Collections : [Mattatuck Museum]

The collection contains materials related to the Waterbury Hospital School of Nursing and its Alumni Association.

The archivists for the Max R. Traurig Library have collected material regarding the industrialization and modernization of Waterbury. Document types include account books, pamphlets, broadsides, advertisements, administrative records, general summaries by historians, and manuals.

The John H. Barker Collection contains various photographs, advertisements, and documents detailing the artistic output of the industrial artists during the 1940s through the 1950s. Photographs include depictions of paintings of various Waterbury factories, including Anaconda Copper and American Brass Co., which were painted by John H. Baker. The collection also contains various advertisements for Anaconda and American brass that include artwork created by J.H. Barker. The collection also contains correspondence to J.H. Barker from Orton P. Camp and an announcement from Anaconda Vice President on the opening of the Ansonia Branch. The collection contains one folder of paintings of an undetermined factories from other artists, which were perhaps used as reference or research.

This collection contains ledgers, records, letters, photographs, posters, scrapbooks, and ephemera pertaining to the military history of Waterbury, Connecticut. Major conflicts of the United States from the Revolutionary War to the Korean War are represented with documents from military and civilian life. Waterbury contributed many soldiers to the wars fought by the United States, and the record of their service is reflected in this collection. As a brass manufacturing center, Waterbury's civilians provided critical assistance to the country's ability to wage war.

Chief Two Moon Meridas was an entrepreneur who lived in Waterbury from circa 1918 through his death in 1932. He utilized stereotypical imagery of indigenous peoples to sell "herbal tonics."

The Records of the Chase Collegiate School span from 1863-2020. Founded as an all girls school in 1865, the Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies taught a complete education for women in Waterbury, CT. Reorganized in 1875 as Saint Margaret's School for Girls, the school continued its mission of educating young women. In 1912 McTernan's School for Boys was founded in Waterbury as an all boys school by Charles McTernan and in 1973 the 2 schools merged to become a non-demoninational co-ed school named Saint Margaret's-McTernan School. In 2005 the school was renamed Chase Collegiate School. In all of its iterations, the school was always focused academic achievements, creative expression, a sense of community, and the development of leadership qualities. The Records of the School are divided into series based on the various names of the school. The collection largely reflects student life, but also includes administrative files. Object types include but not limited to: annual reports, correspondence, handbooks, course descriptions, meeting minutes, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, student publications, performance ephemera, and event files.

The records of the Waterbury Button Company is largely composed of business documents including letters, bills, receipts, account information, patents, ledgers, etc. The collection also contains the personal papers of J. R. Smith, President; most related to Waterbury Country Club, of which he was founder.

This collection is comprised of the Ted Williams ephemera collection of Fredrick "Flyhawk" Koch.

The first newspaper published in Waterbury, CT was The American on December 14, 1844. Since 1844 Waterbury has had a variety of professional and amateur newspapers. This collection is composed of both professional and amateur newspapers. While the archive does not have a complete run of any one newspaper – the collection has focused on specific events and time periods: the Fire of 1902, the Flood of 1955, and the nineteenth century as examples. The newspaper collection offers an interesting glimpse into both national and local events from the 1840s until today. The collection will have additional accruals in the future.

The Rosalind Russell files include various personal and professional documents collected by Russell. The collection mainly is composed of photographs, depicting Russell's childhood as well as her professional career, such as headshots. The collection also includes movie posters from movies such as "Wonderful Town" and "Aunt Mame". Interesting to note is a folder on the various properties the Russell family owned throughout Waterbury.