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Ben Barber papers
Collection
Identifier: Ben Barber papers
Abstract
Writings, notebooks, correspondence, and photographs document Barber’s work as an international journalist from the late 1970s to 2014. Contains materials from Trinity College as well as the notebooks of poetry he wrote after graduation (1965-1979). Materials from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), where Barber was a senior writer and editorial director of FrontLines (2002-2010), are included as well.
Dates:
1962 - 2016
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Harry Todd Costello Papers
Collection
Identifier: Harry Todd Costello papers
Scope and Contents
Lecture notes, essays, syllabi, correspondence and diaries documenting Costello's career as instructor of philosophy and psychology. Also includes biographical material.
Dates:
1907 - 1960
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
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
Monday Evening Club records
Collection
Identifier: WLM-2019-002
Abstract
The Monday Evening Club Records contain administrative and historical material that documents the activities of the Hartford men’s literary and social society founded in 1869, and contributions to the club made by its members. Prominent in the records are club meeting minutes, correspondence, and club histories, but the bulk of the records consists of several hundred papers presented by members at their dinner meetings held on Monday evenings six times a year. The paper topics were chosen by...
Dates:
1869 - 2022
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Hugh Ogden Collection
Collection
Identifier: Hugh Ogden Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains detailed background information from the time of acquisition in 1994, audio-cassette recordings from a reading by Ogden at the Hill-Stead Museum (Farmington, Connecticut) in 1992, as well as correspondence between Ogden and other poets, critics, and writers such as Dick Allen, Steve Foley, Nancy Anne Miller, and Stephen Minot from the late 1980s through the early 1990s. The collection also includes manuscript poems related to two of Ogden’s books: Looking for History...
Dates:
1979 - 1994
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Spiro Peterson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Spiro Peterson papers
Scope and Contents
The Spiro Peterson papers is comprised of two gifts, one from Peterson's brother and the other from his widow. The first gift (folders 1-3) is composed of letters written to his brother during World War Two covering the months of August 1944 through December 1945. The second gift (folders 4-12) is composed of lettes t his parents, mid-1943 through December 1945, as well as letters to other recipients, including a few letters to Peterson from his mother, along wih other war-era and...
Dates:
1943-1995
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Charles P. Wells Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Charles P. Wells family papers
Abstract
Charles P. Wells (1811-1876) was a lifelong resident of Hartford, Connecticut. This collection contains correspondence, business records, and personal effects from his life.
Dates:
1655 - 1870
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections