Collections : [University of Connecticut -Archives and Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center]

This is a collection of files pertaining to University Commencement Ceremonies beginning in 1929 through 1971, with some gaps.

In March of 1953, a Committee of Five was appointed by the standing committee of the University Senate (acting at the request of the administration) to investigate the charge that four members of the faculty, Paul Zilsel, Robert Glass, Harold Lewis, and Emanuel Margolis, were communists. Committee members included Fred A. Cazel, Jr., Harold G. Halcrow, C. Albert Kind, Arthur L. Wood, and Marcel Kessel as Chairman. In a unanimous report, the committee recommended to the Board of Trustees that all four faculty members be retained at the University of Connecticut.

The collection contains memoranda, minutes, examinations and questions pertaining to the development of a comprehensive examination program at the University of Connecticut for undergraduates culminating in the ability of students to graduate with distinction from their degree programs.

The collection contains administrative files for the computer center at the University of Connecticut.

The collection contains correspondence, clippings, administrative reporting, committe proceedings, notes, fliers (handouts), and publications related to the Computing Committee and their involvement in UCINFO. Among the subjects discussed in the collection is the Campus Wide Information System (CWIS), UCINFO content, committee policies, goals, guides, training, and the transition from Gopher and Mole to the World Wide Web.

The collection contains documents pertaining to the establishment of the Connecticut Transportation Institute at the University of Connecticut.

Administrative records including Founder's Day (calendar of events, programs, minutes), Field trip policy, Residence hall and dining facilities charges

administrative records, correspondence, reports

The Connecticut Technology Park was a multi-partner development project to provide research and business environment for emerging and established companies located adjacent to the Storrs campus of the University of Connecticut.

The collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes and memoranda created and received by the English Department at the University of Connecticut.