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Peter Ganick Papers, 1972 - 2007

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The collection contains the manuscripts, books, correspondence, notes, publications, and photographs of poet Peter Ganick.
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Clare Talbot Papers, 1751 - 1985

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The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, papers, articles, reviews, notes, publications, background materials, photographs, photocopies, photostats, negatives, and order forms related to Clare Talbot's writings, as well as her business activities.
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University of Connecticut, Faculty Meeting Minutes Collection, 1920 - 1997

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An artificial collection of meeting minutes of various faculty groups.
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Solomon Wollman Papers, undated, 1951-1969

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The collection contains memoranda, papers, reports and a few photographs collected by Solomon Wollman, photographer for the University of Connecticut (1951-).
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University of Connecticut, Admissions Office Records, 1955 - 2003

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Administrative records of the University of Connecticut Admissions office. The collections consists primarily of enrollment reports, although several other reports and some brochures are also included.
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Grace E. Snow Papers, 1894-1898.

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Grace E. Snow was one of the first women to graduate from Storrs Agricultural College (1896), now the University of Connecticut. Collection contains her diploma, report card, dance program and publications.
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Awards, ephemera, 1894, 1896, 1898 Folder OS, Folder data_value_missing_2f4fe2de79137a7b471c8f993d2a2d65

[Subjects include: dance program, class exercises, commencement program, diploma and a report card from Storrs Agricultural College.]

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Grace E. Snow was one of the first women to graduate from Storrs Agricultural College (1896), now the University of Connecticut. Collection contains her diploma, report card, dance program and publications.
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    University of Connecticut, Social Science Data Center Records, 1973 - 1979

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    The collection contains a small and random gathering of materials associated with the Social Science Data Center and its publication, The Connecticut Poll.
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    1973-1974, 1976, 1979 Box 1

    Administrative records, publication (newsletter)[Subjects include: Social science department University of Connecticut, The Connecticut Poll.]

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    University of Connecticut, Computer Center Records, 1979-1994

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    The collection contains administrative files for the computer center at the University of Connecticut.
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    University of Connecticut, University Senate Commission on University Governance Records, undated, 1968-1972

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    In 1971, a Commission was established to investigate proposals for University governance and report back to the University community. Dr. Albert Cohen chaired the Commission.
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    University of Connecticut, Accreditation Records, 1965 - 2001

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    The collection contains University of Connecticut administrative records, specifically its accreditation records with the New England Association of Schools and Colleges from 1965-1966 and 1991.
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    University of Connecticut, Commencement Committee Records, undated, 1926-1985.

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    This is a collection of files pertaining to University Commencement Ceremonies beginning in 1929 through 1971, with some gaps.
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    University of Connecticut, President's Office Records [Charles B. Gentry, 1928-1929], undated, 1928 - 1969

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    Charles Burt Gentry was educated at the University of Missouri and came to Connecticut from Rutgers University in 1920. He became Dean of the Division of Teacher Training in 1921, and, after his term as acting president (1928-1929), served as the director of the Division of Instruction and as Dean of the University. Gentry retired in 1950.
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    University of Connecticut, University Libraries Director's Records [John P. McDonald, 1963-1988], undated, 1950s - 1980s

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    John P. McDonald was the Director of the University of Connecticut Libraries from 1963 through 1986. The collection contains correspondence, reports, studies and information on the Libraries' and associated programs, as well as materials pertaining to McDonald's interests in birds.
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    University of Connecticut, Alumni Association Records, undated, 1881 - 1986

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    The collection contains early records of the Alumni Association associated with the University.
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    University of Connecticut, Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts Records, 1977-1979

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    The collection contains handbills for performances.
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    Connecticut Daily Campus Records, undated, 1951-1967

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    The collection contains a few letters, minutes, manual for the Business manager, random issues of the paper and an example of layout and mockup of the student newspaper of the University of Connecticut.
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    University of Connecticut, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Records [David Carter], undated, 1966 - 1983

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    The Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs assists the Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Connecticut. The Vice President for Academic Affairs, formerly and currently the Provost, was the chief academic officer of the University and reported directly to the University President. The collection contains minutes, notes, correspondence, reports and questionnaires associated with activities that were the responsibilities of the position held by Dr. Carter, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs.
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    University of Connecticut, Committee on Degrees with Distinction Records, 1930-1948

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    The collection contains memoranda, minutes, examinations and questions pertaining to the development of a comprehensive examination program at the University of Connecticut for undergraduates culminating in the ability of students to graduate with distinction from their degree programs.
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    Connecticut Soldiers' Orphans Home Records, 1866-1875

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    The General Assembly chartered the Connecticut Soldiers' Orphans' Home in May 1864. Edwin Whitney of Mansfield, 'who had nearly completed a fine large building for a boys' school, offered this building with the farm of fifty acres, all valued at $12,000 or $15,000, as a gift to the Home.' Edwin Whitney conveyed by deed, title to the property to the Connecticut Soldiers' Orphans' Home, September 24, 1866. Mr. Gold was the first, and apparently the only, secretary of the Home during its existence from October, 1866, to May, 1875.
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    Storrs Draft Information Committee Records, 1962 - 1973

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    The collection contains the administrative records, correspondence, legal documents, fliers, notes, and publications of the Storrs Draft Information Committee. The records contain information associated with draft counseling, draft resistance, non-violent protest, peace movement groups, and selective service at the University of Connecticut during the Vietnam War.
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    National Association of Real Estate Boards, Build America Better Committee Scrapbook Collection, 1961-1962

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    F. Lawrence Dow, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as chairman of the NAREB's Build America Better Committee. The Committee worked in the field of neighborhood conservation and rehabilitation. The collection consists of two scrapbooks (1961-1962) containing fliers and newspaper clippings documenting the committee's work.
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    Storrs Story Records, undated

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    The collection contains moving picture film and soundtrack documenting events in the history of the University of Connecticut.
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    Moving images and soundtrack (16mm), undated Box 1

    [Subjects include: Academic City, History of UConn, Reflections: A Brief History of UConn, This is UConn, UConn School of Home Economics "Bathing Baby," UConn School of Home Economics "Handicapped Mothers," UConn Student Union.]

    1. Series I: Inventory, undated
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    John K. Terres Papers, undated, 1901-1989

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    Terres was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 17 December 1905. He attended the State Teachers College (Indiana, PA), Cornell University and New York University. A field biologist for the Soil Conservation Service from 1936 until 1942, Terres authored, co-authored and edited more than fifty books pertaining to natural history.
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    University of Connecticut, Office of Institutional Research Records, 1950, 1960-2001

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    The Office of Institution Research collection contains the administrative records, financial records, publications, correspondence, reports, and clippings of the Office of Institutional Research(OIR). The mission of the Office of Institutional Research is to provide data and analysis to support the management, planning, evaluation and assessment functions of the University. The office fulfills this mission in a variety of ways and serves a wide range of "consumers" of information, both internal and external to the University. Some of the data categories include: Student enrollment data, UConn fact books, Alumni data, Faculty and staff data, Degrees conferred data, Teaching evaluation information, Annual report information, and University Metrics.
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    Administrative records, clippings, correspondence, notes, 1988 - 1989 1 Linear Feet Folders with labeled tabs in alphabetical order Box 1998.0288_1

    Subjects include: Departmental annual reports and executive summaries from fiscal year 1989 (Academic Programs, Aerospace Studies, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Anthropology, Army, Business and Administration, Central Mail Service, Chemistry, Computer Center, Communication Sciences, Counseling Program for Intercollegiate Athletes, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Education, Educational Innovation, Engineering, English, Extended and Continuing Education, Family Studies, Fine Arts, General Information, Geography, Geology and Geophysics, Graduate School, UConn Advance).

    1. Series I: An Inventory, 1950, 1960 - 2001

    Administrative records, clippings, correspondence, notes, 1988 - 1989 1 Linear Feet Folders with labeled tabs in alphabetical order Box 1998.0288_2

    Subjects include: Departmental annual reports and executive summaries from fiscal year 1989 (Hartford Campus, History, Honors Programs, International Students and Scholars, Instructional Media and Technology, Jorgensen, Journalism, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Law, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Library, Linguistics, Marine Sciences, Materials Science, Mathematics, Modern and Classical Languages, Molecular and Cell Biology, Nursing, Facilities, Oral History, Personnel, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Physiology and Neurobiology, Political Science, Psychology, Public and Urban Affairs, Registrar, Regional Campuses, Research Foundation, Small Business Development Center, Social Inquiry, Social Work, Sociology, Statistics, Stamford Campus, Student Affairs and Services, Study Abroad Programs, Technical Services Center, Torrington Campus, Water Resources, The William Benton Museum of Art, Women's Center, Women's Studies).

