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Babbitt (Natalie) Papers    Finding Aid

undated, 1906-1991
50.2 linear feet
Artwork, dummies, sketches, correspondence.
Collection Number: MSS 1994-0001
The papers of children's author and illustrator, Natalie Babbitt include correspondence, reviews, publicity, manuscripts, drafts, illustrations and finished artwork for sixteen books and several articles.

Bacteriology Department Records (UConn)    Finding Aid

undated1922-1966
.25 linear feet
Administrative records.
Collection Number: MSS 1997-0021
Written history of the department and related publications.

Badolato (Dominic J.) Papers    Finding Aid

undated, 1918-2003
195 linear feet
Administrative Records, Bylaws, Correspondence, Minutes, Newsletters, Newspapers, Notebooks, Notes, Photocopies, Photographs, Press releases, Publications, Scrap-Books.
Collection Number: MSS 2003-0137
Dominic J. Badolato, born in 1919, served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, representing New Britain, from 1954 to 1976, and was the founding head of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union, Council 4, in New Britain, Connecticut, from 1968 to 1996. Access to the collection is restricted without prior permission.

Bakery, Confectionery & Tobacco Workers, Local 155, Records    Finding Aid

1892-1982
3 linear feet
Administrative records.
Collection Number: MSS 1984-0011
Chaters, meeting minutes, contractual agreements and a history of a local union of Waterbury, Connecticut.

Ball (Don, Jr.) Railroad Photograph Collection    Finding Aid

undated, 1895-1976
1 linear foot
Photographs.
Collection Number: MSS 2003-0093
Don Ball Jr. (1938-1986) was a railroad consultant and photographer and author of books about railroads. The collection consists of several hundred photographic images, taken by Mr. Ball, of locomotives, stations, and railroad related scenes of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and other New England and eastern United State railroad lines.

Ballard (Frank) Papers    Finding Aid

undated, 1973-1993
1 linear foot
Correspondence.
Collection Number: MSS 1998-0193
The collection contains biographical information on Frank Ballard and correspondence, publications, and clippings pertaining to the Puppetry Program at the University of Connecticut.

Bankwitz (Philip) Research Collection    Finding Aid

undated, 1928-1994
3 linear feet
Photocopies, correspondence.
Collection Number: MSS 2002-0116
The collection contains primarily photocopies of correspondence, reports and official documentation of the French government from the 1930s through the end of World War II in 1945.

Barnett (James H.) Papers    Finding Aid

undated, 1907-1993
1.5 linear feet
Publications, speeches, notes and correspondence.
Collection Number: MSS 1997-0014
The collection contains materials pertaining to Dr. Barnett’s many activities. He specialized in the history of social thought and the sociology of art and literature.

Barnum Richardson Company Records    Finding Aid

undated, 1793-1925
12.75 linear feet
Correspondence, administrative records.
Collection Number: MSS 1980-0037
Iron manufacturing company of Salisbury, Connecticut.

Barth (Peter S.) Papers    Finding Aid

1971-1972
.5 linear feet
Photocopies.
Collection Number: MSS 1997-0015
The collection contains annotated photocopies of the hearings and statements presented to the National Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws for discussion in 1971-1972.

Bartow (Maxine) Papers    Finding Aid

undated, 1958-1991
.15 linear feet
Correspondence.
Collection Number: MSS 2002-0140
The collection contains correspondence from Fielding Dawson to Maxine Bartow from 1959 through 1990. Also included are jacket proofs from several Dawson publications, two black and white photographs (1958) and the manuscript of a short story, "Her Royal," written by Dawson.

Bates (Peter) Papers    Finding Aid

undated, 1965-1973
.75 linear feet
Photocopies, carbons.
Collection Number: MSS 1998-0196
Copies of typescript novels, plays, poems, stories and other writings.

Baum (Arline) Papers    Finding Aid

1987-1993
4.3 linear feet
Artwork.
Collection Number: MSS 1999-0045
Collection consists of original artwork for "Opt, An Illusionary Tale", along with two textbooks (and associated teaching guides) in which the "Opt" book was reprinted.

Beach, Calder, Anderson & Alden Records    Finding Aid

1940-1980
63 linear feet
Administrative records.
Collection Number: MSS 1997-0016
This collection has not yet been organized for unassisted research use. Researchers wishing to access this collection must make prior arrangements with the Curator before visiting Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. Law firm founded in 1919 in Bristol, Connecticut. Collection consists of documents relating to the firm’s representation of Bristol Brass Company and E. Ingraham Company.

Beaujon (Leroy Y.) Railroad Collection    Finding Aid

undated, 1885-1903
17 linear feet
Payroll vouchers, correspondence.
Collection Number: MSS 1997-0042
Payroll vouchers and correspondence pertaining to the Central New England Railway, the Philadelphia, Reading & New England Railroad, and the Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad.

Beck (Audrey) Papers    Finding Aid

undated, 1930-1983
65 linear feet
Correspondence, administrative records, reports.
Collection Number: MSS 1992-0020
The collection chronicles the eighteen year political career of Audrey Beck focusing on her terms as State representative (1969-1975) and State Senator (1975-1983).

Becker (Henry) Papers    Finding Aid

undated, 1917-1989
16 linear feet
Correspondence, reports.
Collection Number: MSS 1984-0004
Labor organizer associated with various Connecticut and national unions and service organizations, including the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and the Greater Hartford Labor Council.

Beckwith Card Company Records    Finding Aid

1888-1894
. 25 linear feet
Correspondence.
Collection Number: MSS 1998-0304
Maker of hand and stripper cards, used to separate cotton and wool before spinning, of Stafford Springs, Connecticut.

Belden (Robert F.) Papers    Finding Aid

1919-1921
.25 linear feet
Manuscripts.
Collection Number: MSS 2000-0098
The collection contains papers produced by Mr. Belden while he was a student at the Connecticut Agricultural College.

Belding Brothers and Company Records    Finding Aid

1893-1903
.5 linear feet
Correspondence.
Collection Number: MSS 1989-0076
Silk manufacturers of Rockville, Connecticut.

Bentz (Brooks A.) Railroad Collection    Finding Aid

undated, 1889, 1913-1975
.75 linear feet
Publications, photographs, administrative records.
Collection Number: MSS 2003-0113
The Brooks A. Bentz Railroad Collection consists almost exclusively of materials associated with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, including passenger and employee timetables, a parlor car wine list and dining car cafe menu, information about the railroad equipment provided for railroad employees, information about the railroad's merger with what became Penn Central in the late 1960s, a vehicle decal, a map of the railroad system (ca. 1925), and photographs of locomotives.

Berkson (Bill) Papers    Finding Aid


46 linear feet
Correspondence, manuscripts.
Collection Number: MSS 1997-0018
This collection has not yet been organized for unassisted research use. Researchers wishing to access this collection must make prior arrangements with the Curator before visiting Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.

Berrigan (Ted) Papers    Finding Aid

undated, 1962-1983
2.5 linear feet
Correspondence, interview.
Collection Number: MSS 1997-0020
Letters to and interviews with Berrigan by other poets.

Bertolette (Peter) Papers    Finding Aid

undated, 1953-1990
4 linear feet
Correspondence, photographs, literary manuscripts.
Collection Number: MSS 1998-0197
Literary and editorial work.

Bisaillon Collection of French Canadians in Connecticut    Finding Aid

undated, 1976-1981
.25 linear feet
Publications.
Collection Number: MSS 1997-0023
Newspaper clippings, genealogies and other literature with information about the history of French Canadians in Connecticut.

Bishop (Merlin D.) Papers    Finding Aid

undated, 1924-1975
7.5 linear feet
Correspondence.
Collection Number: MSS 1997-0024
Labor activist involved with the United Automobile Workers of America, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, and the Connecticut Governor's Fact-Finding Commission on Education and other education-related commissions and committees.

Black (Robert) Papers    Finding Aid

undated, 1944-1980
4 linear feet
Reprints, reviews, manuscripts, publications.
Collection Number: MSS 1998-0375
The collection contains materials collected or written by Dr. Black pertaining to the geology of Connecticut, Wisconsin and Antartica.

Blanck (Jacob) Papers    Finding Aid

undated.
1.3 linear feet
Typescripts, proof sheets.
Collection Number: MSS 1998-0198
Working papers of distinguished bibliographer.

Blevins (Rip) Papers    Finding Aid

undated
.1 linear feet
Recollections.
Collection Number: MSS 2000-0109
The collection consists of a manuscript version of Mr. Blevins recollections with sports figures such as "Kid" Kaplan, Perry Hale, Jack Blott, "Big Ed" Walsh, Howard Drew, "Bat" Battalino, Commodore Phelps IngersollArthur Rudolph, Harold "Spud" Drew, and Commodore Ralph B. Britton.

Bloom-Slayton Correspondence Collection    Finding Aid

1988-1992
.1 linear feet (4 items)
Correspondence.
Collection Number: MSS 2000-0091
The collection contains the initial letter from Slayton to Bloom and Bloom’s response. Also included is a photocopy of the cover of Yonder and one letter from John Atwater to Roger Crossgrove conveying the Bloom-Slayton correspondence.

Board of Trustees Records (UConn)    Finding Aid

1881-
73 linear feet
Minutes, reports, correspondence.
Collection Number: MSS 1987-0007
The collection contains the official minutes, reports, recommendations and resolutions of the Board of Trustees of the University of Connecticut. The records date from the founding of the institution in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School through the present.

Bonelli Project 2000/Locomotive FL-9 Collection    Finding Aid

1978-1984
.25 linear feet
Correspondence.
Collection Number: MSS 1989-0052
The collection contains correspondence, photograph, diagram, and a copy of the article "How the ‘NH’ was put back on the ‘New Haven.’"

