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The collection, contributed by Judge Jerry Wagner, consists of materials from the political campaigns of Emilio Daddario and Hubert Humphrey and aspects of the political career of Toby Moffet.

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Photographs of locomotives and scenes of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, the Boston & Albany Railroad and the Boston & Maine Railroad, and of street railroads in the Boston, Massachusetts, area, most taken in the 1930s and 1940s, most likely by James W. Wall. The collection also includes photographs of scenes that show men in the United States Army in World War II in Europe and after the war in Japan.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of approximately 6000 slides of images of trains and railroad scenes taken by John Wallace from 1947 to 2004. Most of the railroads are those from the Northeast United States but also include images of railroads in California, Florida, Nebraska, and Virginia, and countries including Canada and Germany.An index created by Mr. Wallace is available in the reference room of Archives & Special Collections.Note that each span in the numerical...

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Biography of Raymond Harold Wallace, Professor of Botany at the University of Connecticut.

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In 1949, Wardwell was appointed instructor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. He was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1952 and to Professor in 1966. He retired in 1984 after a 35 year teaching career at the University.

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The collection contains correspondence to and from Charles E. Waring and Geraldine H. Waring. Dr. Waring was a professor in the Chemistry Department at the University of Connecticut from 1946 until his retirement in 1979.

Abstract Author, translator and professor of English, Rex Warner was born 9 March 1905, in Birmingham, England, the son of Frederick Ernest (a clergyman) and Kathleen (Luce) Warner. Educated at Wadham College, Oxford (B.A. with honors, 1928), Warner was a member of the British Home Guard from 1942 until 1945. He was the Tallman Professor of Classics at Bowdoin College (1961-1962) before joining the English faculty at the University of Connecticut in 1962. Warner retired from the University after...

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Managing editor of Appeal to Reason.

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Lecture notes, articles, clippings and syllabi for courses taught by Walter Washko, Professor of Plant Science (Agronomy) at the University of Connecticut frm 1964-1986.

Abstract The collection consists of transcripts of interviews conducted by students enrolled in Professor Ruth Glasser's history classes as part of the Urban and Community Studies Program on the Waterbury campus of the University of Connecticut. The collection is primarily interviews of immigrants living in Waterbury and nearby towns although some other towns in other parts of Connecticut are also represented. Most of the collection consists of interviews with more recent [post 1965] immigrants but...

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Personal and professional papers, notebooks, and photographs of Albert E. Waugh, Professor and administrator at the University of Connecticut from 1924 until his retirement in 1965. Materials document his career, political activities, research interests and retirement.

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The history of the Wauregan Mills, the Quinebaug Company and other related mills is very much tied to the history of the Atwood family. The collection includes family records and materials as well as records of the Wauregan Mills, Wauregan Company, Quinebaug Mill, Wauregan-Quinebaug Company, and Wauregan Mills, Inc.

Content Description The papers consist of printouts and copies of photographic images of railroad stations and sites of defunct railroad stations in Connecticut. Using PhotoShop software, Alan T. Weaver paired historical images with contemporary images by overlaying the latter onto the former, to show the changes on the station sites. He would visit sites armed with copies of historical station images and attempt to place them correctly according to the terrain. He utilized state historical aerial...

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The collection consists of timetables, freight schedules, photographs, maps, a reel-to-reel home film, and other documents related to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, New York Central Railroad, and other railroads, mostly of New England.

Books that were gathered with the archival materials have been integrated into the UConn Library Rare and Special book collection.

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Dr. Terrence Webster-Doyle is the author of twenty internationally acclaimed, award-winning books that discuss topics such as bullying, martial arts, and teaching children peaceful solutions to social problems. The collection contains many of his publications, and related materials.

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James L. Weil was the proprietor of Elizabeth Press, New Rochelle, New York.

Abstract Teacher, art historian, and humanitarian assistance worker, Cynthia Weill has published five children's books that help young children learn to read. Since the publication of her first book Weill has worked with artists across the world, using their work for illustrations in her books. Materials in the collection include books, dummies, correspondence, ephemera, illustrations, manuscripts, notes, photographs, and publications. The materials relate to her publications and include all her...

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The Leonard Weisgard Papers document the creative processes of this award-winning author and illustrator, with his book art, commercial and promotional illustration, correspondence, and an extensive reference material series. The collection was donated in 2009 by Weisgard's children, Abigail, Christina and Ethan, all of whom reside in Denmark.

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The collection contains over thirty sketches by artist Hans Weiss.

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The collection contains the artwork of children's book author and illustrator Rosemary Wells.

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The collection contains financial records, notes, photographs, plans and related materials documenting the development of Sunset Estates in East Hartford, Connecticut.

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The collection contains animation celluloids used in the creation of children's filmstrips by the Weston Woods Studio located in Weston, Connecticut.

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The collection includes administrative, military and personal correspondence between Valeriano Weyler and several individuals during his years as a pubic officer of the Spanish Government.

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Philip Whalen was born 20 October 1923, in Portland, OR. He has been a poet, novelist, lecturer, and instructor since 1951 and was ordained a Zen Buddhist priest in 1973. He became the head monk, Dharma Sangha, Santa Fe, NM, in 1984.

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Randolph W. Whaples and Beatrice C. H. Whaples graduated from Connecticut Agricultural College in 1927. Mrs. Whaples returned to the University of Connecticut in the mid 1950s and was awarded an M.S. degree in 1957. The collection contains course notes, assignments, papers, quizzes, examinations and similar materials related to the academic career of the Whaples.

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The Charles A. Wheeler Papers contains correspondence and ephemeral materials pertaining to his association with Storrs Agricultual College, now the University of Connecticut. Mr. Wheeler was a mathematics instructor who also taught free-hand drawing and surveying at the College from 1897 to 1930. He is also identified as the College Engineer. His wife, Maude K. Wheeler taught Domestic Science (Home Economics) at the College from 1898 to 1900.

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Nathan L. Whetten began his career at the University of Connecticut 1932 as a statistician in the Sociology Department, then located at the Experimental Station. In 1940, Whetten was offered the position of Dean of the Graduate School, a position he held until 1970/1971. Dr. Whetten died in 1984.

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The collection contains sound recordings played and/or produced by the student radio station at the University of Connecticut, WHUS.