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The Jedediah Huntington Orderly Book collection (2358) is a book of orders from George Washington written by Jedediah Huntington. The orders in the book are from January 1st, 1776 to April 2nd of the same year.

The Jerauld A. Manter Papers contains Manter's personal photographs, documents relating to his work as a UConn entomology professor, and personal correspondence.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and photographs concerning Jeremiah Driscoll's activities with Royal Industrial Union (Local 937, UAW-CIO) of Hartford, Connecticut, public concerns of evictions of families from housing projects because of their "over-income", unionization efforts in Connecticut businesses, and state politics.

The records consist of a report titled, "Residential Lending in New Haven County."

The J.E. Shepard collection contains photographs and documents related to the Shepard family of South Windsor, CT, and tobacco growing. This includes a scrapbook, news clippings, photographs of tobacco fields and tobacco processing. Also included are photographs of the South Windsor Cigar Festival from the early 1950s.

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The Zionist Organization of America, founded in 1898, probably welcomed its Hartford chapter, known as the Hartford Zionist District, in 1917. Although the exact date is not recorded here, it is known that the Balfour Declaration prompted a group of Hartford businessmen to begin active fundraising, and those same names are part of the Hartford District minutes a few years later. Two years later, the ZOA appointed Abraham Goldstein as the paid director of the Connecticut Zionist Region or Bureau. Goldstein, intelligent and highly gifted as an orator, led the local ZOA activities to stunning success. According to Making a Life, Building a Community by David G. Dalin and Jonathan Rosenbaum, Goldstein was largely responsible for organizing Hartford into one of the most active and influential local districts in the United States. After Goldstein left the employment of the ZOA for a job in insurance, he continued to volunteer for the ZOA, becoming a national leader. One of the highlights in local ZOA history was the visit to Hartford in 1921 by Chaim Weizmann, later President of Israel, and Albert Einstein. The purpose of the visit was to raise funds for the Keren Hayesod (Palestine Restoration Fund) that Weizmann, as head of the World Zionist Organization, championed in opposition to the leaders of the national ZOA, who felt that Palestine should be developed through private investment, not public philanthropy. Local ZOA leaders supported Weizmann's view, however, and gave to the Keren Hayesod wholeheartedly. The Hartford ZOA purchased a house at 621 Albany Avenue in 1926 and used it as their office until selling it in 1933.

The Jillson family lived in South Windsor, CT. The papers consist of a family journal containing transcriptions of letters sent home during the Civil War and other records and an autograph book (about 1894-1897) that belonged to Fanny Jillson.

Includes former WCSU Dean, Jim Pegolotti's program notes (Danbury Concert Association Notes) and an unpublished manuscript (Writing Program Notes) that includes guidance on writing program notes for classical music concerts.