Bongiorno (Joseph A.) Collection of Passenger Operation Services of the New Haven Railroad    Finding Aid

1966-1980
.5 linear feet
Publications, reports.
Collection Number: MSS 1989-0061
Publications, annual reports, and other reports used by Bongiorno for his paper "The Administration of the Passenger Operation Services of the New Haven Railroad."

Bookstore Press Records    Finding Aid

undated, 1967-1976
5.3 linear feet
Correspondence and audio tapes.
Collection Number: MSS 1997-0027
Press records, primarily comprised of correspondence to Gerald Hausman, his wife, Lorry, and David Silverstein regarding submissions to and publications of the press.

Borrup (Roger) Papers    Finding Aid

undated, 1933-1986
6 linear feet
Correspondence, administrative records, publications.
Collection Number: MSS 1984-0023
Collection consists of literature related to the Hartford Typographical Union, no. 127, and the Connecticut Electric Railway.

Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad Collection    Finding Aid

1863-1885
4.25 linear feet
Legal records, correspondence.
Collection Number: MSS 1992-0007
Railroad chartered in May 1863 and reorganized in 1873 as the New York and New England Railroad Company.

Brakhage (Stan) Papers    Finding Aid

undated, 1953-1966
.1 linear feet
Correspondence, manuscripts.
Collection Number: MSS 1998-0199
The collection contains Barkhage’s correspondence to Robert Duncan, Jess Collins and Mary Shore and a celluloid strip from the film "Mothlight".

Brasher (Rex) Collection    Finding Aid

undated.
549 linear feet
Artwork.
Collection Number: MSS 1997-0030
Rex Brasher (1869-1960) was one of America's greatest bird painters. He painted almost twice as many North American birds as Louis Aggasiz Fuertes or John James Audubon. He painted a total of 875 water color paintings of 1200 species or subspecies of birds in their natural habitats, based on American Ornithologists Union Checklist of North American Birds.

Bread and Puppet Theater Collection    Finding Aid

undated, 1967-1988
.5 linear feet
Publications.
Collection Number: MSS 1997-0031
The collection includes illustrated story scripts, handbills and performance programs, illustrated calendars and other related ephemera and publications.

Bristol Brass Company Records    Finding Aid

undated, 1911-1982
145.7 linear feet
Administrative records, financial records.
Collection Number: MSS 1997-0029
Brass manufacturing company of Bristol, Connecticut.

Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks Records    Finding Aid

1910-1931
1.8 linear feet
Administrative records.
Collection Number: MSS 1989-0001
Business files, documentation about its internal functions, publications and correspondence to its members, and information on government regulation of railroads and railroad employees, focusing specifically on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company and the Central New England Railway, and the Hartford Lodge Number 186.

Brown (Harry F.) Papers    Finding Aid

1908-1933, 1959, 1964
4 linear feet
Photographic prints, negatives.
Collection Number: MSS 2002-0105
The Harry F. Brown Papers consist of 478 photographic images in various media of railroad electrification equipment along electrified main line section of the Shoreline route of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad.

Brundage (Augustus J.) Papers    Finding Aid

undated, 1884-1981
6 linear feet
Correspondence, memorabilia.
Collection Number: MSS 1981-0001
The collection consists of materials relating to Brundage's interests and career. Topics include education, agriculture, University and Connecticut history, the 4-H and family materials.

Buck (Margaret Waring) Papers    Finding Aid

undated, circa 1860-1993
7 linear feet
Correspondence, artwork, personal papers.
Collection Number: MSS 1997-0034
Margaret Waring Buck has produced a number of self-illustrated books explaining how animals live in the wild. The typical Buck nature book contains detailed black-and-white drawings of the plants, animals, insects and birds to be found in a particular outdoors location, along with an explanatory text ideal for young naturalists who are beginning to learn about the subject.

Building Names Committee Records (UConn)    Finding Aid

1963-1976
.5 linear feet
Administrative records.
Collection Number: MSS 1997-0082
Committee materials pertaining to the naming of University buildings.

Bush (Prescott, Sr.) Papers    Finding Aid

undated, 1952-1962
20 linear feet
Correspondence, administrative records, speeches, press releases.
Collection Number: MSS 1991-0001
The collection contains materials pertaining to Mr. Bush's years as a United States Senator representing Connecticut.

Butler (Francelia) Papers    Finding Aid

undated
12 linear feet
Correspondence, manuscripts, publications, audio visual materials.
Collection Number: MSS 1997-0056
This collection has not yet been organized for unassisted research use. Researchers wishing to access this collection must make prior arrangements with the Curator before visiting Archives Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.

Butterworth (Oliver) Papers    Finding Aid

1934-1996
5.25 linear feet
Correspondence, manuscripts.
Collection Number: MSS 2000-0052
The papers of Oliver Butterworth, native of Connecticut and educator and author of children's books. The collection contains correspondence, notes, drafts, manuscripts, galleys, proofs, artwork, scripts and published books pertaining to Butterworth's career and interests.