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Walter Stemmons became Agricultural Editor at the Connecticut Agricultural College in 1918. The scope of his official responsibilities expanded rapidly as the college grew into a state university. He was director of the Division of Publications and University Editor until he retired in 1954.

The collection consists of records from the Ward College of Technology from 1948 to 2003.

The Warren Mitofsky Papers span the years 1948 through 2006. A large majority of the papers concern Mitofsky's involvement with the major news networks in various primaries and elections in American and foreign elections during this period, including his conducting of exit polls, which he invented in 1967.

This collection contains ledgers, records, letters, photographs, posters, scrapbooks, and ephemera pertaining to the military history of Waterbury, Connecticut. Major conflicts of the United States from the Revolutionary War to the Korean War are represented with documents from military and civilian life. Waterbury contributed many soldiers to the wars fought by the United States, and the record of their service is reflected in this collection. As a brass manufacturing center, Waterbury's civilians provided critical assistance to the country's ability to wage war.

Genealogical notes, correspondence, patriotic society memberships and photographs.

The history of the Wauregan Mills, the Quinebaug Company and other related mills is very much tied to the history of the Atwood family. The collection includes family records and materials as well as records of the Wauregan Mills, Wauregan Company, Quinebaug Mill, Wauregan-Quinebaug Company, and Wauregan Mills, Inc.

The Webster family papers include Arethusa Farm records, ledgers, calendars, and postcards; documentation of a 1952 transcontinental trip to Alaska; and Litchfield photos and ephemera. Most of the family papers are from the 1870s through the 1920s.