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Date:1795-1892
Creator:Slater Company.
Abstract:In 1809, John W. Tibbits and Lafayette Tibbits came to Jewett City, Connecticut, and purchased a mill privilege on the Pachaug River. After enjoying several good years during the War of 1812, the company was reorganized in 1815, and incorporated on 20 September 1816. The company was soon struggling and was finally sold in 1823 to John Slater. On the death of John Slater in 1843, his two sons John Fox and William S. Slater inherited his business properties. John F. Slater was succeeded by his son William A. Slater in 1884. Two years later, the Great Freshet of 1886 destroyed most of the dams along the Pachaug. As a result, the Slater mills were inundated, production was lost for many months, and more than $150,000 was spent for repairs. This crisis was surmounted and by 1896, the company's most prosperous period, 700 looms and 19,000 spindles were operating, providing employment for 500 people. The major products were stripes, plaids, flannels, shirtings, dress goods, and fancy colored goods.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:65 linear feet.
Subject:
Tibbits, John W.
Subject:
Tibbits, Lafayette.
Subject:
Slater, Samuel, 1768-1835.
Subject:
Slater, John, 1776-1843.
Subject:
Clarke, William F., fl. 1823-1831.
Subject:
Slater, John Fox, 1815-1884.
Subject:
Slater, William S.
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Slater, William Albert, 1857-1919.
Subject:
Slater family.
Subject:
Cotton manufacture--Connecticut.
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Textile workers--Connecticut.
Subject:
Wages--Textile workers--Connecticut.
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Company stores--Connecticut.
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Tenement houses--Connecticut.
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Real property--Connecticut.
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Jewett City (Conn.)
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Griswold (Conn.)
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Hopeville (Conn.)
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Oxford (Mass.)
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Slatersville (R.I.)
Subject:
Pawtucket (R.I.)
Subject:
Connecticut--Housing.
Subject:
Connecticut--Land records.
Subject:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Administrative Records.
Subject:
Financial Records.
Subject:
Fliers. [printed matter]
Subject:
Notes.
Subject:
Contracts.
Subject:
Inventories.
Subject:
Advertisements.
Subject:
Insurance policies.
Subject:
Textile manufacturer.
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Date:circa 1976.
Creator:Galdone, Paul.
Abstract:
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:2 linear feet.
Subject:
Manuscripts.
Subject:
Works of art.
Subject:
Illustrators, American.
Subject:
Painters--United States.
Subject:
Sculptors--United States.
Subject:
Authors, American.
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Date:undated, 1881-
Creator:University of Connecticut. President's Office.
Abstract:Records of the chief administrative officer of the University of Connecticut and its predecessor institutions. The records are subdivided by administration and identified and described by the name/tenure of the individual serving as president.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:324.05 Linear feet
Subject:
Administrative Records.
Subject:
Bylaws.
Subject:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Financial Records.
Subject:
Minutes.
Subject:
Notebooks.
Subject:
Notes.
Subject:
Photocopies.
Subject:
Photographs.
Subject:
Press releases.
Subject:
Publications.
Subject:
Resolutions.
Subject:
University of Connecticut—History.
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries
Date:undated, 1962-1972.
Creator:University of Connecticut. President's Office.
Abstract:Homer Daniels Babbidge was born in 1925 in Weston, Massachusetts, and raised in New Haven, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale University in 1945 with a degree in political science and subsequently earned his master's and doctorate from the same institution. Babbidge became president of the University of Connecticut in 1962 and remained in the office until his retirement in 1972. His years at UConn were among the most productive, and the most turbulent, in the University's history. Homer D. Babbidge died in 1984.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:145.8 linear feet.
Subject:
Babbidge, Homer D.
Subject:
University of Connecticut—History.
Subject:
College presidents—Connecticut.
Subject:
College buildings—Connecticut.
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College facilities—Connecticut.
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College discipline—Connecticut.
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Student strikes—Connecticut.
Subject:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Notebooks.
Subject:
Publications.
Subject:
Photographs.
Subject:
Administrative Records.
Subject:
Press releases.
Subject:
Photocopies.
Subject:
Notes.
Subject:
Speeches.
Subject:
Universities.