    1. Series I: An Inventory, 1950, 1960 - 2001

    Administrative records, clippings, correspondence, notes, 1989 - 1990 1 Linear Feet Folders with labeled tabs in alphabetical order Box 1998.0288_3

    Subjects include: Departmental annual reports and executive summaries from fiscal year 1990 (Aerospace Studies, African American Cultural Center, African American Studies, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Business and Administration, Computer Center, Education, Engineering, Extended and Continuing Education, Family Studies, Fine Arts, General Funds and Tuition Fund, Graduate School, Hartford Campus, Health Center, Higher Education, Honors Program, Institutional Research, Instructional Media and Technology, International Affairs, Law, Library, Marital and Family Therapy, Materials Science)

    1. Series I: An Inventory, 1950, 1960 - 2001
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    University of Connecticut, Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center Records, undated, 1965-2011

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    Archives & Special Collections, located at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, was created by the merger of Special Collections and Historical Manuscripts and Archives in 1995. The new area moved into the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center upon its opening. President William Clinton officiated at the dedication of the Center and kicked off the "Dodd Year", a year long series of lectures, exhibitions and events. Although the Center houses several entities, the vast majority of the information in the collection pertains to Archives & Special Collections.
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    Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Records, 1949-2001

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    The Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Records document the activities, history and administrative records of this organization. The collection contains the organizational documents of the New Haven Civil Liberties Council (1949-1958), administrative records of the CCLU (1958-1990) as well as the organization's materials pertaining to court cases.
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    Edwin O. Smith High School Records, undated, 1956-1968

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    In 1955, the Connecticut General Assembly authorized funding for the construction of a junior-senior high school in Mansfield, Connecticut, to be administered by the University of Connecticut. The school opened in the fall of 1958 and remained a division of the UConn School of Education until the summer of 1987.
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    University of Connecticut, College of Continuing Studies Records, circa 1930 - 2011

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    The collection contains documentation of programs and activities managed, coordinated or sponsored by the office now known as the Center for Continuing Studies at the University of Connecticut. The Center was identified previously as the College of Continuing Studies (Division of Extended and Continuing Education) or coordinated the University's Non-Degree, Summer, Intersession and Extension Programs.
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    1947-1963 Box 1

    Administrative and Financial Records, Transcript, Manuscript [Subjects include: Conferences, Class Listings, Rosters, Curriculums, Mental Health and Risk Management Reliability.]

    1. Series I: Non-Credit Program Records, 1947-1978
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    Davis & Geck Company Records, undated, 1912-1997

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    The Davis & Geck Company was founded in 1909 by Charles T. Davis and Fred A. Geck. The company specialized in surgical sutures, beginning with catgut and moving on to kangaroo tendons and later to advanced synthetic materials. For much of its history, Davis & Geck was the world's second largest producer of surgical sutures. The company became part of American Cyanamid in 1930. After subsequent sales, the company was renamed Sherwood, Davis and Geck. Though the D+G offices were initially located in Brooklyn, New York, the company purchased a factory in Danbury, Connecticut, in the early 1950s. This factory was scheduled for closure in 1998 following the sale of Sherwood, Davis and Geck to the Tyco Corporation and the transfer of plant operations to Mexico.
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    L. Eugene Thomas Papers, undated, 1979-1990

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    L. Eugene Thomas was a professor in the Department of Family Studies at the University of Connecticut for many years. Much of his research was focused on the psychology of personality, specifically as it applies to human aging.
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    University of Connecticut, President's Office Records [Glenn W. Ferguson, 1973-1978], undated, 1915-2005

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    Contains the office files of the President's Office during Dr. Ferguson's administration as well as personal documents, correspondence, photographs, diaries, and emphemera from Ferguson's childhood through his careers as a diplomat, administrator of the Peace Corps/VISTA, academic administrator, and head of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Lincoln Center.
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    University of Connecticut, President's Office Records [John T. Casteen III, 1985-1989], 1981-1990

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    John T. Casteen III was inaugurated as the University of Connecticut's eleventh president on October 12, 1985.
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    Cooperative Extension Service: New Haven County Records, undated, 1944-1987

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    The collection documents the activities Cooperative Extension Service in New Haven County, Connecticut.
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    Tony Sarg Collection, undated

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    The collection contains one ink, crayon (?) and watercolor sketch.
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    Tony Sarg Collection, undated 2 Linear Feet

