Collections by Title

1888-1898
1 linear foot
Financial records.
Collection Number: MSS 2008-0024
Toy company of Cromwell, Connecticut, specializing in the manufacture of cast iron toys, especially mechanical iron banks and cap pistols. Collection consists of one financial ledger of the company listing expenses, suppliers and customers, including Montgomery Ward and Gimbel Brothers.

1853-1956
85 linear feet
Administrative, general, purchasing, sales, and labor records.
Collection Number: MSS 1967-0001
Maker of men’s fine toiletries, including shaving cream, talcum powder, toilet soaps, and other toilet preparations, established in Glastonbury, Connecticut, in 1848.

1860-1900
2.5 linear feet
Financial records.
Collection Number: MSS 1979-0007
General merchants of Collinsville, Connecticut.

1975-1977
8 linear feet
Photographs.
Collection Number: MSS 1975-0006
The collection consists of photographs of Northeastern Connecticut made by Lee A. Jacobus under the direction of the Northeast Planning Region of Connecticut.

1909-1913
.25 linear feet
Correspondence.
Collection Number: MSS 1998-0136
Chester D. Jarvis (1876-1948) was a horticulturist who worked at the Connecticut Agricultural College from 1906-1915. He began in the Agricultural Experiment Station and was later named director of the reorganized Extension Service in 1913. Jarvis served in the latter capacity until 1915 when he became a specialist in Agricultural Education for the Department of Agriculture.

undated, 1920-1989
12 linear feet
Research notes, manuscripts.
Collection Number: MSS 1998-0368
The collection contains materials pertaining to Dr. Johansen's research and publications on comparable worth and pay equity, in addition to some lecture notes.

circa 1980-2007
205.4 linear feet
Correspondence, reports, administrative records, clippings, photographs.
Collection Number: MSS 2007-0008
The papers of Congresswoman Nancy Lee Johnson. 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.

undated, 1962-1987
2 linear feet
Administrative records, school records, photocopies, notes.
Collection Number: MSS 2004-0102
The professional papers of Dr. CLyde Jones, a retired faculty member affiliated with the School of Family Studies (formerly Home Economics).

[1675], 1963-2006
3 linear feet
Administrative records, By-Laws, publications.
Collection Number: MSS 2007-0027
Joshua's Tract Conservation and Historic Trust is a membership organization formed in 1966 to receive gifts of money and land, or to buy land of historic, aesthetic, or scientific value, to be preserved for the benefit of future generations. Its region of concern includes the northeast Connecticut towns of Andover, Ashford, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Franklin, Hampton, Lebanon, Mansfield, Scotland, Tolland, Willington, and Windham. Together with Joshua's Trust conservation restriction easements these properties create significant green corridors throughout the region, often abutting other agency's protected lands, watersheds, and trails. Records document the operations, activities and programs of the organization and include founding documents, by-laws, annual reports, meeting minutes, subject files, newsclippings, photographs and publications.