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Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Zionism, 1912-1997, bulk Bulk, 1940-1960

8.0 Cubic feet 10 regular boxes, 2 quarter-size boxes, 1 oversized box
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Bridgeport History Center, Bridgeport Public Library

Records of Editor A.H. Saxon for the Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, 1978

.4 Linear Feet
Contains the typescript and page proofs for the Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by A.H. Saxon. Mrs. Tom Thumb is also known as Lavinia Warren, a little person who gained fame and fortune through her work with P.T. Barnum.
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Records of Editor A.H. Saxon for the Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, 1978 .4 Linear Feet

Saxon, A.H.
Contains the typescript and page proofs for the Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by A.H. Saxon. Mrs. Tom Thumb is also known as Lavinia Warren, a little person who gained fame and fortune through her work with P.T. Barnum.
    University of Connecticut -Archives and Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center

    Stephen Rosenzweig Papers, 1937-1961

    0.25 Linear Feet
    Photocopies of papers of Stephen Rosenzweig, a worker at the Alexander Smith and Sons Carpet Factory in Yonkers, New York, who organized the Independent Smith Workers, a labor union of workers at the factory, in the 1930s.
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    Stephen Rosenzweig Papers, 1937-1961 0.25 Linear Feet

    Photocopies of papers of Stephen Rosenzweig, a worker at the Alexander Smith and Sons Carpet Factory in Yonkers, New York, who organized the Independent Smith Workers, a labor union of workers at the factory, in the 1930s.
      Friends of Wood Memorial Library and Museum

      Parents and Teachers Association Mothers' Club of South Windsor records, 1913-1942

      0.417 Linear Feet
      The Mothers' Club of South Windsor had been formed by 1910 as a part of the National Congress of Mothers, which was organized in 1908. In 1929, it reorganized as a parents and teachers assocition (PTA). The records consist of one Hollinger box containing three notebooks and spanning the years 1913 to 1942. Arranged chronologically, the notebooks contain records of the clubs' secretaries including minutes of regular and special meetings, annual reports, and various committee reports. They provide information on the organizations' structure, policies, members, programs, and fund-raising and charitable activities.
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      Parents and Teachers Association Mothers' Club of South Windsor records, 1913-1942 0.417 Linear Feet

      Parents and Teachers Association Mothers' Club of South Windsor
      The Mothers' Club of South Windsor had been formed by 1910 as a part of the National Congress of Mothers, which was organized in 1908. In 1929, it reorganized as a parents and teachers assocition (PTA). The records consist of one Hollinger box containing three notebooks and spanning the years 1913 to 1942. Arranged chronologically, the notebooks contain records of the clubs' secretaries including minutes of regular and special meetings, annual reports, and various committee reports. They provide information on the organizations' structure, policies, members, programs, and fund-raising and charitable activities.
        University of Connecticut -Archives and Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center

        Roselin Manufacturing Company, Inc., Records, 1921 - 1999

        4 Linear Feet Six boxes
        The collection consists of payroll ledgers, legal documents such as partnership agreements and by-laws, stock certificates, Board of Directors meeting minutes, ribbon samples on warp order cards, and photographs of a company party in 1939 and of the silk system warper, shown in the company building in Willimantic, Connecticut, after the company closed and soon before the warper was dismantled.
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        Yale University -Manuscripts and Archives

        Patricia McGowan Wald papers, 1939-2018

        315.25 Linear Feet
        The papers consist of judicial and personal papers of Patricia M. Wald, including chief judge materials, general chambers files, closed case files, correspondence, subject files, speeches, and publications. Also included are trial transcripts, trial exhibits, and memoranda from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and other materials documenting Judge Wald's legal work after retiring from active service on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
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        Patricia McGowan Wald papers, 1939-2018 315.25 Linear Feet

        Wald, Patricia M.
        The papers consist of judicial and personal papers of Patricia M. Wald, including chief judge materials, general chambers files, closed case files, correspondence, subject files, speeches, and publications. Also included are trial transcripts, trial exhibits, and memoranda from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and other materials documenting Judge Wald's legal work after retiring from active service on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
          Yale University -Yale Center for British Art

          Paul and Rachel Mellon dealer files, 1933-1997

          25 Linear Feet

          The Paul and Rachel Mellon Dealer Files contain records relating to the purchase of rare books and artwork, including prints, etchings, engravings, drawings, sculpture, and paintings, by the Paul Mellon family. The records comprise correspondence, records, images, and invoices between various dealers, Paul Mellon, and his assistants and art advisors. Many files include detailed provenance, biographical, and conservation information for the artworks, as well as photocopied exhibition catalogs. There are records pertaining to artwork found at the Yale Center for British Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, among other institutions. The John Baskett invoices are records related to artworks purchased through John Baskett, Ltd., a dealership run by Paul Mellon's close friend and advisor, John Baskett from 1964-1990, from whom the Mellon's purchased many works of British art currently on display at the Yale Center for British Art.

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          Paul and Rachel Mellon dealer files, 1933-1997 25 Linear Feet

          Mellon, Paul

          The Paul and Rachel Mellon Dealer Files contain records relating to the purchase of rare books and artwork, including prints, etchings, engravings, drawings, sculpture, and paintings, by the Paul Mellon family. The records comprise correspondence, records, images, and invoices between various dealers, Paul Mellon, and his assistants and art advisors. Many files include detailed provenance, biographical, and conservation information for the artworks, as well as photocopied exhibition catalogs. There are records pertaining to artwork found at the Yale Center for British Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, among other institutions. The John Baskett invoices are records related to artworks purchased through John Baskett, Ltd., a dealership run by Paul Mellon's close friend and advisor, John Baskett from 1964-1990, from whom the Mellon's purchased many works of British art currently on display at the Yale Center for British Art.

            Yale University -Yale Center for British Art

            Paul Mellon Brick House photographs, 1980-1989

            .75 Linear Feet

            This collection consists of 126 8x10 color photographs taken of the Brick House, Paul Mellon's personal gallery on his property in Virginia. The photographs detail both the collection of work amassed within the gallery and the exterior of the house. The photos are attributed to Steven Tucker. They are believed to have been taken in the 1980's and sent to the Yale Center for British Art in 2001 for use in the exhibition catalogue "The Paul Mellon Bequest: Treasures of a Lifetime."

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            Paul Mellon Brick House photographs, 1980-1989 .75 Linear Feet

            Tucker, Steven

            This collection consists of 126 8x10 color photographs taken of the Brick House, Paul Mellon's personal gallery on his property in Virginia. The photographs detail both the collection of work amassed within the gallery and the exterior of the house. The photos are attributed to Steven Tucker. They are believed to have been taken in the 1980's and sent to the Yale Center for British Art in 2001 for use in the exhibition catalogue "The Paul Mellon Bequest: Treasures of a Lifetime."

              Yale University -Yale Center for British Art

              Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Publications, 1966-2018

              26 Linear Feet

              This collection consists of a run of publications by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art from 1966 to 2014.

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              Yale University -Yale Center for British Art

              Paul Mellon collection of Basil Taylor papers, 1959-1975

              2.5 Linear Feet

              This collection consists primarily of correspondence between Basil Taylor, Paul Mellon, and Mellon's advisors, including Mellon's first curator, the art dealer John Baskett, regarding the development of Mellon's British art collection. These papers cover the years 1959 through 1975, the year of Taylor's death, with the bulk spanning 1960-1969, the years of Mellon, Baskett, and Taylor's most active collaboration and collection building. The correspondence includes telegrams, letters, lists of artworks from auction houses, and internal memoranda recorded by Mellon's primary secretaries, such as Ethel Orendorff and Beverley Carter. Other significant correspondents represented in the collection are Willis Van Devanter, Mellon's librarian; Leslie Cheek, curator at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art; various associates at the National Gallery of Art, Agnew's, and Colnaghi; and Dudley Snelgrove, another advisor and curator of British prints and drawings. The correspondence provides insight into Mellon's collecting habits, and it documents the friendship and working relationship between Taylor and Mellon.

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              Paul Mellon collection of Basil Taylor papers, 1959-1975 2.5 Linear Feet

              Mellon, Paul

              This collection consists primarily of correspondence between Basil Taylor, Paul Mellon, and Mellon's advisors, including Mellon's first curator, the art dealer John Baskett, regarding the development of Mellon's British art collection. These papers cover the years 1959 through 1975, the year of Taylor's death, with the bulk spanning 1960-1969, the years of Mellon, Baskett, and Taylor's most active collaboration and collection building. The correspondence includes telegrams, letters, lists of artworks from auction houses, and internal memoranda recorded by Mellon's primary secretaries, such as Ethel Orendorff and Beverley Carter. Other significant correspondents represented in the collection are Willis Van Devanter, Mellon's librarian; Leslie Cheek, curator at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art; various associates at the National Gallery of Art, Agnew's, and Colnaghi; and Dudley Snelgrove, another advisor and curator of British prints and drawings. The correspondence provides insight into Mellon's collecting habits, and it documents the friendship and working relationship between Taylor and Mellon.

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