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The South Windsor Historical Society collection consists of news clippings about the historical society and their activities.

The South Windsor Public Library collection (1990.01) consists of accessions books, a bound catalog, and press clippings related to the South Windsor Public Library system. Wood Memorial Library was part of the South Windsor Public Library system from when it opened in 1928 until 1971.

The South Windsor Women's Club records consist of event programs during 1965.

The records consist of student records maintained by the Yale Special Students Program.

The materials consist of a speech given by William Sloane Coffin at the dedication of the Coffin Common Room, Timothy Dwight College, Yale University in 1990.

The Stanley-Whitman House archival repository offers a comprehensive collection documenting Farmington, Connecticut's historical, cultural, and social evolution and its connections to broader regional and national narratives. The repository contains correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, rare books, legal and municipal records, architectural drawings, and maps that span the 17th through 20th centuries.Key topics include Indigenous history, with materials related to the Tunxis people, such as the 1684 Agreement of English with the Indians, deeds involving Tunxis individuals like Cusk, and publications like Connecticut Indian Trails, Villages, and Sachemdoms. Slavery and abolition are represented by W.O. Blake's History of Slavery and the Slave Trade (1858), a 1756 bill of sale for an enslaved man signed by John Stanley, and correspondence from Austin F. Williams, a notable abolitionist.The repository also contains extensive architectural documentation, including Rudy J. Favretti, Hammerberg, and Kelly's 1930s and 1980s restoration plans of the Stanley-Whitman House, as well as excavation records from 1986. Visual works include architectural drawings, photographs of Farmington's historic buildings, and the Klauser Family Photo Album.Other highlights include genealogies and family papers of the Whitman, Stanley, Morton, and Gay families; materials on the Amistad case and its Farmington connections; records of the Farmington Canal; and personal diaries and account books reflecting colonial and early American life. The collection includes scrapbooks from the Farmington Museum, maps like the Topographical Atlas of Connecticut, and records documenting the cultural and economic history of the area.With its breadth of topics and resources, the Stanley-Whitman House repository provides an invaluable resource for scholars researching Indigenous history, slavery, abolition, architectural preservation, and Farmington's cultural legacy.

The collection comprises letters addressed to Stanley Wootton, 1933-1934, concerning horse racing and the race course at Epsom, England (home of the Derby horse race)

St. Anthony's church fire photographs

Descendants of Aaron Stark, founder of the family in America.