Collections

Papers relating to the Grant family of Litchfield, including Hannah Grant (1785-1871) and her children Charles William (1810-1881), David McNeil (1812-1885), Harriet Lucretia (1814-1892), and John Mason (1817-1878). The collection is mostly comprised of family correspondence, but also includes various school lessons and papers, family account records, and real estate records.

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, photographs, clippings and other papers relating to Granville and James Stuart and the early history of Montana. Much of the correspondence is dated 1916-1918 and consists of incoming letters and typewritten carbon copies of outgoing letters relating to information on Montana history, and Native American vocabularies. Principal correspondents include John E. Rees, Charles Kessler, William John McConnell, and Nelson Story. There are also short essays written by Granville Stuart and others on various episodes in Montana history, cabinet card photographs, of Granville Stuart and an Indian possibly identified as "Little Claw of a Grizzly Bear," and newspaper clippings on Henry Plummer and vigilantes. Other papers include a manuscript notice written by James Stuart calling for volunteers to join him in the Yellowstone, a manuscript appointment of James Stuart as captain of the expedition signed by ten men.

Collection of projects completed by graduate students in classes of the Yale School of Art Graphic Design Program. Items include projects produced for classes taught by Bradbury Thompson, Paul Rand, and Alvin Eisenman.

The Grassy Hill Congregational Church records shed light on the religious history of Lyme from 1879 through 1950.

This collection documents the founding of the collective which served the purpose of building and maintaining a dam and reservoir in Great Brook at Buck's Hill.

This collection contains many clippings, administrative materials, and materials related to the different international pavillions. The collection also contains 60 tapes and supporting materials of interviews conducted through by Greater Danbury Intercultural Association to document the contituent groups that make up the greater Danbury area.

The Greater Hartford Labor Council (GHLC) was formed in 1957. All local unions belonging to an international affiliated to the AFL-CIO or affiliated to the AFL-CIO directly are able to join the central labor body in their region upon payment of dues.

The collection comprises records of the Greater New Haven Coalition for People, a grassroots organization that advocates for lower and middle income residents of New Haven, Connecticut. Materials include correspondence, financial and fundraising records, files on topics and events that the Coalition worked on, and posters and protest signs. Materials date from 1981 to 2014. Much of the collection concerns different issues the Coalition focused on, including the removal of bus stops from the City of New Haven, medical care for the low-income and uninsured in the local hospitals, conditions of public housing, and programs like the West Rock Youth Leadership Program and Tenants Against Drugs Dammit!

Collection consists of the records of labor unions in the greater New Haven, Connecticut, area, including the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Local 125/International Ladies Garment Workers Union Local 151; the Typographical Union of New Haven (ITU No. 47); the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Local 1939; the New Haven Council for Unemployed Workers; the Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 153; and he New Haven Federation of Teachers, Local 933. The collection also includes the papers of labor leaders and activists including David Montgomery, Joseph M. Rourke, Nicholas Aiello, Dorothy Johnson and the records of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, Local 299; Frank Panzarella as President and Chief Steward of IAMAW Local Lodge 1990, and the United Way Papers of Irm Wessel. The collection also includes the records of the associaiation.