Dates:
1931-1932
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
John Henry Ehlers Papers
Collection
Identifier: John Henry Ehlers papers
Scope and Contents
The Papers of Joseph Henry Ehlers consist of nine scrapbooks, one photo album, one Japanese philatelic collection, two boxed award plaques, one Japanese magazine, and miscellaneous correspondence. The collection spans from 1917 to 1984, the years of Ehlers' travels and his professional career.
The scrapbooks chronicle Ehlers' travels around the world including a variety of photographs, hotel and travel memorabilia, cruise ship passenger lists, stamps, invitations, foreign...
Dates:
1917-1984
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Emerson Universal Cut Recording Collection
Collection
Identifier: Emerson Universal Cut Recording Collection
Scope and Contents
The Emerson Record Collection consists of six 7" diameter recordings (single faced) in one box. When produced, the discs were once the most popular songs, operatic and dance hits, as well as some classical and standard selections.
Dates:
1915 - 1922
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Henry Ferguson papers
Collection
Identifier: TCA-2008-002
Scope and Contents
The Henry Ferguson papers is a small collection which consists primarily of over several hundred handwritten sermons preached by Ferguson throughout his career as an ordained minister in the Episcopal Church. The collection also includes other writings such as essays and lectures, some of which Ferguson presumably delivered while a professor at Trinity College from 1883 until 1906, as well as at St. Paul's School, Concord, NH from 1906 until 1911. In addition, the collection contains a...
Dates:
1869-1920
Found in:
Trinity College Archives
Lewis Finch papers
Collection
Identifier: WLM-YYYY-002
Scope and Contents
The Lewis Finch papers is a small collection of pamphlets, booklets, and other publications and printed items related to the processes of printing by small, privately owned presses. The collection, through correspondence and a variety of printed material, reveals a network of people around the United States and abroad who shared a common interest in and a love for books and "hobby printing." Correspondents include James D. Hart, Harold Hugo, and Will Ransom.The Correspondence...
Dates:
1930-1968
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Flag Day (1894) collection
Collection
Identifier: TCA-YYYY-011
Scope and Contents
The Flag Day 1894 collection consists of 3 Flag Day programs (June 27, 1894) tied by blue yarn; 4 Flag Day programs (June 27, 1894) with staples; 1 Flag Day ribbon; and 2 newspaper clippings with articles about Flag Day 1894.
Dates:
1894
Found in:
Trinity College Archives