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Date:1818-1842
Creator:Chatham Quarry (Portland, Conn.).
Abstract:The Chatham Quarry, or Town Quarry, was a small part of the extensive brownstone quarries located on the banks of the Connecticut River near the towns of Portland and Middletown, Connecticut. The Chatham Quarry, which took in about two acres, remained under municipal control for the use of the inhabitants of the towns of Chatham and Middletown throughout its existence. In 1824, the town of Middletown leased the quarry to John Lawrence Lewis for five years in order to extract stones for the building of a scientific and military academy. The quarry was bought from the town by Brainerd Quarry Company and the Middlesex Quarry Company for $20,000. The office of the town quarry agent closed in 1884.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:.5 linear feet.
Subject:
Brainerd Quarry Company.
Subject:
Middlesex Quarry Company.
Subject:
Brownstone industry.
Subject:
Quarries and quarrying—Connecticut.
Subject:
Financial Records.
Subject:
Quarry.
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
Date:1975-2010.
Creator:Connecticut Historical Commission.
Abstract:The Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism’s State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the Office of Connecticut State Archaeology are the lead agencies for the preservation of the state's archaeological and architectural historic heritage. This guide provides references to documentary, architectural and archaeological survey reports conducted in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations regarding cultural resource protection, provided by SHPO, and is intended to provide researchers with an overview of the available literature and completed surveys. The surveys are organized by the 169 Connecticut towns, as well as sections for Statewide, Regional or Thematic surveys, and thereunder within four catagories of types of surveys -- Historical and Architectural, Archaeological, Documentation Studies, and Maps. Other materials include books, CDs, posters, and pamphlets.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:200 linear feet.
Subject:
Archaeology -- Connecticut.
Subject:
Connecticut -- History.
Subject:
Historic buildings -- Connecticut.
Subject:
Publications.
Subject:
Photographs.
Subject:
Blueprints.
Subject:
Maps.
Subject:
Photocopies.
Subject:
Books.
Subject:
Drawings.
Subject:
Posters.
Subject:
Histories.
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
Date:undated, 1840-1979.
Creator:E. E. Dickinson Company.
Abstract:Founded in 1875 by Edward E. Dickinson, Sr., the company refined the development of witch hazel begun by the Reverend Thomas N. Dickinson. A family controlled company until its sale, E. E. Dickinson survived the Depression and both World Wars intact and profitable. By 1983, and no longer thriving, the family sold the company to a group of investors. Two years later it was sold again, this time to the German pharmaceutical concern, Merz Inc. Currently, the only portion of the E. E. Dickinson & Company remaining in Connecticut is the actual distillation of witch hazel.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:95 linear feet.
Subject:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Personal Papers.
Subject:
Manuscripts.
Subject:
Ledgers.
Subject:
Pharmaceutical company.
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Date:undated, 1911-1982.
Creator:Bristol Brass Company.
Abstract:The Bristol Brass Company was founded as the Bristol Brass and Clock Company in 1850, the creation of sixteen industrialists from Bristol clock and Waterbury brass interests who hoped to profit in the booming clock industry of Bristol, CT. Although the company never manufactured clocks, only the brass mechanisms for the timepieces, it was many years before it changed its name to Bristol Brass Company. It was the largest employer in Bristol, with 375 employees by 1880. Its mainstay was the production of brass for automobiles. The company thrived during the years of World Wars I and II, making shell cases for the military. The post-war economy brought a change in the company's fortunes. The amount of brass used in automobiles declined swiftly, and foreign competition eroded the company's clientele. Bristol Brass closed its doors in December 1982, after 132 years as a major part of the Bristol economy.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:133 linear feet.
Subject:
Clocks and watchmakers--Connecticut.
Subject:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Notebooks.
Subject:
Publications.
Subject:
Photographs.
Subject:
Administrative Records.
Subject:
Financial Records.
Subject:
Bylaws.
Subject:
Photocopies.
Subject:
Notes.
Subject:
Lawsuits.
Subject:
Speeches.
Subject:
Resolutions.
Subject:
Petitions.
Subject:
Personnel records.
Subject:
Inventories.
Subject:
Stock certificates.
Subject:
Deeds.
Subject:
Albums.
Subject:
Manufacturer.
