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The collection consists of microfilm set of the papers held at the University of Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. These papers are digitized and can be found through the following link (http://historicalpapers-atom.wits.ac.za/b-xuma-papers).

A handwritten list of men who received knapsacks, both new and old, with the price and whether it was paid or not paid. The date and place are uncertain but it is possible that it was from Vermont during the Civil War as some names may be matched to that state and time period.

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The Farrel Company was founded in 1848 in Ansonia, Connecticut, by Almon Farrel and his son Franklin, and made brass and iron castings, wooden mortise gears and parts for water-power plants. By the 1860s the company was producing rollng mill equipment for the rapidly expanding copper and brass industries, and pioneered in the development of processing machinery for the rubber industry. Other items produced included stone and ore crushers, iron rolls (used for milling) and processing equipment for rubber, plastics, linoleum, and paper. Throughout many name changes and mergers the company remained a family owned business until the 1980s.

Record books of the Bartholomew Alpress & Company of Bristol, Connecticut. The saw mill supplied its products to many of the town's carpenters and cabinet makers, as well as to a large number of clockmakers. The records consist of two of the company's financial ledgers and account books from the years 1835 to 1846.

This is an artificial collection of publications, timetables, forms, reports, track diagrams and charts, equipment blueprints, maps, drawings and artwork, and photographs almost exclusively associated with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and its predecessor railroad lines, gathered from many donors and purchases.

Collection of maps, photographs and other documents focusing on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and its predecessor railroad lines, particularly those that ran in Connecticut.

Herbert A. France was the driving force behind the establishment of the University of Connecticut's Music Department in 1931. The collection consists of biographical materials, photographs, programs, clippings, musical scores and sound recordings documenting his activities between 1936 and 1952.