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Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984. 1 box.
American photographer.
Miscellaneous collection. Five signed photographs (original prints),
two greeting cards, and one prospectus for a book by Adams. Arranged
and cataloged.
Albee, Edward, 1928- . 5 boxes.
American playwright.
Interview in typescript given at The Dorothy Gordon Youth Forum,
WNBC-TV Public Affairs Department, 1966 (Reprinted in Conversations
with Edward Albee ed. by Phillip C. Kolin. Jackson: University
Press of Mississippi, 1988, p. 67-79). Typed script for Malcolm
used for production in theater, 1966, New York City. Signed copy
of typescript of The Sandbox, an early play written in
1959 and first performed in 1960, New York City. Also ephemera
including advertisements, catalogs, programs and playbills--and
periodicals containing material by and about Albee. Arranged and
cataloged.
Alinsky, Saul David, 1909-1972. 1 box.
American sociologist.
Miscellaneous writings, essays, notes and memoranda of Alinsky
(14 items), 2 letters to Alinsky regarding one of his manuscripts
and his work for the Archdiocesan Conservation Council in Chicago,
17 letters from Alinsky to his second wife (Jean Graham), 16 condolence
notes and cards to his second wife following his death. (n.d.
- 1965). Arranged and inventoried.
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Allen, Nathan H., 1848-1925.
42 boxes, 13 scrapbooks, 1 notebook.
Hartford musician and composer.
8 boxes of manuscript music, including about 80 of his musical
compositions, among them the full score of his choral work, The
Apotheosis of St. Dorothy , for solo tenor and chorus. Also
the manuscript text (unpublished) of Music in a New England
State 1630-1900 . Personal papers and notes including ca.
350 letters (1878-1925), diaries, excerpts of biographies of famous
historical figures, and financial documents; ephemera and newspaper
clippings relating to musical performances and to Allen personally,
photographs, and 13 scrapbooks (1870-1925) of newspaper clippings
and ephemera, mostly relating to musical topics and including
numerous concert programs. Arranged and cataloged.
American Indian. 7 boxes.
Composite collection.
Mainly linguistic studies of various tribes and religious writings
in a variety of Indian languages. Includes the original manuscript
of the Dictionary of the Algonquian Illinois
Language (ca. 1700), which has been attributed to Jacques Gravier, and a partial transcription (A-C) by James
Hammond Trumbull; also a photostat copy of Vocabulario Trilingue
de México by Fray Sahagún. Almost all arranged
and cataloged.
American Notables. 1 box.
Composite collection.
Includes American Writers Collection. Mainly consists of individual
letters but also contains miscellaneous papers and documents.
19th and 20th century writers and notables including William R.
Denham, John Dos Passos, William H. Gillette [
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Grofé, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Thomas Wentworth Higginson,
Washington Irving, Edwin Wilson Morse, Eugene O'Neill, James Whitcomb Riley, Aurelia
Gay Mace, Winfield Townley Scott, and John Steinbeck. Arranged
and cataloged.
Ashendene Press. 1 box.
English private press.
Correspondence between C.H. St. John Hornby and A.C. Hickmott
pertaining to the latter's collecting of Ashendene Press books.
Also ephemera including announcements, book lists, individual
poems, prospectuses, and a type specimen. Arranged and cataloged.
Gift of Allerton C. Hickmott.
Automobile Travel
Composite collection
5 records of automobile trips throughout the United States during
the 1920s and 1930s:
1. [Anonymous.] [Automobile Tour Scrapbook] 13-19 November
1933. Scrapbook with typescript. 36 p., 28 x 23.5 cm.
2. Bascom, Doris (Mrs. William O.) "My first trip to California…"
[with second, third and fourth trips to California]. Newton,
NJ, 1933- 1940. Scrapbook with manuscript entries. 90 p., 30
x 41 cm.
3. Dodge, F. Waldo. "Seeing New England on Four Wheels."
Melrose, MA, 1929. manuscript scrapbook with photographs (55
l.)
4. Ehresman, Elsa. "Trip through Berkshires and White Mountains."
15-29 July 1922. Scrapbook with typescript, daily travel journal,
postcards and other illustrations (clippings), brochures for
YWCA camps, tourism brochures (accomodations and sites). (25
leaves; includes 10 p. [8.5" x 5.5"] text.)
5. Staubach, Charles P. [Automobile photograph album.] 1925-1928.
album with manuscript entries.
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Bannerman, David Armitage, 1866-1954. See Ornithology Collection, Part I.
Barnard, Henry, 1811-1900. 44 boxes, 2 portfolios.
American educator and Watkinson Library Trustee.
Papers (1832-1900) dealing with his life and career in education.
Diaries and journals; correspondence; manuscripts of Barnard's
writings--articles and speeches along with research notes; account
books, bills etc.; certificates and legal documents; photographs;
printed articles both by and on Barnard; student copybooks; and
material relating to the Hartford schools, St. Johns College (Annapolis,
Maryland), and the University of Wisconsin. Arranged and cataloged.
Bartlett Family. 3 boxes, 1 portfolio.
Papers, 1839-1824.
Correspondence (1839-52) between Henry Bartlett, David Bartlett,
and others; genealogical notes made by Mary (Bartlett) Macdonald
covering the years 1620 to 1924; letters to Mrs. Macdonald concerning
genealogy; and letters (1895-1912) to Duncan Black Macdonald from
Horace Howard Furness. Not processed.
Bird, William, Trinity College, Class of 1912, 1889-1963.
1 box.
American expatriate publisher and newspaper correspondent.
Tape of talk by Bird at Trinity College, June 1962. Newspaper
articles by Bird as New York Times correspondent on the
S. S. Chantier polar expedition and as the New York
Sun's Paris correspondent during World War II. Miscellaneous
newspaper clippings and ephemera relating to Bird and his Three
Mountains Press (Paris, 1923 1928). Arranged.
Blake, William, 1757-1827. 3 boxes.
English poet.
Contains 2 manuscript letters from Blake; documents on his 1804
trial; correspondence regarding Blake by Thomas Carlyle, and between
Seymour Kirkup and Algernon Charles Swinburne regarding Blake;
correspondence and other papers of Allan R. Brown relating to
the donation of his Blake collection to Trinity. Photostatic copies
of manuscripts. Arranged and cataloged.
Gift of Allan R. Brown.
Brinley, Katherine Gordon, 1878-1966. 16 boxes.
American performer.
Papers relating to Mrs. Brinley's Chaucer recitations,1919-1954.
Notes, correspondence, programs, publicity materials and newspaper
clippings in loosely chronological order, 1919-1957. Also audio
recordings, photographs, ephemera, and manuscript writings and
notes on Chaucer and Chaucer programs, grouped separately. Arranged
and inventoried.
Gift of Mrs. Albert Loder, Jr.
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British Notables. 4 boxes.
Composite collection.
Letters and literary manuscripts (1628-1983) by authors, artists,
statesmen, and others, including George Borrow, Robert Browning,
Roy Campbell, William Cobbett, Walter De la Mare, Sir Edward Dering,
Andrew Lang, Richard Le Gallienne, A.L. Rowse, and William Makepeace
Thackeray. Arranged and cataloged.
British Theater. 4 boxes.
Correspondence, 1823-1878.
Letters to and from British actors, actresses, theater managers,
writers and others. Includes John Billington, John Cooper, Edward
Fitzball, Fanny Kemble, and Benjamin Webster. Arranged and cataloged.
Gift of Kenneth Walter Cameron.
Bulkeley, Gershom, 1635-1713. 2 boxes.
Connecticut physician.
Seven book-form manuscripts: account book (1702-1713) and 6 medical
notebooks (ca. 1692-1705) . Also manuscript fragment of a medical
log by Bulkeley, early 18th century. Arranged.
Calligraphy. 1 box.
Composite collection.
Comprised of items relating to the art of calligraphy. Includes
manuscript and printed examples along with calligraphy journals,
exhibition catalogs, and books. Not processed.
See also Anthony Gardner Collection.
China. History. See Jerome P. Webster Collection.
Clark, John N., 1831-1903. See Ornithology Collection, Part I.
Clark Family. 5 boxes.
Papers, 1820-1876.
Correspondence (1820-1860) among the brothers Ezra Clark, Jr.,
Hartford manufacturer, Spencer Morton Clark, New York manufacturer,
and George Hunt Clark, Hartford poet, businessman, and Trustee
of the Watkinson Library, concerning business and family; journal
(1855) by S. Morton Clark concerning a voyage to Europe; papers
and correspondence (1853-1876) relating to the Granby Copper Mine,
including letters (1876) from Benjamin Silliman; and poetry by
George Hunt Clark. Arranged.
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Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848. 1 box.
American painter.
Nineteen letters to Daniel Wadsworth July 6, 1826-July 13, 1832
(most written during 1826 -1828). Published in The Correspondence
of Thomas Cole and Daniel Wadsworth , edited by J. Bard McNulty
(Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1983). Arranged.
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Collamore, Henry Bacon, 1894-1975. 4 boxes.
Book collector and Watkinson Library Trustee.
Collection has two major components. The first concerns the publication
of the catalogue, Edwin Arlington Robinson , 1869-1935: A
Collection of His Works from the Library of Bacon Collamore (Hartford,
1936) and preparation of an E.A. Robinson exhibition at Wesleyan
University's Olin Library, February 1936. The second part of the
collection comprises letters from Collamore to John William Pye,
E.A. Robinson collector and donor of the collection. Processed
and inventoried.
Gift of John William Pye, Trinity College, Class of 1970.
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Columbiad Club. 4 boxes.
Connecticut typophilic club.
Minutes of the Columbiad Club, 1935-1972 and 1984-present, along
with ephemera, pitysakes, and keepsakes in broadside form. Duplicates
of some ephemera. Arranged and cataloged.
In large measure, the gift of Lewis Finch.
Cookbooks. 1 box.
Composite collection.
Thirteen 19th-century American manuscript cookbooks. Arranged.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. 2 boxes.
English illlustrator and caricaturist.
Collection of 82 letters. One ALS from Cruikshank, dated 1842,
and 81 ALS dated 1830-1875, from various authors, artists, and
publishers to Cruikshank relating to his illustrations for Richard
Bentley's "Miscellany," "Popular Tales," "Tower
of London," etc. Some of the letters bear Cruikshank's autograph
draft replies and pen and pencil sketches. Arranged and inventoried,
with a list of correspondents.
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Cummings Family. 2 boxes.
Papers, 1797-1861.
Joseph Cummings (1784-1860), of Ware, Massachusetts, was an active
community leader who held a wide variety of local and state positions:
deacon, postmaster, justice of the peace, bank director, school
teacher, and town representative to the state Senate and House.
The Cummings family papers include miscellaneous legal and financial
documents and correspondence to and from patriarch Joseph Cummings
and other members of his family. Principal correspondents are:
a) Joseph Cummings; b) his son, William B., a manufacturer in
Brooklyn, New York; c) his son, Elbridge, in Beloit, Wisconsin;
d) his son-in-law, James Yale, M.D., in Ware; e) his son-in-law,
Nicholas Harris, a school teacher in Hartford in the 1840s and
1850s and a published author of textbooks. Arranged and inventoried.
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Diaries. 6 boxes.
Composite collection.
Twenty-three diaries and journals of 12 persons; 18 diaries from
the 19th century, 5 from the early 20th century. Includes 6 diaries
and journals by women, 4 by men and 13 juvenile diaries (11 schoolboy,
2 schoolgirl). Arranged and cataloged.
1. Anonymous. 1857. Album, by female inmate
of McLean Asylum in Somerville, Massachusetts.
2. Anonymous. 1813. Diary kept by religious
man or minister.
3. Barton, Dana W. 1880-1881. Chronicles a
year's work in the life of a young Yankee farmer in Croydon,
Sullivan County, New Hampshire. Click
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4. Burling, Elizabeth S. 1875-1878. Diary of
a Vassar graduate describing her travels in Europe and a visit
to southern Illinois.
5."Confessions of a fool." 1870-1871.
Boston.
6. Fry, Ethelinda Deering. 1908-1910. Two diaries
of a schoolgirl from Saco, York County, Maine.
7. Mason, George William. 1869, 1873, 1874, 1876. Four
diaries of a farm boy, born in 1859, from Broadbrook, Connecticut
and later of Agawam, Massachusetts. Click
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8. Moorehouse, Helen I. 1907. Two diaries of
a young woman musician from Massachusetts who, with three other
women musicians, spent a summer at The Banff Springs Hotel in
Alberta, Canada, where the four were the quartet in residence.
9. Moulthrop, George E. 1880-1887. Seven diaries
of a schoolboy from Bristol, Connecticut, ages 9 through 17.
10. Norton, Milo Leon. 1907. "Book of
Days." Poems.
11. Parkinson (?), Miss. 1897. Diary of a woman
from Boston (?), Massachusetts, recording daily activities,
etc., some financial records.
12. Reed, Nellie Francis. 1876-1883. Journal
of a woman from Boston, Massachusetts, with references to friends,
activities, health, family relationships.
Drake Family Genealogy, 1633-1934. 2 boxes.
Mainly transcripts (typewritten) and photocopies (positive). Copies
of records and documents concerning the Drake Family genealogy,
together with a few letters, collected 1919-1934 by Frank Butler
Gay as trustee of the Drake fund, established for genealogical
research on the Drake family. Arranged.
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. 46 boxes, 1
portfolio.
American poet.
Manuscript letters from Frost (1913-1937); manuscript poems, many
with texts varying from printed versions; proofs; sets of Frost
Christmas cards with printed poems (1934-1962); extensive group
of periodicals, many with first appearances of Frost's poems;
ephemera; audio recordings including talk by Frost at Trinity
College in October 1962; extensive series of newspaper clippings.
Arranged, inventoried, and cataloged. See also Marian
G. M. Clarke, The Robert Frost Collection in the Watkinson
Library (Hartford, Conn.: Watkinson Library, Trinity College,
1974).
Gift of H. Bacon Collamore and Charles R. Green.
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Gage, Gladys L., 1908-1991.
2 boxes, 1 portfolio.
Hartford teacher.
Papers relating to her experiences as an exchange teacher at the
Washington School, Seattle, Washington, 1941-1942. Includes correspondence
with her parents;
material relating to her Japanese-American students (letters,
notebooks, photos, ephemera) who were interned in May 1942 and
from whom she received letters written during their internment.
Arranged.
Gift of Gladys L. Gage.
See also World War, 1939-1945.
Gardner, Anthony, 1887-1973.
1 box.
English bookbinder and calligrapher.
Correspondence with Elizabeth Van der Hoek. 74 letters covering
the years 1956-1961, 1963-1973. Written in a calligraphic hand
with colored inks and some drawings. Arranged and cataloged.
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Gay, Frank Butler, 1856-1934. 4 boxes.
Second Watkinson Librarian (1891-1934).
Papers, 1884-1934. Includes his business and personal correspondence
together with biographical notes. Not processed.
Goodwin Family. 2 boxes.
Letters, 1814-69.
Correspondence (1814-1820) from Capt. James Ripley Madison to
Major Thomas A. DeBlois, from the U.S. Frigates Congress ,
Guerriere , and Prometheus and the U.S. Schooner Lynx
, including a letter mentioning the slave trade; together with
correspondence (1857-1869) from Col. David P. Hancock to his brother,
written from the Indian Territory; and 6 Civil War letters concerning
the possibility of war with England. Arranged, inventoried, and
cataloged.
Gift of Genevieve Hancock Harlow Goodwin.
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Graff, George E. 4 boxes.
Officer in the War Relocation Authority.
Papers, mimeographed and printed, of the War Relocation Authority
of World War II and the period following, in which Graff served
as an officer. Includes memos (1942-1945), U.S. Department of
the Interior publications, photographs of relocated Japanese-Americans,
and other materials relating to the WRA. Arranged.
Gift of George E, Graff.
See also World War, 1939-1945.
Halpérine-Kaminsky, Ély,
1858-1936. ca. 44 boxes.
Russian-born French author and translator.
Literary papers and correspondence of Russian emigré writer
and translator, Ély Halpérine-Kaminsky. There are
two collections, one predominantly French, the other Russian.
I. Most of the collection is in French with some
materials in Russian. Includes manuscripts of Halpérine-Kaminsky's
writings, page proofs, and final printed versions, ranging from
book-length works to periodical articles; in addition to literary
subjects, topics include political and scientific themes and biographical
sketches. Contains translations into French of works by almost
30 Russian authors, the largest percentage by Leon Tolstoy. Includes
original (?) manuscripts of Turgenev. Arranged and inventoried.
ca. 40 boxes.
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II. Most of this portion of the collection is in Russian. Includes
manuscript essays by Halpérine-Kaminsky and other authors,
manuscript letters written by Halpérine Kaminsky, manuscript
letters to Halpérine-Kaminsky, and letters not to Halpérine
Kaminsky, including copies (?) of letters from and to Tolstoy.
In addition, there are printed materials: pages from books and
published articles and galley proofs of articles by Halpérine
Kaminsky (n.d.-1931). Arranged and inventoried. 4 boxes.
Gift of Richard A. Harrison, '57.
Hancock, Col. David P. See Goodwin Family Collection.
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958. 1 box.
Composer.
Collection of miscellaneous materials, in particular with reference to the "St. Louis Blues" and the origin of the the Blues in Memphis, Tennesssee.
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See also Niles, Edward Abbe.
Hartford Residents, 1807-1947. 5 boxes.
Composite collection.
Correspondence (1873-1914) between C.H. Clark, W.D. Howells, and
Samuel Clemens; letters (1927-1947) to Henrietta Gardiner, 3 of
which are from Laura E. Richards; letters (1890-1904) from Frederick
Penfield, written while serving as consul in Egypt; letters (1807-1840)
from Daniel Wadsworth to Benjamin Silliman; letters (1857) from
Thomas H. Gallaudet concerning work with the deaf; letters (1886-1887)
from H. Carrington Bolton to Charles K. Wead, concerning a chemistry
periodical list; 3 letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe (1843?, 1875,
1883); typed copy of Homer Worthington Brainard's unpublished
work, Thomas Hooker, His Life and Writings (Hartford,
c. 1914) with miscellaneous papers related to Hooker; Italian
art and history scrapbooks of Genevieve Hancock Harlow Goodwin.
In part, photocopies (negative) and transcriptions (typewritten).
Arranged and cataloged.
Hayes, Grom, 1910-1990.
