Connecticut Pomological Society Records
Scope and Content
the collection includes materials relating to the preparation of a video tape and two booklets about apple growing in Connecticut, as part of a grant to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Connecticut Pomological Society. The collection was assembled by Lucy McTeer Brusic, and most of the notes and and manuscripts in the collection are her notes pertaining to the completion of these various grant projects.
The first part of the collection consists of research notes and photocopied articles collected in support of the video and booklet project. Some print materials and sporadic copies of the proceedings of the Connecticut Pomological Society are included here as a well. Box 2 begins with a series of slide photographs of apple orchards, and moves on to a series of oral history transcripts. The rest of the collection consists of audio cassettes, video tapes, and miscellaneous index cards.
Dates
- 1894-1992
Access
The collection is open and available for research.
Restrictions on Use
Credit should be given to Ray Gomes as the slide photographer where appropriate. The transcripts in the collection were made by Lucy Brusic for the grant project, and are in no way affiliated with the Center for Oral History at the University of Connecticut. The files are made available for information only and do not contain official release statements from the persons interviewed. Any researcher wishing to publish this material would need to contact the subjects for specific permission to do so.
Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.
History
In February 1891, a group of sixteen peach growers under the leadership of the Secretary of Agriculture, Theodore S. Gold, met in the State Capitol to talk about the formation of a fruit society. In December of that same year, forty growers met and elected John Smith of New Britain, CT, as president. J.H. Hale of South Glastonbury, CT, who claimed to be the first commercial fruit grower in the country, was present at all these meeting but did not serve as the president of the society until 1895. Nonetheless, Hale was surely one of the prime movers of the organization. At the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century, growers, acting on the advice of men like J.H. Hale, had interplanted apples in peach orchards. These apples began to produce in the early 'teens.
Since its founding, the Connecticut Pomological Society has been involved in development of pest management and disease control for Connecticut's orchards.
(Historical information from Histories of Connecticut Orchards.)
Extent
4 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
In February 1891, a group of sixteen peach growers under the leadership of the Secretary of Agriculture, Theodore S. Gold, met in the State Capitol to talk about the formation of a fruit society. In December of that same year, forty growers met and elected John Smith of New Britain as president. Since its founding, the Connecticut Pomological Society has been involved in development of pest management and disease control for Connecticut's orchards.
Arrangement
Series I: Project mateials (undated, 1894-1991) contains publications, photocopies, and personal notes. The booklet prepared as part of the grant is near the beginning of this series.
Series II: Slides (undated, ca. 1900-1991) consists of photographic slides associated with the project.
Series III: Oral Histories (1989) features several interview transcripts prepared as part of the grant project. Audio tapes are available in the audio visual materials for most of these interviews.
Series IV: Audio Visual materials (undated, 1938-1989) including a copy of the video tape which was the end product of the grant project.
Series V: Ephemera (undated) contains Lucy Brusic's index card notes.
Acquisition Information
Materials donated to Dodd Research Center by Lucy Brusic. Many of the color slides are credited to Ray Gomes. Entire project sponsored by NEH, Connecticut Historical Society, and Connecticut Humanities Council grants.
Separated Material
The following materials have been separated from the collection and cataloged:
Bountiful Century Dodd Video 120
- Agriculture Subject Source: Fast
- Apples Subject Source: Fast
- Audio visual materials Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Connecticut (state) Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Fliers (printed matter) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Fruit trade Subject Source: Fast
- Fruit--Diseases and pests Subject Source: Fast
- Fruit-culture Subject Source: Fast
- Notes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Plant diseases Subject Source: Fast
- Publications (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Societies Subject Source: Fast
- Storrs (inhabited place) Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Transcripts Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Typescripts Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- United States (nation) Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Videocassettes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Connecticut Pomological Society Records
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Archives & Special Collections staff
- Date
- 2000 May
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library Repository
University of Connecticut Library
405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205
Storrs Connecticut 06269-1205 USA US
860-486-2524
archives@uconn.edu
