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Telephone Press Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1987-0030

John Temple Papers

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Identifier: 1998-0215
Abstract

British poet.

Dates: 1968-1974

John K. Terres Papers

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Identifier: 1998-0287
Abstract

Terres was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 17 December 1905. He attended the State Teachers College (Indiana, PA), Cornell University and New York University. A field biologist for the Soil Conservation Service from 1936 until 1942, Terres authored, co-authored and edited more than fifty books pertaining to natural history.

Dates: undated, 1901-1989

The Learning Network (TLN) collection of video recordings of Connecticut for "Discover America"

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Identifier: 2011-0087
Abstract

Original camera raw footage recorded during the production of the syndicated travel series "Discover America", Connecticut episodes. The raw footage includes everything that was shot while on location in Connecticut, unedited. A travel scenario was used to organize the video clips.

Dates: 1999

Thermos Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1989-0098
Abstract In 1906, William Walker, an American businessman,visiting Germany, learned of the invention of the vacuum bottle. He immediately began to import and market the new product in the United States. The following year, Walker created the American Thermos Bottle Company and began producing vacuum bottles in a Brooklyn, New York, factory. The product met with such success that the expanded New York plant proved inadequate within the first five years. Walker moved the Thermos Company to Norwich,...
Dates: 1908-1987

L. Eugene Thomas Papers

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Identifier: 1998-0309
Abstract

L. Eugene Thomas was a professor in the Department of Family Studies at the University of Connecticut for many years. Much of his research was focused on the psychology of personality, specifically as it applies to human aging.

Dates: undated, 1979-1990

Bill Thomson Papers

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Identifier: 2010-0049
Abstract The Bill Thomson Papers contain artwork spanning from his high school days in Southington, CT to his recent picture books, Building with Dad, Chalk, Baseball Hour, Karate Hour and Soccer Hour. The collection contains sketches, models, finished artwork and illustrations from his work as the illustrator working with his wife Diann, who is the graphic designer for their firm Thomson...
Dates: undated, 1979-2010

Stephen Thornton Papers

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Identifier: 2014-0073
Abstract

The papers of a labor activist and organizer of Hartford, Connecticut, including alternative press publications, union newsletters, strike and labor organizing literature, flyers and pamphlets.

Dates: undated, 1898-2017

Robert Thorson Papers

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Identifier: 1999-0026
Abstract

Professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Thorson holds a joint appointment in anthropology. His current research includes the historical archaeology of New England landscapes and seismic hazards in Seattle. He served as consultant on the development of exhibits at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum in Uncasville, CT.

Dates: undated, 1851-2005

Eleanor Taft Tilton Papers

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Identifier: 1979-0018
Abstract

Eleanor Taft Tilton, daughter of Dr. Charles and Martha Jarvis Taft, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on 1 January 1901. She attended Vassar and Barnard Colleges, but did not earn a degree. She married Arthur vcan Riper Tilton; he was employed by the Hartford Fire Insurance Company for many years. Mrs. Tilton died on 26 March 1984.

Dates: 1939-1976

Nicholas J. Tomassetti Papers

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Identifier: 1984-0033
Abstract

Nicholas J. Tomassetti was born 17 December 1914 in Pueblo, Colorado. He was a labor organizer and leader associated with the United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers Union as well as a Democratic representative to the Connecticut General Assembly. Mr. Tomassetti died 18 December 1978 in New Britain, Connecticut.

Dates: undated, 1916-1978

Marion Toms Papers

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Identifier: 2013-0022
Abstract

Marion Toms was a life long resident of East Hartford, Connecticut. The collection contains personal and family materials dated 1911-1985.

Dates: undated, 1911-1985

George Safford Torrey Papers

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Identifier: 1982-0008
Abstract

George Safford Torrey was born 14 March 1891 in Boston, Massachusetts. Torrey was hired in 1915 as an instructor of Botany at the Connecticut Agricultural College and in 1928 received tenure and was appointed Head of the Botany Department. Torrey retired from the University in 1953 and died in 1977.

Dates: undated, 1910-1980

Charles Towne Papers

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Identifier: 1992-0025
Abstract

Charles L. Towne worked for the Hartford Courant for forty-seven years, beginning as a reporter in 1930 and retiring as associate editor of the paper in 1977. During his time as the city editor for the paper Towne began to compile an index of all the stories printed by the Courant, eventually covering news from 1956 to 1985. The papers consist of bound volumes of note cards, indexed alphabetically, and by subject.

Dates: 1956-1985

Harleigh B. Trecker Papers

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Identifier: 1986-0008
Abstract Harleigh Bradley Trecker was born 11 February 1911 in Calery, Illinois. Trecker attended George Williams College (B.S., 1934) and the University of Chicago (M.A., 1938) before embarking upon a career in social work. From 1938 until 1941, Trecker was an instructor at George Williams College and in 1941; he accepted a position at the University of Southern California. In 1951, Trecker accepted the position of Dean, School of Social Work at the University of Connecticut; a position he retained...
Dates: undated, 1921-1981

University of Connecticut, Trophies Collection

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Identifier: 1998-0231
Abstract

The collection contains trophies and awards that have been transferred by departments, divisions and student groups.

