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Romeo J. Richard (1915-2011) was a South Windsor, CT, resident who documented town events occurring n South Windsor, CT, during 1985-1995, including the Wapping Fair, South Windsor 150th birthday, Strawberry Festival, parades and picnics, and other civic events. The collectinon consists of 10 albums and a goup of loose materials that had been stored in the albums.

The notebooks contain Orcutt's notes from medical school courses including physiology courses by Russell Chittenden and Yandell Henderson, pathology, bacteriology, pharmacology, histology, therapeutics by Oliver T. Osborne, and clinics by George Blumer and Wilder Tileston. The histology notes contain illustrations colored in pencil. The bacteriology notes are in an illustrated notebook printed especially for the bacteriology course at Yale. The physiology notes contain tracings from a kymograph or similar device.

The collection consists of a portfolio of 14 posters designed by Lorenzo Homar.

Six black and white photos of Spring Pond in the 1940s (now Veterans Memorial Park). Also receipts for various items for J.A. Alvord from the Wapping Creamery and other area businesses. Lorraine Jones formerly owned an antique shop and believes these images were ones that came through the antique shop.

224 page spiral-bound memoir by Louise Maude Crawford Evans, tited My Life: Louise Maude Crawford Evans, Volume One, December 18-1927 - late December 1962. Contains photographs.

The collection consists of a small number of materials documenting the career of Louise Teich Johnson (UConn Class of 1936) who taught in the School of Home Economics for 25 years.

Four record books of genealogical notes regarding the Lowrey family.

Lucien Merrian Royce (1838-1907) was a pharmacist and Civil War surgeon's steward. Correspondence, diaries, related materials of Lucien Merriam Royce, 1853-1907. Also deeds and other papers (with calendar) pertaining to the Royce (Rice) family of Farmington and Bristol, Conn. and the Atwater, Phelps and other families of Windsor, Conn. Click here to see the scanned paper finding aid and container list (pdf).​ ​

The collection documents the life and career of Lucy Kramer Cohen, particularly her work for several federal agencies, contributions to The Handbook of Federal Indian LawThe Handbook of Federal Indian Law, and her political and advocacy work. Professional papers document Kramer Cohen's work for the Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, National War Labor Board, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Department of Labor, National Science Foundation, Public Health Service, Helen Gahagan Douglas, and Human Relations Area Files. The collection also contains writings by Kramer Cohen and her husband Felix S. Cohen and correspondence concerning Lucy Kramer Cohen's editing of her husband's writings and management of his literary estate. Also present are correspondence, reports, clippings, and printed material concerning the Cohens' involvement with various political and social causes. Material relating to Kramer Cohen's art projects includes correspondence and notes documenting her work with Italian artist Pietro Lazzari. Finally, personal and family papers include personal correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia concerning the Cohens, their daughters, and their extended family.

Two luggage tags and label addressed to Dorothy Wagstaff of Litchfield, CT.