Collections : [Mattatuck Museum]

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.

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.