4 boxes.
Former Watkinson Library cataloger.
Papers concerning his experiences as a soldier during World War
II. Includes correspondence; ephemera; scrapbook pages including
sketches and cartoons by Hayes; binder relating to his duties
in the Army Air Force Training Detachment, Oklahoma Agricultural
and Mechanical College, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Not processed.
Gift of Grom Hayes.
See also World War, 1939-1945.
Holocaust Collection (Dachau)
Robert, Albert E., Letters
Germany, March - July 1945
8 letters from Albert E. Robert, U.S. Army First Lieutenant, to
his wife, Minna Robert. Robert was stationed with the 898th in
Dachau, Germany, to assist with expediting the release of former
prisoners and the disposition of the camp. Robert writes about
his experiences and feelings, his reactions to what he sees. In
addition to his descriptions of the prisoners and camps, he writes
of the death of President Roosevelt, friction between the Americans
and the French, a multiple wedding at a Polish camp, and the effects
of the war in general. 8 ALS, 23 pages, 4 inserts; 7 envelopes.
See also World War, 1939-1945.
Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966. 2 boxes.
Papermaker and printer.
Contains correspondence (1924-1944: 9 letters by Hunter, most
written to Charles R. Green), prospectuses for Hunter's books,
and journal and news articles on Hunter along with miscellaneous
items relating to Hunter's work. Arranged and inventoried.
Gift of Charles R. Green.
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Illinois-French Dictionary. See American Indian collection, under Gravier, Jacques.
Indians of North America. See American Indian collection.
Juvenalia. 1 box.
Napier, Charles R.
School compositions, 1861-1864.
Collection of 32 manuscript compositions, 1861-1864, written by
Charles F. Napier of New York City. At the time, Charles was a
schoolboy, about ten years old, and he based many of his compositions
on his own activities. Composition titles include: "A Day's
Pleasure," "How I Spent My Vacation," "New
York City," "Nut Gathering," and "Newspapers." A list of composition titles is located with the collection.
See also Diaries (Fry, Ethelinda
Deering; Mason, George William; Moulthrop, George E.).
Kaskaskia Illinois-to-French Dictionary. See American Indian collection under Gravier, Jacques.
Knollenberg, Bernhard, 1892-1973.
1 box.
Yale Librarian and Watkinson Library Trustee.
Letters to Franklin Bartlett (1869-1906) from prominent persons,
including William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, and
Alfred Tennyson; American papers (1871-1920) including letters
from William Howard Taft and Oliver Wendell Holmes; and letters
(1781-1912) from English political figures including James Bryce,
George Canning, William Gladstone, and Lord John Russell. Arranged
and cataloged.
Gift of Bernhard Knollenberg, 1967.
Lawrence, William R., 1829-1856.
3 boxes.
Collector and artist.
Papers, mainly letters, of 19th century notables gathered by Lawrence
as an autograph collection. Contains file of letters to Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Carter Hall from British notables. Many items tipped
into individual folders, some with comment (by Lawrence?). Arranged
and cataloged.
Lesson, René Primevère, 1794-1849.
See Ornithology Collection, Part I.
Limited Editions Club. 1 box.
Book club.
Ephemera, 1929-1982, accompanying a large collection of Limited
Edition Club books donated by Watkinson Library Trustee John M.
K. Davis. Includes catalogs, monthly newsletters, prospectuses,
membership information. Also letter from John M.K. Davis regarding
Limited Editions Club while it was in Avon, Connecticut; typescript
accounts of Limited Editions Club by Gordon Carroll, David M.
Glixon, and Pamela Petro. Arranged and inventoried.
Gift of John M. K. Davis.
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Lippincott (J. B.) Company, Philadelphia.
1 box.
American publisher.
Correspondence (1860-1896) from ca. 50 American and British authors
concerning Lippincott's publication of their work, including Charles
Francis Adams, James T. Fields, Thomas Hardy, Reverdy Johnson,
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Bayard Taylor. Arranged and cataloged.
Gift of Genevieve Hancock Harlow Goodwin (Mrs. James Lippincott
Goodwin), 1965.
McCook, John James, 1843-1927. 4 boxes.
Professor of modern languages, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut.
Papers, 1892-1902. Articles on venality, filled-in forms relating
to McCook's investigations as to the causes of poverty, and periodicals
and newspaper clippings with articles by McCook. Also included,
a small collection of autographed letters purchased by McCook.
Most of the letters are from 19th century literary figures. Arranged
and cataloged.
Maritime History. 6 boxes.
Composite collection.
Ten 18th and 19th century ship's logs; and 5 personal journals
of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Also includes list of ships
in Royal Navy, 1798; an Italian signal book; and 10 Public Instruments
of Protest entered with William Taylor, U.S. Agent to Haiti. Arranged
and cataloged.
Most the gift of Dr. Jerome P. Webster.
Maxon, Constance M. 1 box.
Aspiring poet and novelist.
Collection of correspondence (1956-1964) with various individuals,
including letters from Conrad Aiken, Elizabeth Bishop, Melville
H. Cane, Elizabeth Coatsworth, Langston Hughes, Somerset Maugham
and Ogden Nash. Long series of letters from James Edward Ross,
convict and author of a successful war novel, The Dead Are
Mine . Arranged.
Gift of Kenneth W. Cameron.
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950. 2 boxes,
1 portfolio.
American poet.
Includes 3 letters, galley proofs, separate printings, periodicals
with first appearances and criticism, news clippings, ephemera,
photographs, and musical settings of her poems. Arranged and cataloged.
Gift of H. Bacon Collamore.
Monday Evening Club. 18 boxes.
Hartford men's literary club.
Papers of the Club, 1869 to the present. Minute books, Club correspondence,
membership lists, histories of the Club, and an extensive collection
of papers delivered by Club members from 1880 to the present.
The Watkinson Library is the official archival repository for
the Club's records and will continue to receive materials as they
become available. Arranged, inventoried, and cataloged.
Gift of the Monday Evening Club.
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Music. 51 items.
Composite collection.
Includes 51 book-form or individual music manuscripts, among them,
a copybook of Joseph Kendal, Jr. with 22 topical song texts (1783),
a copybook of Micah Hawkins containing his music (1826), and a
manuscript sketch of Richard Strauss's song, "Gefunden".
Also a box of uncataloged 19th century manuscript music. Note:
Besides the formal music manuscript collection, there are numerous
manuscript additions in 18th and early 19th century American tune
books including one attributed to William Billings and a bound
collection of sheet music that belonged to Micah Hawkins with
many manuscript additions. For more information, see Margaret
F. Sax's Music in the Watkinson Library , 2nd ed. (Hartford,
Connecticut: Watkinson Library, Trinity College, 1986--Watkinson
Library Guides, no. 1). Cataloged.
See also Allen, Nathan, Niles, Edward Abbe, and Wilson, Henry.
Niles, Edward Abbe,
Trinity College, Class of 1916, 1894-1963. 10 boxes.
Attorney and jazz critic.
Papers 1920-1960. Correspondence: 23 letters from Niles and 194
to him, including letters from Irving Berlin, Bruce Bliven, George
Gershwin, Lillian Gish, and Carl Sandburg. Manuscript essays and
notes by Niles; memorabilia, ephemera, newspaper clippings, photocopies
of sheet music and a file on the Watkinson Library sheet music
collection. Also separate files on W.C. Handy: correspondence
(originals and transcriptions), sheet music, photograph album,
and memorabilia. Arranged and cataloged.
Gift of Katherine Waugh Niles.
Natives Americans. See American Indian collection.
Non-English Manuscripts. 4 boxes.
Composite collection.
Foreign language manuscripts covering a variety of topics, countries
and languages--mostly western European, but two from the Middle
East. Includes letters by Franz Liszt and Albert Schweitzer; a
manuscript Dutch dictionary; galley proofs for Poems
of Carlo Betocchi; testimonials relating to performances of scenes
from Goethe's Faust , Part I on a 1944 Swiss tour by
the Max Fischer troop of actors; notebook (1857) of Herman Friedrich
Grimm; manuscript article, "Brot und Luge," by Karl
Kraus; 13 manuscript poems and 2 short stories by Jane Pressat;
foldout watercolor of a beach scene by Ilse Wild. Arranged and
cataloged.
Ogden, Hugh, 1937- 6 boxes.
American poet and educator. Trinity College faculty member.
Literary papers relating to two published books of poems, Looking
for History (1991) and Two Roads and This Spring
(1993). Manuscript poems and drafts of poems published in the
two books are the feature of this collection, which also includes
galley proofs and letters from editors and fellow writers. Over
1500 items. Arranged and inventoried.
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Ornithology. 36 boxes.
Composite collection comprising several smaller collections. Arranged
and cataloged. Two parts: I., Manuscripts and Papers;
II., Original Art Work and Prints.
Ornithology. Part I. Manuscripts and Papers.
1. Allen, Joel Asaph, 1838-1921.
Papers. 1 Letter from J.A. Allen to William C. Braislin (1865-
). Taken from envelope in "Ornithological Monographs"
(1869-1908), acknowledging paper on Long Island birds. Ostrom Enders Collection.
2. Baker, John Hopkinson, 1894-1973.
Papers. Correspondence with Ludlow Griscom (1890-1959) regarding
the publication of Griscom's The Birds of Dutchess County,
New York . 5 letters (1932-1933). 2 letters from E. D.
W. Springarn regarding The Birds of Dutchess County,
New York , 1934. 3 newspaper articles discussing the
publication of The Birds of Dutchess County, New York
. Records of bird sightings at Chestnut Ridge written on back
of form letter from Baker as Executive Director, National Audubon
Society, New York, New York., (ca. 1930) regarding bird study
material for children.
Ostrom Enders Collection.
3. Bannerman, David Armitage, 1866-1954.
Seven small notebooks, 1903-1966, with photographs pasted in;
2 entitled "Birds of Cape Verde Islands," 3 containing
notes for the first chapters of his book, The Canary Islands.
Ostrom Enders Fund.
4. Brandt, Herbert, 1884-1955.
Papers. Typescript, 84 p., "Arizona Bird Studies,"
early draft of sections of his Arizona and Its Bird Life
, 1951. Typescript, 2 p., "Preliminary Specifications
for Arizona and its Bird Life." Typescript, 1
p., part of appendix A, p. 641, of Arizona and Its Bird
Life . Photostat of drawing for Arizona and Its Bird Life
. 5 letters from Herbert Brandt to Arthur Cleveland Bent (1884-1954),
1945-1951. Ostrom Enders Fund.
5. Chapman, Frank M., 1864-1945.
Papers, 1931-1944. Correspondence between renowned ornithologist,
Frank Michler Chapman and Swarthmore College mammologist, Robert
K. Enders (1899- ). Most of content focuses on the Barro Colorado
field station, where they worked together on Neotropic fauna.
Collection consists of 36 letters (holograph and typed) from
Chapman and 13 carbons from Enders. Ostrom Enders Fund.
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6. Clark, John N., 1831-1903.
Papers. Four ornithology notebooks--miscellaneous, bird watching
1884-1890, bird watching and oology 1891-1901, oology collection
notebook--and folder of ornithology papers. Also includes 2
household account books and a family genealogy notebook.
Ostrom Enders Fund.
7. Enders, Ostrom, 1902-1994.
Papers. Bills and correspondence between Enders and book dealers
dating from 1965? to 1982?, sorted by dealer, unprocessed. Ostrom Enders Collection.
8. Job, Herbert Keightley, 1864-1933.
Papers, 1879-1911. Notebooks (14), correspondence (ca. 400 items), and glass plate photographs (326) of minister, lecturer, author, ornithologist, and pioneer wildlife photographer, Herbert K. Job. Includes letters from A. C. Bent, John Burroughs, Frank Chapman, Elliott Coues, and Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Ostrom Enders Fund.
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9. Lesson, René Primevère, 1764-1849.
"Complement de l'histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches,
Tome IV," comprising an unpublished volume of his research
on hummingbirds in transcription by a copyist. Fragment of Lesson's
writing on front free endpaper. Ostrom Enders Fund.
10. Schaldach, William J., 1896-1982.
Papers, ca. 1937-1976. Correspondence between Schaldach and his publishers (Macmillan, Freshet Press, Crossroads of Sport, Natural History Magazine, etc.), typescripts of some essays, copies of pieces published in various magazines (some under pen names), a few informal and unsigned pencil sketches, reviews and announcements of his books, and some personal correspondence, esp. with automobile artist Peter Helck. Ostrom Enders Fund.
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11. Trumbull, Gurdon, 1841-1903.
"The 'American Woodcock': Its Twittering, Whistling, and
Methods of Feeding," 1889-1891. [Scrapbook]. Includes letters
of Edward M. Bunce and Jacob L. Greene.
Ostrom Enders Collection.
12. Ware, Frederic.
"The Ornithology of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The
Land Birds . . . " Cambridge, MA, 1855. Holograph with watercolor illustrations, some of which are copied
from Audubon's Birds of America . Ostrom Enders Collection.
Ornithology. Part II. Original Artwork and Prints.
1. Arnott, Graeme.
"Bocage's Akalat [female symbol] Sheppardia bocagei. Durban Mus. 24194. Coll.:
C. White, N.W. Prov. Zambia. 4 5 44." 32.5 x 22.9 cm. Watercolor on paper.
Used to illustrate: Terry Oatley's Robins of Africa (Randburg & Halfway House, [South
Africa]: Acorn Books & Russel Friedman, 1998), p. 98. Ostrom Enders Fund.
2. Arnott, Graeme.
"Cape Robin-Chat feeding juvenile Red-chested Cuckoo." 21.1 x 29.8 cm. Pencil drawing. Used to illustrate: Terry Oatley's Robins of Africa (Randburg & Halfway House, [South Africa]: Acorn Books & Russel Friedman, 1998), p. 98.
Ostrom Enders Fund.
3. Arnott, Graeme.
Cape robin-Chat (Cossypha caffra). 29.8 x 21.2 cm. Pencil drawing.
Used to illustrate: Terry Oatley's Robins of Africa (Randburg & Halfway House, [South Africa]: Acorn Books & Russel Friedman, 1998), p. 98. Ostrom Enders Fund.
4. Arnott, Graeme.
"Antiphonal song display by pair of Heuglin's Robin's Chats." 29 x 20.8 cm. Pencil drawing. Used to illustrate: Terry Oatley's Robins of Africa (Randburg & Halfway House, [South Africa]: Acorn Books & Russel Friedman, 1998), p. 98. Ostrom Enders Fund.
5. Arnott, Graeme.
"Position of birds seen in post-copulatory display, with male clinging to side of branch and swaying slowly from side to side." Used to illustrate: Terry Oatley's Robins of Africa (Randburg & Halfway House, [South Africa]: Acorn Books & Russel Friedman, 1998), p. 98. Ostrom Enders Fund.
6. Barlow, Francis (1626?-1702).
[Herons]. Engraving from Diversae avium species studiosissime at vitam delineatae per Fra: Barlow. [London]: Gulielm.: Faithborne, 1658. 14.3 x 20.5 cm. Ink on paper. Engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677). Ostrom Enders Fund.
7. Baskin, Leonard.
Untitled etching of a raptor, along with the original etched plate (cancelled). Signed: "Baskin" and numbered "7/60." Plate size: 22.9 x 31.7 cm. Sheet size: 35.3 x 50.5 cm. Ostrom Enders Fund.
8. Brasher, Rex, 1869-1960.
Uncolored plates from Birds and Trees of North America .
. . Done in Chickadee Valley Near Kent, Connecticut . .
. [Kent, Connecticut: R. Brasher, c.1929-c.1932]. Collection
includes 63 items as follows: 57 complete sets with text and
uncolored illustration; 1 illustration without text; 5 texts without illustration.
Also a much larger run of 800 uncolored plates (incomplete) . Gift of William R. Bronson, M.D.
9. Brasher, Rex, 1869-1960.
Whistling Swans (=tundra Swans, Cygnus columbianus). 54.2 x 77.8 cm. Watercolor on paper. Framed. Gift of Dr. Joseph Russo.
10. Brooks, Allan Cyril, 1869-1946.
"Chen hyperboreus nivalis. N.E. Greenland. 10 July 1893." = Snow Goose gosling (Chen caerulescens). 32.9 x 36.9 cm. Gouache on paper. Ostrom Enders Fund.
11. Brooks, Allan Cyril, 1869-1946.
"Brown Thrasher." Watercolor painting for the National
Association of Audubon Societies series: Birds of Eastern
North America (a series of separate bird identification
cards). 16.5 x 10.9 cm. Watercolor on paper. Ostrom Enders Fund.
12. Brooks, Allan, Cyril, 1869-1946.
"Sora." Watercolor painting for National Association
of Audubon Societies series: Summer Birds of Eastern North
America , no. 8 (a series of separate bird identification
cards) and also reproduced: Julius King. Birds, Book III. Illustrated by Allan Brooks (Cleveland: Harter Publishing Co., 1934), p. 33.
16.6 x 10.9 cm. Watercolor on paper. Ostrom Enders Fund.
13. Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749.
"The Blue Heron." London: Alecto Historical Editions, 1996. Facsimile of a watercolor used to illustrate the artist's Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands ... (London: the Author, 1731-1743.) Original in the Queen of England's collection. 37.5 x 26.9 cm. Colored inks on paper. Ostrom Enders Fund.
14. Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749.
"The Largest White-bill woodpecker and the Willow Oak." Facsimile of a watercolor used to illustrate the artist's Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands ... (London: the Author, 1731-1743.) Original in the Queen of England's collection. 37.5 x 26.9 cm. Colored inks on paper. Ostrom Enders Fund.
15. Cayley, Neville William, 1887-1950.
Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii) & Regent Parrot (Polytelis anthropeplus). 52.5 x 36 cm. Watercolor on paper. Framed. Illustrated in: J. H. Prince's Neville Cayley, His Royal Zoological Society of NSW Collection of Parrots and Cockatoos of Australia (Sydney: A.H. & W.W. Reed, 1980), pl. 12.
16. Cayley, Neville William, 1887-1950.
Mallee Ringneck Parrot (Bernardius barnardi), Cloncurry Parrot (Barnardius macgillivrayi), & Red-capped Parrot (Purpureicephalus spurius). 52.5 x 36 cm. Water color on paper. Framed. Illustrated in: J. H. Prince's Neville Cayley, His Royal Zoological Society of NSW Collection of Parrots and Cockatoos of Australia (Sydney: A.H. & W.W. Reed, 1980), pl. 14.
