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Gladys L. Gage Collection
Collection
Identifier: Gladys L. Gage Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence to Gladys L. Gage from her Japanese American students held in relocation centers and camps, and correspondence to her parents recalling the aspects of the relocations and teaching students spanning 1941-1942. The collection also contains roll books from 1941, autograph books, and compositions written by Gage's students at the Washington School in Seattle. Other materials included in the collection include photographs and slides of Seattle, Washington...
Dates:
1941 - 1949
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Anthony Gardner and Mary Parker Letters
Collection
Identifier: Anthony Gardner and Mary Parker letters
Scope and Contents
The Anthony Gardner and Mary Parker letters contain 74 pieces of correspondence between Anthony Gardner at Chiddingfold, Surrey, England, and Elizabeth Van der Hoek of Pomfret, Connecticut. These letters reveal the personal and political side of artist Anthony Gardner, ranging from his views on twentieth century America to his abhorrence of contemporary technology, such as airplanes and television. Additionally, some of Gardner's artistic talents are on display since the letters are written...
Dates:
1956 - 1972
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Goodwin Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Goodwin family papers
Scope and Contents
This collection primarily contains correspondence spanning 1814-1894 related to members of the Goodwin Family. One batch of correspondence come from Captain James Ripley Madison to Major Thomas A. Deblois, spanning 1814 to 1820, composed onboard the U.S. Frigates Congress, Guerriere, Prometheus, and the U.S. Schooner Lynx before being lost at sea in 1820. The collection further contains letters from David P. Hancock to his father and brother, some written from Fort Washita, OK in...
Dates:
1814 - 1894
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
George E. Graff Collection
Collection
Identifier: George E. Graff Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains memoranda from the War Relocation Authority (WRA) spanning 1942-1945, during which George E. Graff worked as an officer. Graff collected memoranda, publications by the WRA, as well as photographs from the camps he was located at.
Dates:
1942 - 1982
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Cheryl Greenberg Collection
Collection
Identifier: Cheryl Greenberg Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 36 print newspapers from major dailies, featuring issues with articles concerning the attacks on September 11, 2001, and the 2008 election of Barack Obama as President of the United States.
Dates:
2001 - 2011
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Hartford Residents Collection
Collection
Identifier: Hartford Residents Collection
Scope and Contents
Collection primarily comprises of correspondence, along with several scrapbooks from the 19th century related to Italian art and history composed by Genevieve Harlow Goodwin, as well as a manuscript by Homer Worthington Brainard (1864-1947) related to Thomas Hooker’s life and writings dated ca. 1914. Correspondence span the 19th century, with the bulk of correspondence addressed from Henry Carrington Bolton to Charles Kasson Weed, Samuel Clemens to numerous correspondents, as well as...
Dates:
1807 - 1957
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Hartford Studies Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: Hartford Studies Project Collection
Scope and Contents
Collection contains several reels of 16 MM film as well as VHS tapes and DVDs of interviews from the early 2000s. It further contains photographic material, reports with data about residents, guidebooks, and other paper-based materials such as student papers and theses spanning the past several decades. The collection is composed of several smaller composite collections dealing with neighborhoods, development and cultural projects undertaken by various organizations within Hartford...
Dates:
1835 - 2008
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Dard Hunter papers
Collection
Identifier: WLM-YYYY-004
Abstract
The Dard Hunter papers contain correspondence (including nine letters written by Hunter, to either Charles R. Green or Carlos B. Clark), prospectuses for Hunter's books, and journal and news articles on Hunter. Also included are miscellaneous items relating to Hunter's work.
Dates:
1909-1979
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Samuel Farmar Jarvis Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Samuel Farmar Jarvis Family papers
Scope and Contents
The Samuel Farmar Jarvis family papers consist of about 37 manuscript letters. It includes twenty letters from Samuel Farmar Jarvis (1786-1851) to his son Samuel Fermor Jarvis (1825-1910); four letters from Samuel Farmar Jarvis to Harriette Dobson Jarvis; one letter combined with response between Jeanette Margaret Hart and Samuel Farmar Jarvis; one combined letter from Jeanette Hart Jarvis and Samuel Fermor Jarvis, to Sarah McCurdy (Hart) Jarvis; three letters from Antoinette Jarvis to...
Dates:
March 26, 1811-September 3, 1850
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
William R. Lawrence Papers
Collection
Identifier: William R. Lawrence papers
Overview
The William R. Lawrence papers consist of letters written by nineteenth-century notable people (including Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Carter Hall, prolific publisher-authors), which were gathered by William R. Lawrence ?(1812-1855) as an autograph collection. Many autographed items were placed in individual folders and some items have been commented upon (perhaps by Lawrence). The collection includes the autograph letter, dated Novemebr 22, 1836, from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Samuel Carter...
Dates:
1829-1856
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections