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Fliers (printed matter)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Connecticut Miscellanea

 Collection
Identifier: MS 002
Abstract

This collection contains historic printed miscellanea of Connecticut. Commercial businesses, municipal boards and commissions, and other clubs and organizations produced the material that is in this collection.

Dates: 1721-1999; Majority of material found within 1906-1975

Connecticut State University System Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 1-csus
Abstract

The Connecticut State University System dates back to 1849. Colleges in the system all began as teachers colleges and gradually were given responsibility for educational programs such as liberal arts, business, technology, and health services. They were brought together into a state college system in 1965, and were granted university status in 1983.

Dates: 1965-2004

Connecticut Woman Suffrage Movement Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 003
Abstract

Collection contains Connecticut State Librarian Robert Schnare’s research on the Connecticut suffrage movement between 1910 and 1920, and additional information on the movement prior to 1910 and from the relatively recent past.

Dates: 1876-1982 , (Bulk 1906-1925); Majority of material found within 1906 - 1925

Danbury Miscellanea Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 038
Abstract

Comprised of maps, photographs and miscellanea collected by the University Archives since the 1980s.

Dates: 1850-1960

Danbury (Town of) Records

 Collection
Identifier: DRG-1
Abstract This is a small collection of the records of the Town of Danbury. It includes Selectmen, financial, School Board, Town Clerk, and Town Counsel records. Materials document town construction projects, social welfare, roads, the School Board, the airport, the 1955 Danbury flood, the agreement between the town and the AFSCME/AFL-CIO, the 1934 project for sewers, drains and treatment plant, town audits, town taxes and 1950s fallout shelters. These documents include announcements of upcoming Town...
Dates: 1892-1969

Davida Blakeslee Foy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 057
Abstract

Davida Blakeslee was born in Thomaston, Connecticut in 1910, and was a 1929 graduate of Danbury Normal School. She received her B.S. from Teachers College of Connecticut at New Britain in 1958, and her Master of Education from the University of Hartford in 1961. She taught in public schools for more than 30 years. This collection is comprised of a scrapbook she made as a keepsake for her time at the Danbury Normal School.

Dates: 1928-1929

Division of Student Affairs Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 5
Abstract The Division of Student Affairs is responsible for oversight of university functions affecting student life and for setting and enforcing related policies. The division's records consist of administrative information, committee files, annual reports, and budgetary records as well as files pertaining to student organizations. The records of the Division of Student Affairs span the dates 1926’-2006, and are organized into seven series: (1) Athletics/Recreation, (2) Campus Ministries, (3)...
Dates: 1926-2006

Frederic Cole Smedley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 022
Abstract

Smedley was an active member of the Socialist Party in the 1930s. He ran for Comptroller of Waterbury, CT on the Socialist platform in the municipal election of 1939 and in 1948 he was the Socialist Party candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Smedley was also an attorney for numerous labor and advocacy organizations. This is a small collection of his correspondence.

Dates: 1914-1950 , (Bulk 1934-1946); Majority of material found within 1934 - 1946

Hamilton Orgelman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 019
Abstract

Hamilton Orgelman was born in Danbury, Connecticut, on October 17, 1889. Orgelman was best known for his work with the Boy Scouts of America. The collection documents Orgelman's career and contains periodicals, correspondence, bulletins, booklets, scrapbook, photographs and memorabilia. Included also are materials relating to his son, George Orgelman who worked in the aviation industry.

Dates: 1806-2001 , (Bulk 1918-1972); Majority of material found within 1918 - 1972

Howard Dunham Barlow Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 001
Abstract

Howard Dunham Barlow was a radio pioneer, musician, composer, arranger and conductor. The Howard Dunham Barlow Collection consists of correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, recordings, original compositions, published choral arrangements, CBS program logs, scrapbooks, oral history, orchestral arrangements and works, prospective scripts, reviews of concerts, phonograph records, photographs, and writings.