17. Cayley, Neville William, 1887-1950.
Mulga Parrot (Psephotus varius) & Red-backed Parrot (Psephotus haemotonotus).
52.5 x 36 cm. Framed. Illustrated in: J. H. Prince's Neville Cayley, His Royal Zoological Society of NSW Collection of Parrots and Cockatoos of Australia (Sydney: A.H. & W.W. Reed, 1980), pl. 17.
18. Cayley, Neville William, 1887-1950.
Bourke Parrot (Neophema bourki) & Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor). 52.5 x 36 cm. Framed. Illustrated in: J. H. Prince's Neville Cayley, His Royal Zoological Society of NSW Collection of Parrots and Cockatoos of Australia (Sydney: A.H. & W.W. Reed, 1980), pl. 22.
19. Cooper, William T., 1934-
Goffin's corella [=Tanimbar Cuckatoo] (Cacatua goffini). 43.7 x 99.2 cm. Watercolor on paper. Used to illustrate William T. Cooper and Joseph M. Forshaw's Cockatoos: A Portfolio of All Species ([Melbourne, Victoria]: Nokomis Editions, [2001].
20. Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915.
"The Fulvous-bellied Tree-Duck (Dendrocygna fulva)."
Original pencil drawing used to illustrate the artist's The
Wild Fowl of the United States and British Possessions
. . . (New York: Francis P. Harper, 1898). 39.1 x 29.5 cm. Pencil
on paper.
Ostrom Enders Fund.
22. Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915.
"The Sprig-tail Duck." (Dafila acuta) [(=Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)]. Original pencil drawing used to illustrate the artist's The Wild Fowl of the United States and British Possessions . . . (New York: Francis P. Harper, 1898). 39.8 x 29.6 cm. Pencil on paper. Ostrom Enders Fund.
23. Frohawk, Frederick William, 1861-1946.
21 original watercolors used to illustrate: Edward Bartlett. A Monograph of the Weaver-birds, Ploceidae, and Arboreal and Terrestrial Finches, Fringillidae ... (Maidstone: The Author, 1888-[89]. Ostrom Enders Fund.
24. Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1923.
African Pygmy Goose (Nettapus auritus). 23.7 x 30.3 cm. (image); 45.3 x 51.4 cm. (frame). Watercolor on paper. Used to illustrated John Charles Phillips's A Natural History of the Ducks (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922-1926), Vol. I, plate no. 9. Ostrom Enders Fund.
25. Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1923.
"Bachman's Warbler" (1-3), "Worm-eating Warbler"
(4), "Swainson's Warbler" (5). Original grisaille
watercolor for Plate 4 of: Frank M. Chapman's The Warblers
of North America . New York: Appleton & Co., 1907.
Ostrom Enders Fund.
26. Gould, John, 1804-1881 & Henry Constantine Richter, 1821-1902.
Arctic Loon. ("Colymbus arcticus" [= Gavia arctica]). 34.5 x 47 cm. Hand-colored lithograph on paper. Framed.
27. Hines, Bob.
[Black-Browed Albatross,Gray-Headed Albatross, White Capped Albatross, and Yellow-Nosed Albatross.]
Color preliminary sketch for Plate 4 of: George E. Watson. Birds
of the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic (Washington, D.C.: American
Geophysical Union, 1975). 33x 24.2 cm. Gouache, pen-and-ink,
and watercolor on paper.
Ostrom Enders Fund.
28. Hines, Bob.
" 'Diomedea exulans.' The Wandering Albatross [.] Rough
sketch for Dr. Geo. Watson's Antarctic Bird Guide - By Bob Hines
[.]" Color preliminary sketch for upper part of Plate
3 of: George E. Watson. Birds of the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic
(Washington, D.C.: American Geophysical Union, 1975). 32.8 x
36.6 cm. Gouache, pen-and-ink, and watercolor on paper. Ostrom Enders Fund.
29. Horsfall, Robert Bruce,1868-1948.
"Cassin's Kingbird--'Tyrannus vociferans.' " Watercolor
drawing used to illustrate the artist's Bird and Animal
Paintings . (Washington, D.C.: Nature Magazine, [1930]).
8.3 x 9.7cm. Watercolor on artist board. Ostrom Enders Fund.
30. Hullmandel & Walton, Lithographers.
Spotted Piculet. "Picumnus pygmaeus (Licht.) Lafr." Above: "Picumninae." 36.6 cm. 36.6 cm. x 24.7+. Hand-colored olored lithograph on paper. Evidence of burning on right side, and this note in ink: "A relick fromthe flames which destroyed the Congressional Library on the 25 Dec. 1851. To Mrs. C. Ingersoll with kindly regards of Ann L. Beye[...]."
31. Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969.
"The Larger Woodpeckers." Original watercolor illustration for Arthur H. Howell's Florida Bird Life (Tallahassee, FL: Florida Department of Game and Fresh Water Fish, 1932), pl. 46. 38.1 x 30.3 cm. Watercolor on paper. Framed.
Ostrom Enders Fund.
32. Keulemans, John Gerrard, 1842-1912.
Bulwer's Petrel ("Bulweria Bulweri") . In the field: "SPECIMEN PLATE & TUBINARES, Plate 74." 25 x 31 cm. Hand-colored lithograph: "Hanhart imp." Created to illustrate: Frederick Du Cane Godman's A Monograph of the Petrels (Order Tubinares) (London: Witherby & co.: 1907-1910).
33. Keulemans, John Gerrard, 1842-1912.
Magenta Petrel ("Oesrelata magentae"=Pterodroma magentae). 33.3 x 25.5 cm.
Hand-colored lithograph: "M & H Hanhart imp."
34. Keulemans, John Gerrard, 1842-1912.
Defilippe's Petrel/Masatierra Petrel ("Oestrelata defilippiana"=Pterodroma defilippiana). 33.3 x 25.4 cm. Hand-colored lithograph: "M & H Hanhart imp."
35. Keulemans, John Gerrard, 1842-1912.
White-Winged Lark (Melanocorypha leukoptera). 25.4 x 17.3 cm. Watercolor on paper. Used to illustrate: Baron Lilford's Coloured figures of the Birds of the British Isles. 2nd. ed. (London: R. H. Porter, 1891-1897), Plate 6 in vol. 4.
36. Knight, Charles R., 1874-1953.
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). 43.5 x 35.7 cm. (image); 47.5 x 40.2 cm. (board). Lithograph, watercolor, and gouache on paper. Probably used for World War II fundraising or propaganda (large "V" below eagle). Published in: Charles R. Knight. Animal Drawing ,,, (New York: Dover, c1947, c1959), p. 97.
Ostrom Enders Fund.
37. Malick, Donald L. 1929-1989.
Acrylic painting of Bald Eagle, Goshawk, Great Horned Owl, and Peregrine Falcon.
41 x 37 cm. Framed. Used to illustrate the cover of: Donald L. Malick & Frances Hamerstrom's Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, and Owls of America:
a coloring album. Artwork by Donald L. Malick ; text by Frances Hamerstrom ; foreword by Roger Tory Peterson.
(Boulder, CO: Roberts Rinehart, 1988, c1984). Ostrom Enders Fund.
38. Martinet, François Nicolas, b. 1731.
"Grandeur Naturelle. 1. Le Bijou. 2 Le Huppé. 3. Le Rubis Huppé à Gorge topaze.
Le Rubis-emeraude." 38.3 x 28.2 cm. Watercolor on paper. Bound into Martinet's Histoire des Oiseaux ([Paris: The Artist?, 1773-1792], Vol. I, plate 1.
Ostrom Enders Fund.
39. Martinet, François Nicolas, b. 1731.
"Serins de la Nouvelle Yorck. 1. Le Mâle. 2. La Femelle. Ces oiseaux sont mal apros nommés Tarins, dan Bufon [sic] ..." 38.3 x 28.2 cm. Watercolor on paper. Bound into Martinet's Histoire des Oiseaux ([Paris: The Artist?, 1773-1792], Vol. I, plate 59. Ostrom Enders Fund.
40. Medland, Lilian, 1880-1955.
18 plates of Australasian Kingfishers. 27.7 x 19.1 cm. Watercolor on board.
Illustrations created for projected book by Tom Iredale and Lilian Medland. Australasian Kingfishers, Including Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Guinea.
[never completed]. ca. 1955. Ostrom Enders Fund.
41. Morris, Frank Thomson.
"Black Banded" [Pigeon = Banded Fruit Dove, Ptilinopus cinctus]
Image: 45.5 x 29.9 cm. Frame: 57.5 x 42.2 cm. Pencil on paper. Signed: "Morris." ca. 1975. Created as a preliminary drawing for a color illustration in Frank Thomson Morris. Pigeons and doves of Australia ( Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1976).
42. Morris, Frank Thomson.
"Purple-Crowned Pigeon" [=Superb Fruit Dove, Ptilinopus superbus]
Image: 87.7 x 61.8 cm. Board: 101.5 x 75.7 cm. Pencil on paper.
Signed: "Morris, '75." Created as an illustration for Frank Thomson Morris. Pigeons and doves of Australia ( Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1976).
