Collections

The Ambler Family Papers contains personal and miscellaneous correspondence and miscellaneous financial papers and printed ephemera of the Raymond-Ambler family.

Collection black and white and color reproductions of American architecture from the Colonial period through the present, with an emphasis on 19th and 20th century buildings. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources.

The records include programs and correspondence of the American Association for the History of Medicine.

The UConn Chapter was established on 27 April 1932 when the constitution was adopted and officers elected. The Chapter title changed several times, reflecting the growth and development of the institution: Connecticut Agricultural College (1932-1933), Connecticut State College (1933-1939), and University of Connecticut (1939-present). The purpose of the national organization is to promote a "powerful body of informed opinion among university teachers and investigators of America" through the combined works of the local chapters. The national association establishes standards on such subjects as "academic freedom, tenure, and ethics" which, it hopes, will be actively supported by the local chapters.

Wesleyan University restarted its dormant chapter in the American Association of University Professors with a new constitution on October 9, 1974. Over the following two decades, the chapter took part in negotiations with the administration, including University President Colin Campbell. Beginning in 1977, Nathanael Greene, Vice President for Academic Affairs, would serve as Campbell’s liaison to the AAUP. The activities of the group appear to have dropped off around 1990.

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) was founded in 1886 as an organization of female college graduates. The first meeting of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (ACA) was held in Washington, D.C., on January 14, 1886. The first Connecticut branch of ACA was formed in 1892, shortly after Yale University began admitting female graduate students. The ACA was reorganized in 1920 and on May 1 the first meeting of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae Branches and College Clubs was held. The name was finally changed to AAUW in 1954. AAUW continues to promote legal, social, educational, and economic equity for women in an attempt to move women into policy making positions in all sectors of society.

Includes scrapbook created by member Stephanie Clayton including clippings about the ABCs Connecticut Chapter, field trips and programs, author and artist profiles; records from the founder of the chapter, Billie Levy, including correspondence, ABC Newsletter, membership lists, program flyers.

American Council for Polish Culture (ACPC) is one of the oldest Polish American cultural organizations. Beginning in 1948, and still existing today, the ACPC serves as a national umbrella organization for many local cultural clubs and organizations. The ACPC collection chronicles a wide range of the organization's activities. It illustrates the beginning, changes, and development of the organization supported with extensive correspondence, minutes, reports, and annual conventions materials.

This collection contains records pertaining to the American Dance Festival while it was held at Connecticut College from 1948-1977, primarily from the college's News Office, which handled publicity for the school and festival during the period 1962-1968. Materials in the collection include correspondence, photographs, press releases and newspaper clippings, school course listings and directories, brochures, programs, and posters.

The American Field Service Application Records comprise the history of an application filed in 1990 by American Field Service veterans of World War II for retroactive recognition as United States Army servicemen by the Pentagon under provisions of the G.I. Bill of 1977. The collection also contains research materials and publications relating to the history of the American Field Service during both world wars. The records, comprised of original documents, as well as photocopies thereof, were amassed by Joseph Porter Brinton, III, an ambulance driver with the American Field Service during World War II, who compiled the guide for their use.