Dates: 1911-2000, (Bulk 1920-1958)

Jack Friel University History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 004
Abstract The Jack Friel University History Collection is his work in gathering information about the history of this university. Starting in 1976, under a grant authorized by the WestConn Foundation, Friel began to collect information about the history of then named Western Connecticut State College with the intended goal of writing the history of the college. Friel, who was a former graduate student, took on the task with the help of two students, Ronald Douglas and Sandy Connor. When it became...
Dates: 1850-1978 , (Bulk 1976-1977); Majority of material found within 1976 - 1977

James E. Dyer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 052
Abstract James Edmund Dyer, graduate of Western Connecticut State College and politician, was born in Danbury, Connecticut, on September 20, 1946. His papers span the years 1900 to 2008, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1970 to 1990, primarily documenting his work as Mayor of Danbury, Connecticut. Information regarding his activities at Western Connecticut State College, his two terms as Trustee of the Connecticut State Colleges, and State Representative for the 110th District is also...
Dates: 1908-2010; Majority of material found within

James Furman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 006
Abstract

James Furman was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1937 and was a college professor/Composer. The collection includes audio recordings of original material, performance programs, and biographical information.

Dates: 1963-1997

John Mihelic Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 015
Abstract

John Mihelic was from Kansas City, Missouri and was a member of the Socialist Party. He was also involved with the Communist Party of America. The collection includes some correspondence and leftist/socialist publications from the early 20th century.

Dates: 1908-1927 , (Bulk 1918-1924); Majority of material found within 1918 - 1924

Lewis Zurlo Associates Architecture & Interior Design Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 028
Abstract

Lewis Zurlo spent 32 years designing buildings in and around the western Connecticut area and was a member of the Danbury Preservation Trust. The collection includes personal and architectural materials Zurlo collected over his professional career and significant architectural information on a number of buildings in and around Danbury for which Zurlo and his firm's services were retained.

Dates: 1956-2005

Mooney-Billings Case Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 016
Abstract

Thomas Mooney (1892-1942) was a labor leader involved in several violent labor struggles in California before 1916. He was convicted and jailed as a participant in the bomb killings at the San Francisco Preparedness Day Parade in 1916. The collection includes documentation of the ongoing effort to exonerate Mooney.

Dates: 1917-1938

Office of the President Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 2
Abstract

The collection contains records from the President's office primarily from the 1990s. In particular, it contains a number of materials which document the construction of the Westside campus.

Dates: 1903-2002 , (Bulk 1969-1991); Majority of material found within 1969 - 1991

Office of University Publications & Design Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 7.3.2
Abstract

The University Publications and Design Department is responsible for the production of academic publications and promotional materials for the university. The bulk of this collection consists of the working files for Diane Golden, Director of UP&D, from 1988 to 2000.

Dates: 1964-2014 , (Bulk 1988-2000); Majority of material found within 1988-2000

The Picture Collection of Donald Moss

 Collection
Identifier: MS 017
Abstract

The collection is comprised of approximately thirty linear feet of newspaper and magazine clipping, stamps, postcards, maps, photographs and original illustrations that were used as a morgue file during Moss’ career as an artist and illustrator.

Dates: 1950-1999

Walter Gordon Merritt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 014
Abstract

In 1902 Walter Gordon Merritt entered the national labor scene in the Danbury hatters strike as counsel for the hat companies. This collection contains many of Walter Gordon Merritt's published articles and pamphlets regarding labor and management relations.

Dates: 1902-1967 , (Bulk 1920-1946); Majority of material found within 1920 - 1946

WestConn Serials and Publications

 Collection
Identifier: RG 8.1
Abstract

This collection is an inventory of the yearbooks, course catalogs (with related supplements), academic journals, alumni newsletters, view books, registration booklets and other miscellany published by WestConn.

Dates: 1904-2008

Western Connecticut State University Photographs and Miscellanea

 Collection
Identifier: RG 8
Abstract

This is a collection of photographs and realia spanning the history of Western Connecticut State University. The collection includes images and objects that document the growth, evolution and public profile of the institution.

Dates: 1903-present

World War I Era Publications and Propaganda: Codman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 055
Abstract

A collection of U.S., U.K. and French publications primarily from the First World War and most are propagandistic in nature. The collection includes some ephemera and clippings from the era as well.

Dates: 1898-1922

World War I Pamphlets, Bulletins and Miscellanea

 Collection
Identifier: MS 027
Abstract

The collection includes material published by the Committee on Public Information (CPI) and a variety of propagandistic and commemorative materials published during and around the time of the First World War.

Dates: 1917-1921 , (Bulk 1917-1918); Majority of material found within 1917 - 1918