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Photographs and documents pertaining to Hall Memorial Library in Ellington

Family papers of the Hamilton and Knapp families of the Danbury, Conn. area, including deeds, sketch maps, correspondence, check stubs, school report cards and Civil War letters. Click here to see the scanned paper finding aid and container list (pdf).​ ​

Hampton Institute Summer Trail program and invitation to attend the Outdoor Folk Festival to be held on the grounds of Mrs. John P. Elton, which has a list of prominent women of Litchfield, CT, as "patronesses." Date of 1912 is printed on reverse of the program.

The collection contains handbills for performances.

The Parents' Information Collections includes handbooks and other information sent to parents of incoming and transfer students at Wesleyan University.

The collection consists of correspondence, pedigree and registration, a scrapbook, and printed material documenting the lives of Handsome Dan XII, XIII and XV. Included are letters by Christopher Getman, keeper of Handsome Dan, the Yale mascot.

The papers consist of a typed transcript of a diary kept by Hannah Maria Catlin Phelps between 1849 and 1859. She was the daughter of Julius Catlin, lieutenant governor of Connecticut, 1858-1861. It depicts the social life of a young woman in Hartford, Connecticut, and her visits to New York, Washington, D.C., and Niagara Falls. The last two years of the diary include accounts of her wedding and the birth of her daughter in October, 1858.

Founder of major Bridgeport institutions such as Harborfest and the Ocean Classroom, Joseph Caesar Cardozo was a remarkable educator and member of the Bridgeport community. Much of his work related to Bridgeport's maritime history and helped to strengthen ties and highlight the importance of Bridgeport's relation to Cape Verde.

Civil War era and later to/from John Harger or Canton, CT. Civil War era and after letters to/from George Loomis. Civil War era letters to/from Harriet (Horgan)Harger. George Loomis pension forms George Loomis patent for lock hinges Miscellaneous other documents

The papers consist of research materials of Harold Saxton Burr relating to the electrodynamic fields of trees.