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William A. O'Neill:
An Inventory of His Gubernatorial Records at the Connecticut State Archives

Subseries Title: Historical

Subseries ID: 001CL-0061

Subseries is: 001CL-0061
Folder is: Historical
Box # Folder ID Folder Title Folder Dates Content
108   0061CL-001  Historical  January-March 1981  New Haven Colony Historical Society seeks state funding for special project on government patronage of the arts; invitation to Governor to serve as Honorary Director of the Old State House Association 
108   0061CL-002  Historical  April-December 1981  Citizen seeking support for a Bicentennial of the Constitution; resolution from the Connecticut Bicentennial Commemoration of the Battle of Groton Heights Committee urging designation of Fort Griswold 
108   0061CL-003  Historical  1982  Thank you to Governor for interest in preserving history; request for historical information; alleged malfeasance in state-funded historic preservation activities; grant of paint by the National Trust 
108   0061CL-004  Historical--German-American Tricentennial  1983  Information about and naming of liaison from the state Historical Commission to the Presidential Commission for the German-American Tricentennial to celebrate the first German settlement in America. 
108   0061CL-005  Historical  1984  Request help in securing funding to restore the ca. 1790 home of Oliver Coolidge, ancestor of President Calvin Coolidge; analysis of the composition of the State Historical Commission; house accepted 
108   0061CL-006  Historical  1985  Resolutions passed by the Connecticut Historical Commission; questions about Connecticut's plans to celebrate the Bicentennial of the Constitution. 
108   0061CL-007  Historical  1986  U.S. Department of the Interior's plans for commemorating the bicentennial of the Constitution; Special Act passed concerning recognition of Gustave Whitehead, pioneer aviator. 
108   0061CL-008  Historical  1987  Suggestion for historic site; request for historical information; state should commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Charter Oak Tree incident; Historic Preservation Fund allocations; information c 
108   0061CL-009  Historical  1988  Newsletter of the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation; information about Connecticut patent models; resident wants to donate historic house to the state; neighborhood opposition to an expanded 
108   0061CL-010  Historical  1989  Urge Governor to support the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and the Office of State Archaeologist; request for historical information; Connecticut State Historical Records Advisory Board 
108   0061CL-011  Historical  1990  Connecticut State Historical Records Advisory Board requests Governor's assistance in preventing the move of the National Archives from Waltham to Pittsfield, MA; annual report of Connecticut Historic