43. Morris, Frank Thomson.
"Brown Falcon in Flight" [= Falco berigora]
Image: 36.8 x 23.9 cm. Frame: 52.3 x 39.7 cm. Watercolor on paper. Signed: "Morris." ca. 1975. Created as an illustration for Frank Thomson Morris. Birds of prey of Australia: a field guide ( Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1976).
44. Morris, Frank Thomson.
[Black Swans in Flight, Cygnus atratus]
Image: 14.1 x 19.5 cm. Frame: 23.7 x 29.1 cm. Oil on mahogany panel. Signed: "Morris/1977." Created as an illustration for Frank Thomson
Morris. Impressions of waterfowl of Australia: from the original oils on Lauan mahogany panels ( Melbourne : Lansdowne, 1977).
45. Medland, Lilian, 1880-1955.
Coal-Tit (Periparus ater). 28.8 x 23.1 cm. Gouache on Whatman's board.
Ostrom Enders Fund.
46. Peterson, Roger Tory, 1908-1996.
[American Greater Flamingos. Phoenicopterus ruber ruber.]
Image: 39.0 x 65.0 cm. Frame: 61.5 x 82.5 cm. Watercolor and gouache. Ca. 1964. Created for the endpapers of: James Fisher & Roger Tory Peterson's The World of Birds. Bird paintings by Roger Tory Peterson (New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964).
47. Sawyer, Edmund J., b. 1880.
[American Grackles.] 43.2 x 30.7 cm. Gouache on paper. Ostrom Enders Fund.
48. Schaldach, William, 1896-1982.
"American Game Birds: Woodcock." Ensemble consisting of the original drawing (22.9 x 17.9 cm.), steel plate (28.8 x 20.6 cm.), an uncolored engraving, and a colored engraving. Total ensemble: 73.5 x 56.3 cm. Framed. See John T. Ordeman. William J. Schaldach: Artist, Author, Sportsman (
St. Petersburg, Fla. : J.T. Ordeman ; Baltimore, Md. : Press of Schneidereith & Sons, 1988), p. 34, 36, & 107. Ostrom Enders Fund.
49. Schouten, Peter.
[Bee Humimingbird, Calypte helenae.]
Image: 12.3 x 10.6 cm. Mat: 31.9 x 25.3 cm. Watercolor and gouache, signed by the artist. Created to illustrate: Tim F. Flannery & Peter Schouten. Astonishing animals: Extraordinary creatures and the fantastic worlds they inhabit (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004).
50. Schouten, Peter.
[Black Mamo, Drepanis funerea]
Image: 38.3 x 29.8 cm. Frame: 66.0 x 53.4 cm. Watercolor and gouache, signed by the artist. Created to illustrate:
Tim F. Flannery & Peter Schouten. A gap in nature: discovering the world's extinct animals ( Melbourne: Text Pub., c2001).
51. Schouten, Peter.
[Greater Amakihi, Hemignathus sagittirostris]
Image: 29.5 x 17.9 cm. Frame: 31.9 x 25.3 cm. Watercolor and gouache, signed by the artist. Created to illustrate:
Tim F. Flannery & Peter Schouten. A gap in nature: discovering the world's extinct animals ( Melbourne: Text Pub., c2001).
52. Schouten, Peter.
[Huia, Heterolocha acutirostris]
Image: 46.3 x 59.1 cm. Frame: 68.6 x 83.7 cm. Watercolor and gouache, signed by the artist. Created to illustrate:
Tim F. Flannery & Peter Schouten. A gap in nature: discovering the world's extinct animals ( Melbourne: Text Pub., c2001).
53. Sutton, George Miksch, 1898-1982.
Female and Male Belted Kingfishers (Ceryle alcyon) & Female and Male Green Kingfishers (Ceryle torquata). 34.1 x 23 cm. Watercolor. Published in Bird-lore, v.32, no. 6 (Nov..-Dec. 1930).
Ostrom Enders Fund.
54. Swainson, William, 1789-1855.
"Leaves from the Book of Nature: Birds of Western Africa." 55.5 x 42.8 cm. Engraved hand-colored advertising poster for William Swainson (author and artist). Birds of Western Africa (Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1837), vols 7 & 8 (with 66 plates) of William Jardine's The Naturalist's Library (W.H. Lizars, 1833-1843) in 14 volumes. Ostrom Enders Fund.
55. Turnbull, William P, 1830-1871.
The Birds of East Pennsylvania and New Jersey . Philadelphia:
C. J. Price, 1869. Extra-illustrated copy once belonging to
the author, with 13 original drawings and 15 printed proofs
inserted in the text. With bookplate of Robert Cushman Murphy
and signature of author. Ostrom Enders Fund.
56. Tuttle, H. E.
Chicken Chasing an insect. 36.8 x 28.7 cm. Etching. Stored with: Limited Edition Prints by Barry Van Dusen. Ostrom Enders Fund.
57. Tuttle, H. E.
Rooster. 35.8 x 30.7 cm. Etching. Stored with: Limited Edition Prints by Barry Van Dusen. Ostrom Enders fund.
58. Unidentified artist.
Kingfisher. 27.8 x 20 cm. Colored etching. Framed. Gift of H. Palmore Harrison.
59. Unidentified artist.
Bound collection of watercolors, dating to ca. 1800
with 43 illustrations of birds,Ostrom Enders Collection.
60. Unidentified artist.
Bound collection of watercolors, dating to ca. 1857
(watermark) with 13 illustrations, most of them birds. Ostrom Enders Collection.
61. Van Dusen, Barry.
Limited Edition Prints by Barry Van Dusen: A Portfolio of Three Signed and Numbered Prints of North American Birds. 1979. No. 63 of 750. 40.6 x 51 cm. Prints of Brown Thrasher, Peregrine Falcon, and Short-billed Dowitcher.
Ostrom Enders Fund.
62. Weber, Walter Alois, 1906- .
" 'Goshawk' - imm. [male], Hastings Lake, Alberta. Color
note copied from one made by Mr. A. Hine - June 20, 1925. W.A.W.
- Feb. 16, 1930." 37.9 x 28.3 cm. Watercolor on paper.
Ostrom Enders Fund.
63. Willughby, Francis, 1635-1672.
Proof of engraved plate 54 of Ornithologiae libri tres
(London, 1676). Heavily annotated by co-author John Ray with
changes he wished for the illustration.
Ostrom Enders Fund.
Osborn, Robert Chesley, 1904-1994 . 4 boxes.
American illustrator.
Collection of items related to his work as an illustrator. Periodicals,
with illustrations by and articles on Osborn. Other works illustrated
by Osborn including Navaer booklets (publication of Aviation Training
Division, U.S. Navy), cartoons, and book jackets. Correspondence
(1961-1962) between Osborn and Marian G.M. Clarke, Curator of
the Watkinson Library, regarding an Open House at the Library.
Arranged and cataloged.
Parsons, Paul S., 1896-1970.
1 box.
Trinity alumnus (B.A., 1920; M.A., English, 1924) and educator.
Miscellaneous papers, 1918-1934. Parsons interrupted his college
career to serve in World War I. After graduation, he held appointments
as instructor in English, Trinity College (1921-1925) and then
(1925-1931) as Director, Girls' Department, Loomis Institute (later
known as the Chaffee School and subsequently merged with Loomis
Institute, the merged schools known as the Loomis-Chaffee School)
in Windsor, CT. The papers include correspondence, both personal
(some letters in French) and business, and poems attributed to
Parsons. Correspondents include F. S. Luther and R. B. Ogilby,
presidents of Trinity College, and Odell Shepard, professor of
English at Trinity College and author. One hundred and thirty
five items. Arranged and inventoried.
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Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901. See U.S. Civil
War collection.
Prime, William Cowper, 1828-1905. 1 box.
Scrapbook of material relating to pottery and porcelain, including
photographs and drawings by Prime for his book Pottery and
Porcelain of All Times and Nations (New York: Harper, 1878).
Cataloged.
Printing and publishing History. 2 boxes,1 oversize
book.
Composite collection.
Miscellaneous manuscript writings--book lists, printers' lists,
etc.--relating to printing and publishing history. Included are:
account book (1811-1827) of Lemuel Cox, Hartford area papermaker,
reused as scrapbook ca. 1873; manuscript typescript, and related
correspondence, of Richard J. Wolfe's "America's First Color
Plate Book: Jacob Bigelow's American Medical Botany, 1817-1821
. . ." by Bird and Bull Press, 1979. Processed.
See also the Ashendene Press, Limited Editions Club, and J.B. Lippincott collections.
Ray, John 1607?-1705. See
Ornithology, Part II, Willughby,
Francis.
Religion. 2 boxes.
Composite collection.
Includes incomplete manuscript Bible (1846), translated by Julia
E. Smith, containing only part of the Old Testament and differing
from the printed version, The Holy Bible: Containing the Old
and New Testaments Translated Literally from the Original Tongues
(Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Co., 1876); bound
volume of 30 sermons; 3 transcriptions of letters of John Eliot.
Arranged and cataloged.
Resist Collection. 26 archival boxes; 65 flat
newspaper boxes
Archives of Resist, the draft resistance support organization
begun in 1967, later to become a foundation, from 1967 to 1987.
Materials relating to activities of Resist include applications
for funding from small organizations of diverse interests throughout
the country, with supporting papers; records of Resist, including
board meeting minutes, business files, correspondence, newsletter
and other publications, Steering Committee minutes (26 boxes).
