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This collection documents the Sherwood family that settled in the Westport, Connecticut area in the late 18th century. It includes correspondence, records related to the family's shipping business, personal financial records, legal documents, and genealogical and biographical information.

The Sherwood Waldron collection (1995.04) relates to the tobacco industry in South Windsor, CT, and elsewhere and includes histories, account books, articles, personal letters and photographs, and objects and artifacts.

This collection documents the life and work of journalist and writer Sigrid Schultz. Among the earliest women to hold a high position in international journalism, Schultz was appointed Central European Bureau Chief in the Chicago Tribune's Berlin office in late 1925. She reported for the Tribune and the Mutual Broadcasting Service until her return to the U.S. in 1941. Schultz gave early warning about the rise of the National Socialist party in Germany, cultivating connections with Nazi leaders that enabled her to do in-depth reporting.

The W. Todd Furniss papers consist of two autobiographical volumes which describe the life of the Furniss family from 1927-1942.

The ARC collection represents small archival collections, single items, and other material held by the Bridgeport History Center that does not have enough volume to constitute an entire archival collection.

The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut was organized in 1893 to "perpetuate the memory of the events of American Colonial History, and of the men who assisted in the establishment, defense and preservation of the American Colonies." Membership is composed of male descendants of men who rendered military or civil service to the colonies from the settlement of Jamestown, May 13, 1607 to the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775. The collection consists of supplemental and original applications for membership in the state organization. Click here to see the scanned paper finding aid and container list (pdf).

Typed manuscript (mimeograph) "Soil, Forest, and Water Conservation in China, Israel, Africa, and the United States," oral history interview (703 pages in two volumes) conducted by Malca Chall for the Regional Oral History Office at the University of California at Berkeley, illustrated, 1969, Berkeley, California. Also included is a typed manuscript (mimeograph) "The Heavens Cooperate," by Inez M. Lowdermilk.

The research materials related to Dr. Solyman Brown compiled by Dr. Leonard Elkins, who was working on an uncompleted biography of Dr. Brown.

The records consist of memoranda, correspondence, reports, and lists documenting the Southeast Asia Collection at Yale University Library.

Meeting minutes of the South Windsor Baseball Club for the 1928 season.