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Arthur W. Bacon Surveys (PDF - Adobe Reader required for viewing)
A collection of 1,420 property surveys made between 1909 and 1964. Surveys of properties in New Britain, Connecticut and surrounding towns.
Burritt
Collection
Describes the library's holdings of letters, manuscripts,
books, and periodicals by and about Elihu Burritt, 1810-1879 and his brother
Elijah Hinsdale Burritt, 1794-1838.
Connecticut Polish American Archives
Established in 1986 with a grant from the National Historical Publications
and Records Commission CONNECTICUT POLISH AMERICAN ARCHIVE (CPAA) collects,
preserves and makes accessible documents related to the history of the Polish
American community, with a special emphasis on the history of the Polish
Americans in Connecticut and New England.
Gender Equity Collections
There are several significant collections including the
following: John Loughery, Richard Cardarelli, George W. Henry, Christine Pattee,
The Connecticut Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights, and the Connecticut
Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
Gender Equity is comprised of two major collections: The first is the ABLE
ARCHIVES, a collection of books, videos, pamphlets, reports, and teaching aids
that focus on gender equity and women's issues. The second is a collection of
manuscripts, letters, photographs, books, buttons, T- shirts, videos, postcards,
flyers, and periodicals by and about Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgendered.
The collection is particularly strong in materials by and about Connecticut's GLBT communities, and religion and the Gay Community.
Edgar Albert Guest 1881-1959 (PDF-Adobe Acrobat required for viewing)
Edgar Guest was born in Birmingham, England, and moved to the United States with his family in 1891. He began his career with the Detroit Fress Press first as a copy boy and later as a reporter.
This prolific author wrote over twenty books and thousands of poems. Many of his writings were syndicated in hundreds of newspapers.
This collection consists of twenty four letters to Paul W.Kieser written between 1934 and 1957, Paul W. Kieser, 1892 – was the Director of Public Relations, Spicer Manufacturing. Division Dana Corporation located in Toledo Ohio. Little is known of Mr. Kieser. He was a founding member of the Toledo Chapter of the Northwest Ohio Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. The Toledo Chapter was established on September 5, 1951. Paul served as president in 1951 and 1952. In 1957 he was elected president emeritus of the chapter.
William A. O'Neill Archives
A finding aid for the William A. O'Neill Archives.
Located at the Connecticut State Library, and available on microfilm in the
Elihu Burritt Library.
William A. O'Neill
Archives Oral History Interviews
Oral history project produced under the auspices of the
CCSU Center for Public Policy and Social Research.
Albert Payson Tehrune 1872-1942
Albert Payson Tehrune was a prolific author who published over 60 books, many of them novels about his collies. This collection holds 25 years of correspondence between Tehrune and William Chapman, the President of the International Press Bureau, and provides insight into thier negotiations.
John J. Woodcock Lemon Law
Archives
A finding aid for the John J. Woodcock Lemon Law papers, located
in the Elihu Burritt Library Special Collections Department.
Stereoscope Slide Collection (PDF - Adobe Reader required for viewing)
The Stereoscope slides in the Burritt Library are all mounted on cardboard and were manufactured by the Keystone View Company of Meadville, Pennsylvania. Most of the slides are undated; they were probably produced between 1890s and the 1920s. There are about 500 slides in the collection.
University Archives
Index to the Papers of Dr.
Herbert D. Welte, President 1929-1968
Index to Photos, New Britain
Normal School (.pdf)
Index to Biographies, New Britain
Normal School (.pdf)
Illustrated History of the
Burritt Library from 1849-1999
Rare Books
Items in the collection include fine bindings, limited
editions, association copies and private press publications. Significant
collections include World Fairs, Thomas Hardy, Daniel Webster, Mark Twain,
Walter Hart Blumenthal, and the First Church of Christ, New Britain. For more
information, please contact Frank Gagliardi, Associate Library Director, at
860-832-2098.
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