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Morse S. Allen papers
Collection
Identifier: TCA-YYYY-001
Scope and Contents
Labeled predominately “Class Schedules,” this collection of material is just that—the listing of classes, enrollment, credit hours, instructor, and the classroom in which the class was taught. The range of the documents is slightly more than 30 years, 1923-1959. In many cases, the lists for both the “Trinity” (Spring) term and the “Christmas” (Fall) term are present, and in later instances, so is a “Summer School;” list, giving a complete picture of an academic year at Trinity College. Also...
Dates:
1920 - 1959
Found in:
Trinity College Archives
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
William Burges and Francis H. Kimball architectural drawings collection
Collection
Identifier: TCA-YYYY-012
Scope and Contents
This collection of 427 architectural drawings and sketches by William Burges and Francis H. Kimball dates approximately from 1872 to 1876. It documents the process of designing the second campus of Trinity College in Hartford, CT, including unfinished sketches; floor plans of each building; large-scale aerial views of campus designs; detailed plans for fireplaces, finials, and window frames; and notes on air flow through buildings and the cost of construction. However, few of the drawings...
Dates:
1872 - 1876
Found in:
Trinity College Archives
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
G. Keith Funston Papers
Collection
Identifier: George Keith Funston papers
Abstract
The Papers of G. Keith Funston contain correspondence, reports, articles, speeches and dairies documenting Funston's career as President of Trinity College, President of the New York Stock Exchange, Chairman of Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, membership on various corporate boards and the Trinity College Board of Trustees, the War Production Board and his time as a student at Trinity College. The collection also contains personal and family material.
Dates:
1932-1972
Found in:
Trinity College Archives
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