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Theodore D. Lockwood Papers
Collection
Identifier: Theodore Lockwood papers
Overview
The Papers of Theodore D. Lockwood contain correspondence (personal and official), publications, lectures, newspapers, and ephemera, related to the term of Theodore D. Lockwood as President of Trinity College (1968-1981).
Dates:
1968-1981
Found in:
Trinity College Archives
Jon Lomberg papers
Collection
Identifier: TCA-1996-001
Scope and Contents
This small collection of personal papers includes project files and video cassette tapes from the 1980s and 1990s. Of note in the project files are Lomberg's work on a "galaxy mural" for a display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Files contain correspondence and artwork pertaining to the mural. Also of interest are files related to Carl Sagan's books Comet and Pale Blue Dot. The largest group of files relates to...
Dates:
1980-1996
Found in:
Trinity College Archives
Maritime History Collection
Collection
Identifier: Maritime History Collection
Scope and Contents
This composite collection contains records such as ship logs, personal journals composed by captains and other crew members, and other miscellaneous documents including an Italian signal book, “protests” or documents that indicate that ship’s crew did not misperform duties when cargo was damaged, and correspondence. The collection spans from the late 18th century to the early 20th century, covering the transition from sail power to steam. Ships’ logs begin in 1797 and span the 19th century...
Dates:
1777 - 1926
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
Edward F. Murray papers
Collection
Identifier: WLM-2023-001
Scope and Contents
The Edward (Ed) F. Murray papers consist of roughly 130 manuscript letters written by Ed Murray to Miss Mae McGarry, most of which are addressed to her in Norwich and Putnam, Connecticut. The letters date between 1917 and 1922 and chronicle Murray's time as a student at Trinity College (Hartford); his time as both a major and minor league baseball player; his time as a cadet in military training with the Aviation Section of the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I; and his time after...
Dates:
1917 - 1922
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
Ellen Harper Parkes Commonplace Album
Collection
Identifier: Ellen Harper Parkes commonplace album
Scope and Contents
An album composed by Ellen Harper Parkes (later Ellen Worsley) in 1826, containing written and illustrated material created largely between 1824 and 1827. Among the material are handwritten transcripts of poems originally written by Sarah Parkes, Anna Letitia Barbauld, and Letitia Elizabeth Landon (signed L.E.L.) as well as drawings and watercolors by an array of acquaintances, most of which are identified by their initials. Some of the illustrations were copied from contemporary printed...
Dates:
Title page dated 1826; Content primarily from 1824-1827
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
Paul S. Parsons Papers
Collection
Identifier: Paul S. Parsons papers
Abstract
This collection contains 108 letters to and from Paul S. Parsons (dated 1918-1934) with 18 of them in French, 26 written poems, as well as 2 pieces of ephemera (mainly other correspondence).
Dates:
1918-1934
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections
'People of New York vs Van Wormer Brothers' trial court reports
Collection
Identifier: WLM-2018-007
Scope and Contents
Series one, 'People of New York vs Van Wormer Brothers' Stenographer Report, is comprised of five folders holding 1463 pages of legal proceedings from the Van Wormer Brothers' trial that took place between March 31, 1902 and April 18, 1902. Originally, these pages were bound in three volumes, with Volume 1 containing pages 1-322, Volume 2 containing pages 323-866, and Volume 3 containing pages 867-1423. Additionally, a five page Index of Witnesses is included at the end of each volume....
Dates:
1902-03-31 - 1902-04-18
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