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World War II documents relating to Margaret Bissell Fuessenich consisting of a Connecticut Defense Council member card; American National Red Cross Volunteer Special Services Certificate (1942); and newspaper clipping about Red Cross certificates.

This Collection details Marian Thompson’s experiences and recollections during her enlistment in the Vietnam War. The Collection contains an excerpt from Colonel Marian Thompson’s memoirs. The partial manuscript provides evidence of American “black outs” during World War II, working conditions for women during the 1940’s and 1950’s, U.S. Army enlistment incentives, and collaborative therapy programs between Japan and Vietnam, among other topics.

The personal papers of the Oswald Marrin family. Materials include documents relating to the Litchfield County Hounds and Spring Hill School Reunion (1991). Also included are contracts and correspondence related to construction projects and incorporation documentation of the Litchfield Water Company (1889-1965), notes taken during talks on lace (1913), photographs, a playbill related to the Litchfield Summer Theater, and lace patterns.

The Martha Dwight Sturdevant Friendship Album (2010-379-0) is a bound album signed by Martha Denison's friends and fellow students at the Litchfield Female Academy circa 1821.

Mary H. Macy writes from New York offering condolences and discusses family matters.

The collection includes the materials used to create several of Ms. DePalma's works, such as My Chair, The Strange Egg, Many Millions of Leaves, A Grand Old Tree, The Perfect Gift, and The Nutcracker Doll.

Two copies of Mary Nicholson, South Windsor Democratic Party candidate, scorecards for the New York Yankees-Brooklyn Dodgers World Series. Also listed on the card are Adlai Stevenson, Estes Kefauver, Thomas Dodd, Matthew Kuta, Patrick Ward, Griffith, and Nicholson.

Two handwritten letters on Lilac Hedges stationery and Lilac Hedges stationery box.

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

The collection consists of one 8mm motion picture film of men's crew races at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia as well as a DVD copy of the film. The film documents the final crew races: single and double sculls, pairs with and without coxswain, fours with and without coxswain, and eight-oar shells. The United States, represented by the Yale University Men's Crew Team, won the gold medal in the eight-oar shell race as well as the pairs with and without coxswain.