Dates: undated, 1909-2008

Gaye Tuchman Papers

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Identifier: 2016-0045
Content Description

Interviews, notes, manuscript of dissertation and book by Gaye Tuchman, University of Connecticut Professor Emerita of Sociology

Dates: undated

Brinton Turkle Collection

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Identifier: 2000-0115
Abstract

Brinton Turkle was born 15 August 1915, in Alliance, Ohio, the son of Edgar Harold (a funeral director) and Ada (Cassaday) Turkle. He attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon University, 1933-1936) and School of Boston Museum of Art (1938-1940).

Dates: undated, circa 1981

Gael Turnbull Papers

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Identifier: 1998-0216
Abstract

Gael Turnbull was born 7 April 1928, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He attended Cambridge University (B.A., 1948) and the University of Pennsylvania (M.D., 1951). Awarded the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Prize (1965) and Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize (1968), Turnbull has been a Physician in general practice and anesthesiologist in Worcestershire, England, since 1951. His poetry has been published since 1954.

Dates: undated, 1965-1973

University of Connecticut Educational Properties, Inc. Records

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Identifier: 2011-0063
Abstract

The Connecticut Technology Park was a multi-partner development project to provide research and business environment for emerging and established companies located adjacent to the Storrs campus of the University of Connecticut.

Dates: undated, 1982-1996

University of Connecticut, Undergraduate Student Government Records

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Identifier: 1987-0009
Abstract An undergraduate student government has existed at the University of Connecticut in Storrs in various forms and under different names since 1894. Originally composed of nine elected students who worked with the faculty “upon matters of government of the college.” This body was reorganized in 1921 as the Student Senate. The Student Senate became the Associated Student Government (ASG) in 1933 with the adoption of a constitution. The ASG was dissolved in 1973 and was replaced by the Federation...
Dates: undated, 1944-2009

United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters, Local 305 Records

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Identifier: 1984-0034
Abstract

The United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters, Local 305, was established on 17 June 1910 by a group of piping tradesmen. Three of its founders were William Tomlinson, Charles A. Smith and Frank Kennedy.

Dates: undated, 1934-1983

United Auto Workers, Local 1010 Records

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Identifier: 2002-0007
Abstract

Documents and publications pertaining to the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, local 1010, and its representation of employees of Lycoming Engines in Stratford, Connecticut. The records contain published agreements, manuals, booklets, newsletters and assorted ephemera from the union, spanning the years 1957 to 1988.

Dates: 1957-1988

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 210 Records

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Identifier: 1984-0016
Abstract

The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners was founded on 8 August 1881. In 1892, sixty-eight carpenters in the Stamford area, dissatisfied with low wages and long workweeks, agreed to join the union. With the assistance of Frank Duffy, president of the New York UBCJ Council, UBCJ Local 210 of Stamford was organized. The charter was granted on 14 October 1897.

Dates: undated, 1901-1986

United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, Unity Lodge, Local 251 Records

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Identifier: 2003-0074
Abstract Materials associated with the United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, Unity Lodge, Local 251, which represented workers at the Pratt & Whitney Machine Tools Division of Niles-Bement-Pond in West Hartford, Connecticut, from 1938 to 1948. Collection consists of a membership dues book, a large scrapbook of newspaper clippings and bulletins involving a strike of the union members at the West Hartford plant from March to August 1946, the local's charter, and other...
Dates: 1937-1948

University Business Collection

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Identifier: 2004-0078
Abstract

Collections consists of items associated with business history in Connecticut, including a cigar box of F.D. Grave & Son Muniemaker Cigars in New Haven and four prints of artwork of industrial sites in Willimantic and Mansfield, Connecticut.

Dates: undated

University of Connecticut, University Club Records

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Identifier: 1998-0260
Abstract

Organized in February 1960, the University Club was created by the merger of two former Faculty Clubs with (dining) facilities in the new "Commons" building. It ceased to exist in the spring of 1968 when its functions were undertaken by the new Faculty-Alumni Center.

Dates: undated, 1960-1968

University of Connecticut, University Communications Office Records

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Identifier: 1995-0007
Abstract The office of University Communications is responsible for strategic marketing and planning to promote the University's image and enhance its reputation among key local, regional and national audiences. Supporting this endeavor on the Storrs campus are several units: News and Editorial, Strategic Marketing, UConn Health Marketing, Social Media, Multimedia, Internal Communications, Public Records and UConn Magazine. The communications office is the primary source for current news and...
Dates: 1966 - 2009

University of Connecticut, University Libraries Director's Records [John P. McDonald, 1963-1988]

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Identifier: 1998-0248
Abstract

John P. McDonald was the Director of the University of Connecticut Libraries from 1963 through 1986. The collection contains correspondence, reports, studies and information on the Libraries' and associated programs, as well as materials pertaining to McDonald's interests in birds.

Dates: undated, 1950s-1980s