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Date:undated, 1351-1978.
Creator:American Brass Company.
Abstract:The American Brass Company was founded in 1893 with the consolidation of five existing brass mills in the Waterbury, Connecticut area. Intended as a holding company, American Brass absorbed the following companies: Plume & Atwood Manufacturing, Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing, Waterbury Brass, Scoville Manufacturing, Holmes, Booth and Haydens, and Coe Brass Manufacturing. The collection dates from circa 1800 to 1978 and provides a unique view of one of the major brass producers in the history of the United States. The materials vary in type from newspaper clippings to minute books and ledgers dating from the early 19th century.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:224.5 linear feet.
Subject:
Copper mines and mining--Montana.
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Warehouses--Connecticut.
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Real estate business--Connecticut.
Subject:
Corporate libraries--Connecticut.
Subject:
Land companies--Connecticut.
Subject:
Smelting--United States.
Subject:
Waterbury (Conn.)--Land.
Subject:
Waterbury (Conn.)--Libraries.
Subject:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Publications.
Subject:
Photographs.
Subject:
Administrative Records.
Subject:
Financial Records.
Subject:
Minutes.
Subject:
Photocopies.
Subject:
Notes.
Subject:
Patents.
Subject:
Bylaws.
Subject:
Newsletters.
Subject:
Histories.
Subject:
Leases.
Subject:
Charters.
Subject:
Deeds.
Subject:
Stock certificates.
Place Name:
Waterbury, Conn.
Place Name:
Ansonia, Conn.
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
Date:undated, 1881-1986.
Creator:University of Connecticut. Alumni Association.
Abstract:The collection contains early records of the Alumni Association associated with the University.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:4.8 linear feet.
Subject:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Publications.
Subject:
Photographs.
Subject:
Administrative Records.
Subject:
Financial Records.
Subject:
Minutes.
Subject:
Fliers. [printed matter]
Subject:
Photocopies.
Subject:
Notes.
Subject:
Resolutions.
Subject:
Sound recordings.
Subject:
Poems.
Subject:
Bylaws.
Subject:
Newsletters.
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Date:undated,1963-1977
Creator:Libassi, F. Peter.
Abstract:The collection contains publications, proposals, petitions, photographs and plans for the "new community" and documentation of the Greater Hartford Process, Inc.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:1.3 linear feet
Subject:
Greater Hartford Process, Inc.
Subject:
Publications.
Subject:
Photographs.
Subject:
Photocopies.
Subject:
Notes.
Place Name:
Coventry (Conn.)
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Date:undated, 1894-1987.
Creator:Storrs School Literary Society.
Abstract:The collection contains correspondence, reports, membership lists and other pertinent and ephemeral materials concerning the history, organization, and fraternal affiliates of the Storrs School Literary Society (later the College Shakespearean Club).
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:.25 linear feet.
Subject:
Storrs School Literary Society.
Subject:
Theta Sigma Chi.
Subject:
Kappa Sigma. Epsilon Zeta Chapter.
Subject:
Storrs Agricultural School.
Subject:
Storrs Agricultural College.
Subject:
University of Connecticut.
Subject:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Notebooks.
Subject:
Bylaws.
Place Name:
Storrs (Conn.)
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
Date:1971-1993.
Creator:Office for Affirmative Action.
Abstract:The collection contains materials pertaining to the development and publication of the University's Affirmative Action policy. The name of the office was changed in the 1990s to the Office of Diversity and Equity.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:18.0 Linear feet
Subject:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Publications.
Subject:
Reports.
Subject:
Universities.
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries
Date:undated, 1928-1969.
Creator:University of Connecticut. President's Office.
Abstract:Charles Burt Gentry was educated at the University of Missouri and came to Connecticut from Rutgers University in 1920. He became Dean of the Division of Teacher Training in 1921, and, after his term as acting president (1928-1929), served as the director of the Division of Instruction and as Dean of the University. Gentry retired in 1950.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:1 linear foot.
Subject:
Gentry, Charles Burt, 1844-1955.
Subject:
University of Connecticut—History.
Subject:
College presidents—Connecticut.
Subject:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Administrative Records.
Subject:
Notes.
Subject:
Obituaries.
Subject:
Universities.
