Collections by Title

1883-1916
1.75 linear feet
Correspondence.
Collection Number: MSS 1977-0003
James B. Olcott was a member of the first Board of Trustees of Storrs Agricultural School, now the University of Connecticut.

ca. 1930-1969
130 linear feet
Correspondence, personal papers, manuscripts, notebooks, publications.
Collection Number: MSS 1969-0001
The Charles Olson Research Collection contains the literary works, correspondence, photographs, and personal, professional, and family papers of writer and poet Charles Olson. This collection also includes some administrative records of Black Mountain College. Only the portions of the collection that have been processed are represented in the finding aid. As additional series are processed the information will be updated.

1890-1979
8 linear feet
Broadsides, correspondence, reports.
Collection Number: MSS 1988-0053
Broadsides from the 1890s relating to railroads in the Pennsylvania and Maryland region, and correspondence, memos, and ICC reports about transportation regulation.

undated, 1991-1992
2.5 linear feet
Correspondence, clippings, flyers, brochures.
Collection Number: MSS 1993-0060
The 1991-1992 academic year at UConn marked the 100th anniversary of women on the Storrs campus. The anniversary was celebrated by a year-long series of programs to commemorate the achievements of women, particularly those at the University of Connecticut.

1947-1988
100 linear feet
Correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts.
Collection Number: MSS 1990-0056
Born in Yonkers in 1930, Joel Oppenheimer was a student of Charles Olson's at Black Mountain College from 1950-1953. He published over a dozen books of poetry, a play, a book on baseball, and was a columnist for the "Village Voice" from 1968 to 1984. Oppenheimer was the first director of the St. Mark's Poetry Project in Greenwich Village (from 1966 to 1968) and was an active teacher of poetry throughout his life. He died of complications from cancer in 1988. The collection contains only a small amount of Oppenheimer's writing and correspondence prior to his time at Black Mountain College. The Black Mountain period itself is also represented somewhat poorly, although there are a few items of ephemera. The content of the collection becomes more comprehensive in the late 1950s and into the 1960s, with a substantial number of poetry manuscripts and a wider range of correspondence. While most all of Oppenheimer's published poems are represented in the collection, it is difficult to discern between first drafts and later copies.

1963-1987
24 linear feet
Correspondence, manuscripts, publications.
Collection Number: MSS 1998-0208
The collection consists largely of Robert Hawley's personal papers and records with regard to the Oyez Press from 1963 to 1988.