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The Roderick King collection, covering 1833-1889, is an artificial collection comprised of two series: Personal Papers and Town Records. Their provenance and original order are unknown. The arrangement was constructed based on internal evidence.

The papers consist of an oral history typescript entitled, "Building the Democratic Party in California, 1954-1966," containing interviews with Roger Kent conducted by Anne H. Brower and Amelia R. Fry in 1976 and 1977. The volume was compiled and published by the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, in 1981.

Genealogical chart and book of corresponding family sheets.

Rules of the Litchfield Female Academy recorded by Sarah Kingsbury Brown.

Research files and other materials related to Samuel Fisher's 1946 book, Litchfield Law School, 1774-1833: Biographical Catalogue, containing information about its students. There are also papers related to other aspects of Litchfield's history.

Samuel Hinkley Robbins letter written from Baton Rouge about New Orleans to William Holt Averell.

Payroll of a company of Connecticut State troops in the service of the United States, commanded by Capt. Samuel Waugh.

Correspondence, photographs, autographs, pressed flowers and other materials pertaining to Connecticut history, prominent American and European political and literary figures, the Connecticut Indian Association, etc. Click here to see the scanned paper finding aid and container list (pdf).

The Sarah E. Hutchinson Friendship Album (1971-31-4) contains a few illustrations along with poetry written to Sarah Hutchinson or notes from family and friends in and around Plattekill and Ulsterville, New York. Most of the entries are from 1839, but a few can be found from later years such as 1840 or 1853.

The Saugatuck Congregational Church Records contain original documentation tracing the history of the church from the time of its establishment in 1832.