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University of Connecticut -Archives and Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center

Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company, Haddam Neck Plant Records, undated, 1963-2005

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Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company was a nuclear power plant located in Haddam Neck, Connecticut. It began commercial operation in 1968 and produced over 110 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in its 29 years of service. In 1996 the CY Board of Directors voted to permanently close the plant and decommissioning was completed in 2007. The records consist of plant design drawings, plant historical records, employee newsletters, environmental reports, regulatory correspondence, scrapbooks, plaques, photographs, and other audiovisual materials.
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Yale University -Manuscripts and Archives

Ivy Group Presidents records, 1963-1977

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The records include the original agreement establishing the group in 1954; meeting agendas, outlines, and background materials; comprehensive files on intercollegiate athletics; documents outlining policy discussions and decisions on academic scholarships and admissions; the Ivy Group charter and handbook, 1972; and materials on Yale University's dispute with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) over the Jack Langer case. The Ivy Group Presidents formed in 1954 to foster amateurism in collegiate athletics. Soon after, the organization broadened its mission and began meeting regularly to discuss educational philosophy and to formulate policies governing Ivy League academics, athletics, admissions, and scholarships.
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University of Connecticut -Archives and Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center

University of Connecticut, Building Names Committee Records, 1963-1976

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Committee materials pertaining to the naming of University buildings.
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Yale University -Manuscripts and Archives

Department of Statistics, Yale University, records, 1944-1991

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The records consist of subject, student and personnel files concerning the activities and operations of the Yale Department of Statistics. Also included are videotapes of the department's celebration of its 25th anniversary and the 70th birthday of Francis J. Anscombe.
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Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Robert Nathan papers, 1796-1985, bulk 1912-1968

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The collection includes drafts of writings, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, drawings, diaries, and audio recordings documenting the life and work of the American writer Robert Nathan. Drafts of Nathan's writings make up the bulk of the collection, and include novels, screenplays, short fiction and prose, speeches, and poetry; the writings include story ideas, or "false starts," that Nathan did not publish. Correspondence and other papers document his family relationships, in particular that with his sister Marian Kraus Sandor. Other major correspondents include Stephen Vincent Bene?t, Herbert Feis, Lawrence Kubie, Dan H. Laurence, and Marjorie Bitker. The collection also documents an exhibition of Nathan's work in the Yale University Library in 1962.
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Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Tony Towle papers, 1960-2011

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Collection contains correspondence, writings, and other papers documenting the life and literary activities of New York City poet Tony Towle. Towle spent his life in New York City and, after training with Kenneth Koch and Frank O'Hara, was associated with the second generation of the New York School. In addition to Koch and O'Hara, Towle corresponded with numerous poets, artists, and editors based in the city, including John Ashberry, Bill Berkson, Ted Berrigan, Joe Brainard, Rob Hershon, Lita Hornick, Sheila Lanham, Charles North, Jeni Olin, Ron Padgett, James Schuyler, David Shapiro, Paul Violi, Anne Waldman, and others.
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Yale University -Manuscripts and Archives

Department of Linguistics, Yale University, records, 1963-2000

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The records consist of correspondence, reports, faculty and student records, alumni files, and a paper by Rulon S. Wells entitled "Linguistics at Yale, 1931-1946."
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Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Ethan Allen Hitchcock collection on Indian removal, 1804-1896

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The collection documents several episodes in the history of Indian removal in the southeastern United States and Missouri, focusing on the activities of Generals Ethan Allen Hitchcock and Thomas Sidney Jesup in the 1830s and early 1840s. Material includes autograph letters, signed, and manuscript reports, diaries, and maps.
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1963 Acquisition, 1837-1839 0.21 Linear Feet

The acquisition consists of Ethan Allen Hitchcock correspondence, chiefly letters to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Carey A. Harris. The correspondence relates to the removal of Indians from Missouri Territory, treaties, conflicts between the military and the Office of Indian Affairs, appropriations by Congress, delay in remittances and inaccurate accounts, padded muster rolls, transportation of goods, and the possible transfer of Hitchcock.

    1964 Acquisition, 1842

    The acquisition consists of letters from Ethan Allen Hitchcock to John Canfield Spencer in 1842, when Hitchcock was stationed at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The correspondence relates to the ill treatment of Indians by soldiers, and justification of the Cherokee claims of insufficient rations and funds. In addition Hitchcock advises the abandonment of Fort Wayne as it has outlived its usefulness.

      1986 Acquisition, 1836-1842 0.24 Linear Feet

      The acquisition consists of a diary by Thomas Sidney Jesup, and letters from Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Major Samuel Cooper and to Secretary of War John C. Spencer.

        Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections

        Danbury Preservation Trust Records, 1959-2001

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        The Danbury Preservation Trust had its beginnings in 1978 during a faculty developed summer course entitled Living History, Reading the Connecticut Landscape, taught by Dr. Herbert F. Janick, Professor of History at Western Connecticut State College. After formal incorporation in January 1979, he became the Trust's first president. The records of the Danbury Preservation Trust span the years 1978-1997. The collection includes surveys to identify structures that might be included on the National Register. The bulk of this collection consists of Architectural and Historic Resources Inventories that were conducted by the Trust between 1979 and 1986. The majority of the surveys contain a small black and white photograph of the structure.
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        Yale University -Manuscripts and Archives

        Samuel Kravitt photographs and other materials, 1940-1950

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        The materials comprise photographs, a photographic negative collection documenting life at Yale during World War II, exhibit files, and biographical information documenting the work of Samuel Kravitt as photographer.
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