Also, newspapers and other publications of organizations seeking
support and others (65 newspaper boxes.) Inventoried.
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page.
Roberts Brothers Collection, 1870-1904. 3 boxes.
Literary publisher.
Manuscript correspondence, miscellaneous manuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to the Boston literary publishing firm of Roberts Brothers and photographic albums produced and sold by Roberts Brothers.
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Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869-1935. 17 boxes,
1 portfolio.
American poet.
Over 90 manuscript letters from Robinson, along with manuscript
poems (frequently with alterations and corrections or differing
from the published versions) and prose. Includes periodicals with
poetry and prose appearances by Robinson and articles about Robinson.
Also includes photographs, ephemera and memorabilia. Arranged,
inventoried, and cataloged. See [John William Pye], Edwin
Arlington Robinson, a Bibliography (Hartford, Connecticut:
Watkinson Library, Trinity College, 1969).
Gifts of H. Bacon Collamore and John William Pye.
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Science and Technology. 2 boxes.
Composite collection.
Manuscript writings on various scientific, medical, and technological
subjects: notes and newspaper clippings on vaccination, 3 small
notebooks on shorthand, and natural history works, including a
catalogue of Russian minerals from the Ural and Altai Mountains
and an album of watercolors of English Butterflies. Arranged and
cataloged.
See also Ornithology collection.
Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832. 9 boxes, 2 framed
items (print, photographs).
Scottish author.
Ca. 100 letters by Scott (1795-1831); literary and other manuscripts
including business and legal documents; personal correspondence
of Anne Scott with William Cowper and letters to C.K. Sharpe from
various individuals; collection of Ainslie Mentalembert family
papers (18th and 19th centuries) including correspondence, business
and legal documents, miscellaneous papers and genealogical table
of 1894. Arranged and cataloged.
Gift of Norton Downs.
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See also the Walter Scott Collection at the Edinburgh University Library.
Sendak, Maurice, 1928-. 2 boxes.
American artist.
Contains ephemera and periodical and newspaper articles regarding
his work. 3 manuscript letters from Sendak to Donald Engley regarding
Columbiad Club's Beatrix Potter keepsake with a Sendak article.
Notes, photocopies, and photostats of newspaper and periodical
clippings on Sendak and ephemera and correspondence relating to
Sendak talk at Trinity, February 1972 and exhibition, August-September
1973. Arranged.
Shepard, Odell, 1884-1964. 120 boxes, 2 scrapbooks.
Connecticut writer, politician, and Trinity College faculty member.
Papers in the primary collection (113 boxes) span Shepard's career
as professor, writer, and politician. Voluminous correspondence,
with letters from such notables as Walter de la Mare and Sinclair
Lewis. Extensive correspondence with Sister Miriam, nun and poet,
and Carl Beecher, composer, including Beecher's musical settings
of poems by Shepard. Includes manuscript versions of many of Shepard's
writings from published book-length works like Holdfast Gaines
and Pedlar's Progress (Shepard's Pulitzer Prize biography
of Bronson Alcott) and unpublished works to poetry, essays, and
reviews. The remainder of the collection comprises a wide range
of miscellaneous items relating to areas such as his career in
politics as Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut and to his career
in teaching as Goodwin Professor of English at Trinity College
and as a visiting professor elsewhere. Arranged and inventoried.
To this primary collection have been added 7 boxes of supplementary
material. Materials in the supplementary collection concern, chiefly,
the research, writing, and publication of Pedlar's Progress
. In addition, there are some materials (photographs) related
to other publications. Arranged and inventoried.
Gift of Odell Shepard.
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Sibour Family. 22 boxes.
Papers, 1589-1917.
Correspondence, journals, accounts, wills, contracts, and other
documents, laisser-passer and passports of the Revolutionary period,
military commissions, petitions for restoration of property, an
autobiographical manuscript by Mary de Sibour, with notes on Charleston,
South Carolina in the Civil War and two volumes (1696-1876) with
details of property, kept by various members of the family; together
with papers of two related families, de La Selle (1745-70, 1802)
and Belmes (1746-1794). Persons represented include François
de Sibour, Jean Antonin Gabriel de Sibour (French consul in the
U.S.), Jean Baptiste Joseph de Sibour (mayor of Monteux), Jean
Claude de Sibour, Jean François de Sibour, Jean Joseph
François de Sibour (Apostolic Pronotary, prior, and vicar-general
of Carpentras), Louis André de Sibour (chancellor of the
Cathedral at Carpentras), and Louis Blaise, comte de Sibour. Partially
arranged and inventoried.
Gift of Jerome P. Webster, 1956; purchased by him from Myers and
Co., London.
Sigourney, Lydia Howard Huntley, 1791-1865.
1 box.
American author.
Papers, 1832-1865. Correspondence; manuscript of Mrs. Sigourney's
book, History of Marcus Aurelius (1836); several sheets
of poetry, some printed; pictures, daguerreotypes, and clippings.
Letters to Mrs. Sigourney from various authors and artists were
given by Mrs. Sigourney to William R. Lawrence and form part of
the library's William R. Lawrence collection of letters and autographs.
Arranged and cataloged.
Smith, John Eugene, 1816-1897. See
U.S. Civil War collection.
Spencer, Martha Linsley, 1875-1954.
17 boxes.
Hartford poet and editor.
Papers relating to her poetry and other writings. Many manuscript
poems as well as manuscript prose writings; some printed works.
Correspondence (including 1 letter from Edna St. Vincent Millay,
3 from Wallace Stevens, and 1 from W.B. Yeats) consists mainly
of letters to Spencer regarding poetry submissions to the Hartford
Times . Miscellaneous papers, manuscript notes, and ephemera
relating to The Poetry Club of Hartford, "The Poet's Corner"
column, and Spencer's position as poetry editor of the Hartford
Times . Arranged and inventoried.
Gift of her sister, Mrs. Leon Hart, 1957.
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Spender, Stephen, 1909- . 2 boxes.
British poet.
Papers. The bulk of the collection consists of letters from Spender
to Mary Elliott between July 1939 and February 1952. Also included
are letters to Elliott from Inez Spender (Spender's first wife),
Charles Madge, and Kathleen Madge. The correspondence relates
mainly to Spender's estrangement and eventual divorce from Inez
Spender, although there is mention of conditions in wartime Britain
as well. Includes 6 typescript poems of Spender, and 31 typescript
poems of Charles Madge. Arranged and inventoried.
A supplement to this collection consists of letters (Jan. 1996
through April 1996) to and from David Elliott, son of Mary Elliott
and donor of the collection, regarding his recollections of life
as a young child in Patterdale, England. The David Elliott correspondence
illumines relationships among the persons represented in the Spender
collection, providing a helpful context. Arranged.
Gift of David Elliott, TC '57.
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Spitteler, Carl, 1845-1932. 2 boxes.
Swiss poet and Nobel Prize winner (1919).
Items accompanying a collection of Spitteler first editions donated
by Dr. Paul Leser. Two letters and 2 photographs of Spitteler,
and letters, articles and notes regarding Spitteler written to
or by Dr. Leser. Partially arranged.
Gift of Dr. Paul Leser.
Stanley, Sydney, 1805-1878.
5 boxes.
Clerk of Connecticut Legislature, Hartford, Connecticut.
Papers 1671-1866. In part, transcripts (typewritten). Diaries
(1858-1866); five letters (1847-1861); account books (1851-1858,
1876-78); and documents, records, and deeds (1671-1850). Arranged
and inventoried.
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Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955. 9 boxes.
American poet.
Papers relating to Stevens' work as a poet and to his collection
of paintings and prints. Correspondence--9 carbons of letters
from Stevens to James Guthrie of the Pear Tree Press with Guthrie's
originals--and newspaper clippings, periodicals and ephemera concerning
his poetry. Also, grave rubbing. Processed.
See also Spencer, Martha Linsley.
Thrall Family. 2 boxes.
Papers, 1765-1859.
Papers of a farming family of Granby, Connecticut, and New Harmony,
Indiana. Includes correspondence between relatives in New Harmony
and the Walter Thrall family in Granby, Connecticut, providing
insights into pioneer life in Indiana; business papers (1765-1859)
of John, Luke, and Walter Thrall concerning land purchases in
Connecticut, and military papers (1830s) relating to the Connecticut
17th Infantry. Processed and cataloged.
Trumbull, Gurdon, 1841-1903. See Ornithology Collection.
Trumbull, James Hammond, 1821-1897. 26 boxes,
1 portfolio.
Philologist, historian, bibliographer, and first Watkinson Librarian.
Papers, 1863-1895. Includes correspondence; historical writings
and notes on colonial New England, Connecticut and Stonington,
CT; Indian language studies (not all Trumbull's) including comparative
philology, place names, transcriptions of texts, and word lists;
miscellaneous manuscripts, including natural history, and printed
materials including 8 scrapbooks. Manuscript pen and ink map of
Stonington in 1776 (made in 1857). Arranged, cataloged, and inventoried.
Gift of James Hammond Trumbull.
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U.S. Civil War Collection, 1860-1889. 6
boxes.
Composite collection created from various holdings.
Individual collections:
1. Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901. 2 boxes.
