Collections

Primary and secondary source materials related to Guilford Native Americans and African Americans, including deeds of sale, Guilford town records, merchant ledgers, and published records and histories.

Record books, None; Probate files, 1719-1900.

The Guilford Smith Memorial Library holds personal photographs, books, furniture, and family records of the Charles Smith family who was the owner of Smith and Winchester Manufacturing Co. The library also holds records, books, photographs, and historical artifacts relating to the Smith and Winchester Manufacturing Co. In addition, the library has photographs, artwork, documents, and historical artifacts relating to the history of South Windham, including Dr. Rose's Sanitarium.

Selected letters to Pardo de Leygonier as cultural associate of the Venezuelan Embassy in Paris.

The collection consists of printed material and ephemera relating to the political and social conditions in Guinea-Bissau.

The collection consists of printed material relating to the political, economic, and social conditions in Guinea.

The papers of the Guion family of Litchfield. Brothers Hobart Guion (1869-1950) and George Guion (1870-1962) married sisters Harriet Cutler McAllister (1880-1977) and Amelia Hamilton McAllister (1877-1962), respectively. The McAllister sisters were the nieces of New York social arbiter Samuel Ward McAllister, who coined the term "the 400" to describe, in his opinion, the elite New York society members who mattered.

The Gulick Family Papers, 1840-1964, primarily document the scientific and missionary life of John Thomas Gulick (1833-1923) in Japan and China and the scientific career of his son Addison Gulick who was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Missouri from 1912 to 1952.

Thoracic surgeon Gustaf Lindskog was a member of the Department of Surgery from 1933 until his retirement in 1971. He chaired the department from 1948 to 1966. The collection consists primarily of his reports as head of the Thoracic Surgery Service of New Haven Hospital, talks including history of surgery lectures given at Yale, medical illustrations, and reprints. The restricted boxes contain Lindskog's notes on his surgical operations on named patients.

The collection consists of correspondence and writings that document the life and work of the American poet Gustaf Sobin. Correspondence sheds light on his relationships with other literary figures, including René Char, James Laughlin, Hyatt Waggoner, and Charles Tomlinson, among others. Writings consist of extensive notes and drafts for most of his major works and provide comprehensive documentation of his creative process.