Charles G. Hall Papers
Scope and Content
The Charles G. Hall Papers contain correspondence, diaries, family papers, scrapbooks, photographs, publications, and other papers, relating to Hall's personal life, student days at Connecticut Agricultural College, activities as doorkeeper of Connecticut House of Representatives, state politics, events at University of Connecticut>, and family affairs.
Dates
- undated, 1828-1972
Access
The collection is open and available for research.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from the owner(s) of the copyright.
Biography
Charles Gardner Hall was born in 1888 and attended Connecticut Agricultural College. He was the doorkeeper of Connecticut House of Representatives and a farmer living in Mansfield Center, CT. Charles Gardner Hall also served in the House of Representative as a Republican, representing Mansfield for two terms (1947 and 1949). Gardner died in 1969.
Extent
2 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Charles G. Hall Papers contain correspondence, diaries, family papers, scrapbooks, photographs, publications, and other papers, relating to Hall's personal life, student days at Connecticut Agricultural College, activities as doorkeeper of Connecticut House of Representatives, state politics, events at University of Connecticut, and family affairs.
Arrangement
Series I: Diaries (1888-1969) consists of fifty-three diaries written by Charles G. Hall and his family members. The entries detail daily occurrences and reports of the weather. Also included in this section is a diary written by Hall's' aunt, Julie Hall Brown, during the year of his birth (1889).
Series II: Personal Papers (undated, 1828-1972) contains correspondence primarily received from Hall's political colleagues. Also included are Hall's General Assembly bills regarding smoking in bed and injuries incurred in state parks and forests (1949), two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings (1914); legal papers and Germaine Hall's composition book (1934)
Series III: Photographs (undated, 1905-1965) contains photographs of Charles G. Hall in various classes and in the dormitory at Connecticut Agricultural College. Other photographs focus on University of Connecticut events and the House of Representatives with Hall as doorkeeper.
Series IV: General Assembly (1915-1951) consists of two reports by the Claims Committee (1947, 1949) and General Assembly publications which include: Manual and Role of the General Assembly (1915), Calendar for the House of Representatives (1915), an address by the clerk of the House (146), a booklet entitled Information for Connecticut Legislators and a directory of the 1951 General Assembly and elected state officials.
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated in December 1979.
Separated Material
The following materials have been separated from the collection and cataloged:
Address by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Dodd Call No.
Addresses by the Honorable Paul G. Hoffman. Dodd Call No.
Almanac. Dodd Call No.
Birds of Storrs and Vicinity. Dodd Call No.
Birth of a Nation. Dodd Call No.
Connecticut Register. Dodd Periodicals
Connecticut's Old Houses. Dodd Call No.
Family Fall-Out Shelters. Dodd Call No.
Highlights of the Byrd Antarctica Expedition. Dodd Call No.
Law Making in Connecticut. Dodd Call No.
Old Farmer's Almanac. Dodd Call No.
Outline of Government in Connecticut. Dodd Call No.
Picturesque America. Dodd Call No.
Pocket Manual. Dodd Periodicals
State Employees Retirement Act. Dodd Call No.
University of Connecticut materials (president's newsletters, bulletins of Connecticut Agricultural College, and other university and college publications), State of Connecticut publications have been integrated into the periodical collections.
Photographs and postcards have been relocated to the University Photograph Collection. The SCrapbook has been relocated to the University Scrapbook Collection (1979_0006_scpb_1).
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- Title
- Charles G. Hall Papers
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Archives & Special Collections staff
- Date
- 2004 November
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
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- Language of description note
- English
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
