Collections

The Everett J. Miller papers include report cards and other school records and certificates for Miller and his older brother Charles E. Miller; materials related to a secret society that Miller created with high school classmates, which they called The United World Rangers; and news clippings and other materials related to Miller's genealogy research as an adult. The collection also includes a large photograph of students from Hartford Public High School, 1935.

Ewa Slusarek and her husband Jacek were involved in the Solidarity support movement in the United States after introduction of Martial Law in Poland on December 13, 1981. The Slusarek's established the Solidarity Support Committee of Rhode Island to aid the Solidarity Labor Union organization in Poland. Such support committees were established in several states and worldwide. There was a call for the establishment of an umbrella organization that would coordinate activities of these support organizations. In 1983 a group of representatives from these organizations met in Buffalo, NY and formed an organization called "Conference of Solidarity Support Committees" (CSSC). The collection includes documentation and activities related to the formation of these organizations, broad correspondence and related legal documents, press releases and clippings.

Letter regarding street drainage in East Windsor Hill from E. W. Ellsworth to Charles Vibert. Handwritten note on copy of the letter reads, "Excellent description of water table and ground water flow at East Windsor Hill."

Wesleyan University exams reflect the changing curriculum between 1868 and 1970. The nineteenth century Wesleyan curriculum allowed students to major in general areas of knowledge, while the twentieth century curriculum saw the rise of numerous departments. The use of entrance examinations, a standard in the 1800s, were eliminated.

Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee meeting and nomination files.

The records consist of the constitution and minutes of the executive committee of the Yale Law School Association, the school's alumni association.

An artificial collection of publications and reports from major international exhibitions, 1867-1904. The Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, 1876, is a major component of the collection.

The records consist of interviews, interview transcripts, editing and production records, and film footage created during the making of the film, The Exiles. The film, written by Richard Kaplan and Lou Potter, and produced by Richard Kaplan Productions, was released in 1989. Its focus is the European artists, scholars, and intellectuals, mostly Jewish, who escaped totalitarianism and emigrated to America before and during World War II. The film traces their lives in Europe, their escapes, and their impact on American cultural and intellectual life.

Formed in 1912, the Ex Libris Club was a social organization of employees of the State Library and the Supreme Court. The Club held parties and picnics, sent cards and flowers, attended weddings and christenings, published an internal newsletter entitled the State Library Echo, and kept scrapbooks of members and activities. In 1951 employees disbanded the club and formed the State Library and Supreme Court Club, 1951-1986.

Correspondence and ephemeral materials found in books donated and catalogued for the monograph collection.