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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
George Stephanopoulos Collection of Photographs
Collection
Identifier: WLM-2018-006
Abstract
This collection of photographs was acquired between 2005-2015 by George Stephanopoulos, the prominent journalist, political commentator, and former Democratic campaign advisor to Bill Clinton in 1992. The collection includes photographs by prominent photographers from the United States and Europe, as well as 19th century Italy. Stephanopoulos collected political photographs from a range of photographers: from Burt Glinn, who covered national politics during the 1950s and 1960s; to...
Dates:
1860 - 2006
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Thomas "Fats" Waller Recording Collection
Collection
Identifier: Thomas "Fats" Waller Recording Collection
Abstract
The collection consists of twelve 10" 78 rpm recordings produced between 1935 and 1942.
Dates:
1935 - 1942
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Thrall Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Thrall family papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, family genealogies, deeds for property, military orders, records from estates, military service, and writs and summons spanning the early 19th century through the 1860s. A number of correspondence exist between the women in the family such as Martha, Cynthia, Jane, and Lydia Skinner, as well as the brothers Luke Thrall and Walter Thrall regarding transactions and business. Martha Thrall recalls life in Indiana after settling there in the 1830s,...
Dates:
1765 - 1859
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
William Henry Trotter Papers
Collection
Identifier: William Henry Trotter Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, photographs, a types radio address, newspaper clippings, and Trotter’s journals. The eight journals in this collection describe Trotter’s journeys in and around the Pennsylvania area, detailing the geographic, avian, and fauna life of the areas he visited. They span 1898 through 1929, with gaps. Most of Trotter’s collection resides in the Ornithology Department of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, where he was made a member in 1917....
Dates:
1898 - 1929
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
J. Hammond Trumbull Collection
Collection
Identifier: J. Hammond Trumbull Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains annotated books, correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks and notes, and other printed materials such as scrapbooks related to indigenous North American languages and geographical names. The collection includes large volumes of correspondence related to Trumbull’s work in developing lexicons, grammars, and indigenous geographic names throughout his life, as well as correspondence related to his publications and articles in journals on philology and early United States...
Dates:
1500 - 1921
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
U. S. Civil War Collection
Collection
Identifier: U. S. Civil War Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence, court-martial papers, newspaper clippings, printed congressional speeches, photographs, military documents, bound manuscripts, and other miscellaneous documents from the Civil War era. The topics covered in this collection include the court martial of Major General Fitz-John Porter, discussions of army life, camp conditions, and battles in the American South. Also includes forms and documents related to the Dakota Territory and infantry there.
Dates:
1860 - 1889
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Vertical File Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: Vertical File Manuscripts