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Date:undated, 1926-1930.
Creator:University of Connecticut.
Abstract:George Alan Works assumed the presidency of Connecticut Agricultural College in 1929 after a distinguished career at the University of Chicago.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:.75 linear feet.
Subject:
University of Connecticut—History.
Subject:
College presidents—Connecticut.
Subject:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Publications.
Subject:
Photographs.
Subject:
Blueprints.
Subject:
Administrative Records.
Subject:
Financial Records.
Subject:
Press release.
Subject:
Photocopies.
Subject:
Notes.
Subject:
Administrator.
Subject:
Librarian.
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Date:undated, 1737-1972
Creator:Storrs Congregational Church.
Abstract:The collection contains administrative records and historical documents of the Storrs (Connecticut) Congregational Church.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:1.5 linear feet.
Subject:
Storrs Congregational Church.
Subject:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Publications.
Subject:
Administrative Records.
Subject:
Financial Records.
Subject:
Minutes.
Subject:
Speeches.
Subject:
Bylaws.
Subject:
Histories.
Subject:
Deeds.
Place Name:
Storrs (Conn.)
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Date:undated, 1911-1969.
Creator:Hewitt, Martha.
Abstract:Martha Hewitt was the wife of Dr. Harold Hewitt. Dr. Hewitt was a professor of chemistry and Dean of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Connecticut from 1947 until his retirement in February 1972. The collection contains a small amount of correspondence from Martha Hewitt to her family while traveling in Europe, documentation for her application to the DAR and other random personal papers. The majority of the photographs are of Mrs. Hewitt's family, although there are some of Dr. Hewitt.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:1.25 linear feet.
Subject:
Hewitt, Martha.
Subject:
Hewitt, Harold.
Subject:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Photographs.
Subject:
School Records.
Place Name:
Storrs, Conn.
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Date:1915-1947.
Creator:Storrs Tennis Association.
Abstract:The Storrs Tennis Association was established to foster the game within the environs of Storrs, Connecticut, and was open to residents over the age of eighteen. The Association was in existence from circa 1915 through 1947.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:.1 linear feet.
Subject:
Storrs Tennis Association.
Subject:
Tennis--Connecticut--Storrs.
Subject:
Tennis courts--Connecticut--Storrs.
Subject:
Administrative Records.
Subject:
Financial Records.
Subject:
Minutes.
Place Name:
Storrs (Conn.)--Societies, etc.--Sports.
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Date:undated, 1967-1975.
Creator:University of Connecticut, Center for Italian Studies.
Abstract:The Center began operation during the 1967/1968 academic year and served as an interdisciplinary focus for the study of modern Italy. The Center was active in establishing courses, contacts abroad and increasing the level of appropriate library acquisitions. The Center was discontinued at the end of the 1974/1975 academic year.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:1.5 linear feet.
Subject:
Notes.
Subject:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Reports.
Subject:
Publications.
Subject:
Administrative Records.
Subject:
Institutional academic center.
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Date:undated, 1872-1930s.
Creator:New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association.
Abstract:Maps and track plans of property in Connecticut, Massachusetts, eastern New York, and Rhode Island belonging to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company and its predecessors, including the Hartford & New Haven Railroad, the Housatonic Railroad, the Naugatuck Railroad, the New York & New England Railroad, and the New York & New Haven Railroad.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:2000 items.
Subject:
Berkshire Railroad.
Subject:
Danbury and Norwalk Railroad.
Subject:
Hartford and New Haven Railroad.
Subject:
Housatonic Railroad.
Subject:
Meriden and Waterbury Railroad.
Subject:
Naugatuck Railroad.
Subject:
New Haven and Derby Railroad.
Subject:
New Haven and Northampton Railroad.
Subject:
New York and New Haven Railroad.
Subject:
Poughkeepsie and Erie Railroad.
Subject:
Ridgefield Railroad.
Subject:
Shepaug Valley Railroad.
Subject:
Stamford and New Canaan Railroad.
Subject:
Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad.
Subject:
State Line Railroad.
Subject:
Turner’s Falls Branch Railroad.
Subject:
Union Freight Railroad.
Subject:
Watertown and Waterbury Railroad.
Subject:
Maps.
Publisher:Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
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