Larry Lowenthal Collection
Scope and Content
The collection consists of research files, chapter drafts, copies of original documents, photographic prints and negatives, and newspaper clippings of material gathered by Mr. Lowenthal when he wrote his book Titanic Railroad. The collection is organized by type of material (chapter drafts, copies of correspondence, typed masters) under the categories devised by Larry Lowenthal. All the materials were gathered in the 1980s and 1990s, though the some of the copies themselves are of publications or manuscripts created in the late 1800s or early 1900s.
The collection also consists of information about the history of New London, Connecticut, including copies of National Register of Historic Places nomination forms.
Dates
- undated, 1912, 1920s, 1980s-2008
Access
The collection is open and available for research.
Restrictions on Use
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.
Biography
Larry Lowenthal, born in 1940, was a resident of Brimfield, Massachusetts, and author of Titanic Railroad: the Southern New England, the Story of New England's Last Great Railroad War (Brimfield, MA: Marker Press, 1998). He received his bachelor's degree in history from Rutgers University (1967) and a master's degree in history from Yale University (1969). He worked at the Springfield [Massachusetts] Armory National Historic Site from 1979 to 1992, and then with the Boston Support Office of the National Park Service from 1992 to 1999. He retired from the National Park Service on December 31, 1999, and then worked as a historical consultant and writer.
Mr. Lowenthal was also the author of Iron Mine Railroads of Northern New Jersey (Dover, N.J.: Tri-State Railway Historical Society, 1981), The Lackawanna Railroad in Northwest New Jersey (Morristown, N.J.: Tri-State Railway Historical Society, 1987), From the Coalfields to the Hudson: a History of the Delaware & Hudson Canal (Fleischmanns, N.Y.: Purple Mountain Press, 1997), and Marinus Willett, Defender of the Northern Frontier (Fleischmanns, NY: Purple Mountain Press, 2000).
Larry Lowenthal died on March 12, 2020.
Extent
3.5 Linear Feet (Four boxes and one large folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Larry Lowenthal (1940-2020) was the author of Titanic Railroad: the Southern New England, the Story of New England's Last Great Railroad War (Brimfield, MA: Marker Press, 1998). The collection consists of research files, chapter drafts, copies of original documents, and newspaper clippings of material gathered by Mr. Lowenthal when he wrote his book. The collection also consists of information about the history of New London, Connecticut, including copies of National Register of Historic Places nomination forms.
Acquisition Information
The collection was previously in the possession of Larry Lowenthal, and was donated directly by him to Archives & Special Collections in December 1999 with small additions made in August and October 2000, and in June 2012.
Bibliography
- Authors Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Galley proofs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Negatives (photographs) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photocopies Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographic prints Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Publications (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- manuscripts (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Larry Lowenthal Collection
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Archives & Special Collections staff
- Date
- 2012 June
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- This finding aid was prepared with generous support from the Judith and Eldon Bernstein Fund.
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