    The collection contains one ink, crayon (?) and watercolor sketch.
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      Lee Atkyns Papers, 1931-1947

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      Willie Lee Atkyns, Jr. was born 13 September 1913 in Washington, D.C. Atkyns is a painter, teacher and printmaker.
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      Peter Bates Papers, undated, 1965-1973

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      Student at Bates College (late 1960s) and one-time resident of Peabody, MA.
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      Peter Bertolette Papers, undated, 1953-1990

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      Literary manuscripts and editorial records of poet and former UConn student Peter Bertolette.
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      Jacob Blanck Papers, undated

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      American bibliographer, 1906-1974.
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      Stan Brakhage Papers, undated, 1953-1966

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      Stan Brakhage was born 14 January 1933, in Kansas City, MO. He is an Independent filmmaker and currently professor of film history at the University of Colorado. Brakhage has also lectured in film history and aesthetics at Art Institute of Chicago and at colleges in the United States and Europe. He is a member of selection committee for the Anthology of Cinema.
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      Ann Charters Papers, 1966-2020

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      Scholar, author, photographer, and life-long editor and chronicler of Jack Kerouac and other writers of the Beat Generation, Ann Charters was born in November 1936 in Bridgeport, CT, the daughter of Nathan (a contractor) and Kate (Schultz) Danberg. She attended the University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1957) and Columbia University (M.A., 1959, Ph.D., 1965). Her papers include literary manuscripts, letters, notebooks, photographs, periodicals, broadsides, interviews, audio and video recordings, works of art, and first, fine, and small press editions of works by and about Beat writers.
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      Lawrence Ferlinghetti Papers, circa 1963

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      Poet and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born Lawrence Ferling (original family name of Ferlinghetti restored 1954) on 24 March 1919, in Yonkers, NY. Throughout his career he has been a poet, playwright, editor, and painter; worked for Time, New York City, post-World War II; taught French in a adult education program, San Francisco, CA, 1951-52; City Lights Pocket Bookshop (now City Lights Books), San Francisco, co-owner, 1953—, founder and editor of City Lights Books (publisher), 1955—.
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      Margaret Witter Fuller Papers, undated, 1903-1956

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      Margaret Witter Fuller was born 23 January 1872, in Brooklyn, New York. In 1874, the family moved to Norwich, Connecticut. Miss Fuller resided in Norwich for many years. A prolific writer, she authored many poems, plays and novels. Miss Fuller died 1 February 1954 in Boston, MA.
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      Lou Harrison Papers, 1946-1971

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      An American composer, Lou Harrison was born in 1917 and taught at Black Mountain College from 1951 until 1952.
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      George Heinold Papers, undated, 1916-1982

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      George W. Heinold, lifelong resident of Madison, Connecticut, was an author on outdoor life and fishing who wrote extensively on his experiences primarily along the Connecticut shoreline. He published regularly in such periodicals as Outdoor Life, Field and Stream, and Readers' Digest.
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      George Mackley-Wilma Keyes Correspondence Collection, 1949-1983

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      The collection contains correspondence between George Mackley and members of his family and University of Connecticut professor, Wilma Keyes.
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      Oliver Tambo Papers, undated, 1960-1992

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      Oliver Reginald Tambo spent most of his life serving in the struggle against apartheid. During his years in the African National Congress (ANC), Oliver Tambo played a major role in the growth and development of the movement and its policies. He was among the generation of African nationalist leaders who emerged after the Second World War who were instrumental in the transformation of the ANC from a liberal-constitutionalist organisation into a radical national liberation movement.
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      Garry A. Miles Papers, undated, 1926-1969

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      Garry A. Miles was an instructor at the University of Connecticut from 1933 (Extension, Asst. Poultryman 1933-?; Instructor, Poultry Husbandry by 1940-1943).
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      University of Connecticut, Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education Office Records, 1920 - 1985

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      The collection contains several reports generated by the office.
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      Fanzine Collection, undated, 1945 - 1985

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      United States and Western European fanzines, primarily science fiction and fantasy.
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      Connecticut Soldiers Collection, Ward Family Papers, undated, 1942-1945

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      Correspondence of four brothers, Bernard J. Ward, Edward J. Ward, Robert F. Ward and Thomas P. Ward of Newington, Connecticut. All the correspondence is directed to Bernard "Bernie" or his wife, Louise.
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