Court-martial papers, 1862-1889. In part, transcripts (handwritten)
used as evidence at the court-martial. Letters and telegrams
(1862-1863) from General Fitz-John Porter to J. Howard Foote;
letters (1862-1863) from J. Howard Foote to Horace Greeley and
General McClellan; copies of letters and orders used as evidence
in the court martial; and pamphlets and newspaper clippings
concerning the case. Arranged and cataloged.
2. Smith, John Eugene, 1816-1897. 1 box.
U.S. Army Officer.
Papers, 1860-1881. Letters to General Smith, who was with an
Illinois regiment during the Civil War and later commander of
Fort Phillip Kearney, Dakota Territory, and letters to others,
some concerning family affairs, together with military papers,
orders, reports, and blank forms, some undated. Arranged and
cataloged.
3. Miscellaneous holdings. 3 boxes.
Include 23 letters from Union soldier Edward O. Paull with accounts
of battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg
(Sept. 1862-Dec. 1865); autograph book (1865-1867) of Lt. Berthold
Fernow who was in command of Black troops; telegram book (1863-1864)
and 20 letters (1865) of Brig. Gen. Henry Shaw Briggs; journal
of war correspondent, J.W. Newcomb, Jr. (Sept.-Dec. 1862); diary
of Connecticut soldier, David A. Starr (July 1862-April 1875),
and document signed by Abraham Lincoln (July 1863). Arranged
and cataloged.
See also the Goodwin Family, Stanley, Sydney, and Wratislaw, Edward V. collections.
U.S. History Pre-Civil War 1660-1857. 2 boxes.
Composite collection created from various holdings.
Concentrated in the Revolutionary War era: minutes of the Norwich,
Connecticut Committee on Inspections (1774-1775), with letters
from S.H. Parsons and Eliashib Adams; records (1776-1857) of the
30th Regt., Connecticut Militia, including some letters; a diary
(1777-1783) of army supplies kept by Capt. Amery Keyes; a letter
written from Valley Forge by James McClure to David McClure (Jan.
1778); a letter concerning the Boston Tea Party from Mary Noyes
Silliman to Rev. Joseph Fish (Nov. 1774). Important non-Revolutionary
War manuscripts include Lion Gardiner's Relation of the Pequot
Warres (1660), Hartford County Court Records, April 8, 1718
June 9, 1719, Roger Wolcott's "[Outline history of Connecticut
in the form of a] letter, July 12, 1759 to the Rev.Thomas Clap,
President of Yale College," and Benjamin Trumbull's A
Complete History of Connecticut , vols. I-II and notes, (ca.
1797). Arranged and cataloged.
Vietnamese Refugees at Camp Pendleton, 1975.
2 boxes.
Collection of oral history tapes, photographs, and printed material
(fascimiles) gathered by Ronald K. Goodenow, former Professor
of Educational History at Trinity College. Oral histories include
interviews with war refugees, U.S. Marines, administrators, and
volunteers concerned with Vietnamese resettlement, along with
slides and photos of the camp and its inhabitants, literature
by the Vietnamese within the camp, the Marines, and the relief
agencies, and newspaper clippings treating Vietnamese immigration
in 1975. Arranged.
Gift of Ronald K. Goodenow.
Ware, Frederic. See Ornithology Collection, Part I.
Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900. 106 boxes,
4 portfolios,1 scrapbook.
American author.
Papers covering his life and writings: correspondence, including
letters from Henry Mills Alden, Samuel Bowles III, Anna E. Dickinson,
Annie Fields, James T. Fields, Hamlin Garland, Richard Watson
Gilder, Daniel Coit Gilman, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William
Dean Howells, Laurence Hutton, Helen Hunt Jackson, Robert Underwood
Johnson, Richard Malcolm Johnston, George Parsons Lathrop, Thomas
Raynesford Lounsbury, Hamilton Wright Mabie, James R. Osgood,
Thomas Nelson Page, William Cowper Prime, George Haven Putman,
Whitelow Reid, F.B. Sanborn, Horace Elisha Scudder, Edmund Clarence
Stedman, Henry Clay Trumbull, and George Edward Woodberry; manuscript
writings: book-length works (including complete or extensive manuscripts
of Captain John Smith , The Golden House , In the Levant ,
Mummies and Moslems , That Fortune , Their Pilgrimage , Washington
Irving , and 18 leaves of a preliminary draft of part of
Warner's contribution to The Gilded Age ), articles,
addresses, notes, poetry and proofs; 20 travel diaries and notebooks
(1868-1895); miscellaneous papers and documents, both personal
and business; and scrapbooks; photographs and ephemera. Also included,
23 illustrations (original pen and ink sketches) by James Wells
Champney ("Champ") for Being a Boy.
Arranged and cataloged.
Gift of Mary Barton.
Warner, Susan Lee (Mrs. Charles Dudley), 1838-1921.
2 boxes.
Contains calling book, journal and correspondence, including letters
from Bliss Perry and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Arranged and cataloged.
Gift of Mary Barton.
Watkinson Library. 4 filing cabinets plus 4
ft. of accession books.
Archives
Materials relating to the history and activities of the Watkinson
Library from its incorporation in 1858 to the present. Includes
files on Library Trustees and donors to the library. Arranged
and inventoried.
Watkinson Library Archives Classification Scheme
Watkinson Family. 22 boxes.
Papers, 1757-1873.
Mainly comprising the business papers of John Revell Watkinson.
Separate boxes for David, John Hubbard, John Revell, Richard,
Samuel Sr. and Samuel Jr., containing their correspondence and
their personal and financial papers. Also a box of papers for
other family members (with much relating to Robert and William
Watkinson), and 3 file drawers of genealogical material and photographs.
Arranged and inventoried on cards.
Watkinson Family Papers
Weber, Rev. William. 16 boxes.
Episcopalian minister.
Papers relating to Weber's career as an Episcopalian minister
and his interest in contemporary social causes spanning the late
1940s to the late 1960s. Collection includes newspaper clippings
and ephemera documenting such issues as the McCarthy era fear
of Communism and the Civil Rights unrest of the sixties. Arranged
and inventoried.
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Webster, Jerome P, Trinity College,
class of 1910, 1888-1974. 3 boxes, 1 scrapbook.
Surgeon, book collector, and Watkinson Library Trustee.
Items on Chinese history collected by Webster. Papers include
correspondence and documents: manuscript copies of treaties between
China and France, 1885, and China and England, 1842 and 1843;
manuscript book of treaties of India, "Draft treaties as
drawn and some in handwriting of Lords Mornington, Wellesley,
[etc.];" instructions from Prime Minister Henry Dundas to
Earl Macartney on his becoming Ambassador to China, September
8, 1792; photograph album of China at the time of the Boxer Rebellion.
China related non-Webster material has been added to the collection,
including the manuscript of Chester Holcombe's The Real Chinaman
(ca. 1890). Arranged.
Gift of Jerome P. Webster, '10.
Williams Family. 11 boxes.
Papers, 1721-1908.
Mainly papers of Ezekiel Williams Jr. (1765-1843), postmaster
and insurance underwriter of Hartford, Connecticut, including
underwriting records for nautical insurance (1790-1804) and correspondence
with Noah Webster, Jr., Cornelius Vanderbilt, and William Williams;
correspondence of Oliver Ellsworth Williams with Theodore Dwight,
Daniel Webster, and others; and correspondence (1760-1908) of
various members of the Williams family including letters from
Oliver Ellsworth, Chauncey Goodrich, Horace Greeley, Samuel Hopkins,
Joshua Pitkin, Charles and Lydia H. Sigourney, and Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Arranged, inventoried, and cataloged.
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Wilson, Henry, 1828-1878.
5 boxes.
Hartford composer and musician.
Manuscript music and memorabilia, ca. 1850-1878. Eighty-five pieces
of manuscript music, 61 probably unpublished. Mainly church music
with a few secular items. Includes a list of his manuscript works.
Memorabilia include pictures, memorial services, newspaper clippings.
Arranged.
World War, 1914-1918. 3 boxes.
Composite collection.
Divided into three parts: I) Correspondence between Lieut. J.N.
McClure and Ruth Agnes Kerr, 4 letters, 1918-1919, written when
McClure was serving overseas (arranged); 2) Letters written (in
French) in 1915 by Belgian children thanking the American people
for gifts of food (not processed); 3) ca. 50 letters (1917-19)
written by Charles Beckwith to his sisters when Beckwith served
as a corporal in the U.S. Army, stationed first at Fort Monroe,
Virginia and later sent to France with the American Expeditionary
Force (arranged). Click Here for Extended Description (Beckwith)
See also Parsons, Paul S.
World War, 1939-1945.
See Gage, Gladys, Graff, George C., and Hayes, Grom.
Wratislaw, Edward V, 1820-1888?
2 boxes, 1 portfolio.
Hungarian-born Civil War officer.
Papers, 1836-1881. Letters, broadsides, and other papers concerning
the Hungarian Revolution; letters, papers, and orders, relating
to Wratislaw's Civil War service; and letters, journals, record
books, and newspaper clippings relating to Hungary, to America,
and to Wratislaw's life before and after emigration to the U.S.
Some of the material is in Hungarian. Partially arranged.
Wylie, Elinor, 1885-1928. 1 box.
American poet.
Papers relating to Wylie's life and writing include one manuscript
letter by Wylie, periodical articles, newspaper clippings, photographs.
Arranged and cataloged.
Gift of H. Bacon Collamore.
Last Update October 2007 by JHK.
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