Collections : [Connecticut State Library, State Archives]

The Office of the Attorney General, Special Litigation Department represents the interests of people of Connecticut in matters related to federal tribal recognition and in litigation involving land claims brought by groups claiming Indian ancestry. Indian Litigation files include: Attorney General; Bureau of Indian Affairs; Eastern Pequot; Golden Hill Paugussetts; Mashantucket Pequot; Mohegan; Nipmuc; Schaghticoke; Webster/Dudley Band of Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Indians; National Archives Microfilm; Miscellaneous Microfilm; and Removable Media.

The International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons was an "international, interdenominational, inter-racial [sic] organization for development of spiritual life and stimulation of Christian activities," the Connecticut Branch is composed of a number of local "circles" which met periodically.

Papers and documents from the private and public life of Connecticut Representative and Speaker of the House Irving J. Stolberg.

James Bradford Olcott (1830-1910) was a horticulturist and writer from Manchester, Conn. Correspondence, diaries, photographs, plat books of the Manchester Turf Garden, file of agricultural articles from the Hartford Courant by Olcott, letters from a trip around Cape Horn and life in Sacramento, California.

Gov. James L. McConaughy and Gov. James C. Shannon's correspondence, subject files, and board and commission files.

James L. McConaughy was President of Wesleyan University, 1925-1943, and Governor of the State of Connectuct, 1947 until his death on March 7, 1948. Included in his papers are correspondence, speeches, photographs, and the scrapbook he kept while attending Yale from 1905-1909.

Included are genealogical notes, forms, correspondence, photographs, and scrapbook of genealogical notes on the Blin family.

Correspondence, legislative data, financial records, legal case files, and appointment books kept by a Connecticut businessman, investor, lawyer and political boss of the Republican Party in Connecticut in the early 20th century.

Contains notes, correspondence, photocopies of genealogical works, and miscellaneous genealogical research on various families. There are also a variety of genealogical newsletters concentrating on different families.

Gov. Dempsey's correspondence, reading files, subject files, agency files, National Governors' Conference files, New England Governors' Conference files, speeches, official statements, articles, and press releases.