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New England (general region)

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

Don Ball, Jr. Railroad Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2003-0093
Abstract

Don Ball, Jr. (1938-1986) was a railroad employee and photographer and author of books about railroads. The collection consists of several hundred photographic images, most of them taken by Mr. Ball, of locomotives, stations, and railroad related scenes of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and other New England and eastern United States railroad lines.

Dates: undated, 1895-1975

Robert Black Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-0375
Abstract

The collection contains materials collected or written by Dr. Black pertaining to the geology of Connecticut, Wisconsin and Antartica.

Dates: undated, 1944-1980

Albert F. Blakeslee Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-0046
Abstract

Materials about or published by noted scientist Albert F. Blakeslee, professor at the University of Connecticut from 1907 through 1915.

Dates: undated, 1903-1955; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1950

Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1992-0007
Abstract

The Railroad was chartered in May 1863 and reorganized in 1873 as the New York and New England Railroad Company.

Dates: undated, 1863-1885

Harry F. Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-0105
Abstract:

The Harry F. Brown Papers consist of 478 photographic images in various media of railroad electrification equipment along electrified main line section of the Shoreline route of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad.

Dates: 1908-1933, 1959, 1964

Richard C. Carpenter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-0105
Abstract

Richard C. Carpenter was the author of A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946, a five volume set published by Johns Hopkins University Press. The papers include handdrawn original railroad track and signal maps drawn by Mr. Carpenter, Henry T. Wilhelm and William Bruce Coughlin, of railroads in the Mid-Atlantic States, New York and New England, and Indiana, Lower Michigan, and Ohio, that Mr. Carpenter used for research for the atlas.

Dates: 1889-2010

Connecticut Milk Producers Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1979-0004
Abstract

Based in Hartford, Connecticut, the Connecticut Milk Producers Association was a professional organization for the milk producers of Connecticut. It provided its members with a monthly newsletter and kept track of prices and production of milk within the state as well as in the neighboring states.

Dates: 1919-1947

Francis D. Donovan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-0195
Abstract

Francis D. Donovan (1917-2005) was a resident of Medway, Massachusetts, and an avid railroad photograph and memorabilia collector and researcher, particularly of materials associated with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and its predecessor lines. His papers consist of his writings and research files about the railroad; photographs of stations, engines, and railroad scenes; maps, scrapbooks, postcards and timetables.

Dates: undated, 1829-1997

Thomas Dublin Research Collection of the Jewett City Cotton Manufacturing Company

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-0141
Abstract

The collection consists of research notes and datasets compiled by Thomas Dublin while he conducted research in the 1980s about workers at the Jewett City Cotton Manufacturing Company in Jewett City, Connecticut. Professor Dublin used materials about the company that are in the Slater Company Records, held in Archives & Special Collections at the University of Connecticut Libraries.

Dates: undated, 1985-1991

Pierre Thomas Dumaine Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-0080
Abstract

President of New England Transportation Company.

Dates: 1952-1955

Eastern Nursing Research Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-0141
Abstract

The Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS) is comprised of RNs and others interested in nursing research. It was established in 1988 as the research arm of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Nursing Association (MARNA) and the New England Organization for Nursing (NEON). The ENRS region includes Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1986-2013

Elmer F. Farnham Railroad Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1999-0032
Abstract

Elmer F. Farnham was a resident of Norwich, Connecticut, and a features writer for the Norwich Bulletin. He was author of The Quickest Route: The History of the Norwich & Worcester Railroad, published in 1973 by Pequot Press. The collection consists of photographs of locomotives and railroad scenes of the Norwich & Worcestor Railroad, the Central Vermont Railway, and other southern New England railroads.

Dates: undated, 1966

James M. Finch Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1993-0044
Scope and Content

The collection contains publications, reports and documents collected by Mr. Finch in his various positions.

Dates: undated, circa 1946-1985

Allyn Fuller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-0175
Abstract

Born 1889; resident of Canaan, Connecticut; railroad enthusiast; died 1971.

Dates: undated, 1836-1979

T.S. Gold Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1982-0002
Abstract

Theodore Sedgwick Gold was born in Madison, New York. T.S. Gold graduated from Yale College in 1838 and then spent four years studying and teaching at academies in Goshen and Waterbury. He moved to Cornwall in 1842 to pursue a career in farming. Mr. Gold was a trustee of the Storrs Agricultural School from 1881 to 1901 and took an active role in promoting the school's growth and development throughout his lifetime.

Dates: undated, 1800-1907

Charles B. Gunn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1988-0001
Abstract

The Charles B. Gunn Collection consists of papers produced by and about Gunn, as well as materials he collected of historical information about the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, Penn Central, Amtrak, and Conrail. The collection includes photographs taken by Gunn when he served as official photographer for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, in the mid-1950s.

Dates: undated, 1834-2002

William Higginbotham Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-0083
Abstract

William Higginbotham photographed railroad locomotives and scenes beginning in the 1930s. The papers consist of images of railroad locomotives and cars, stations and structures and other scenes, of street railway cars in New England and of trains and scenes of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and the New York Central Railroad.

Dates: undated, 1895, 1902, 1931-1972

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Industrial Aircraft Lodge 1746 Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1983-0005
Abstract

The International Aircraft Lodge 1746 was chartered on 1 November 1945. The local represents production workers at United Technologies Corporation's Pratt and Whitney plant in East Hartford, Connecticut. The workers make jet engines and other components for commercial and military aircraft. Lodge 1746 is a member of IAMAW District 91.

Dates: undated, 1943-1983

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Southington Lodge 1746A Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1990-0040
Abstract: The Industrial Aircraft Lodge 1746A of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) is affiliated with the AFL-CIO. The Local represents production workers at United Technologies Corporation's Pratt and Whitney plant in Southington, Connecticut. Lodge members work at the Pratt and Whitney plant in East Hartford, Connecticut. Workers at both plants make jet engines and components for commercial and military aircraft. Lodge 1746A is a member of IAMAW District 91....
Dates: undated, 1964-1989

Alvin A. Lawrence Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-0086
Abstract

The papers consist of drawings done by Alvin A. Lawrence of Columbus, Ohio, of locomotives and cars of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and its predecessor rairoad lines for publications sponsored by the New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association, particularly for its magazine Shoreliner.

Dates: undated, 1896-1993

Alan M. Levitt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-0125
Abstract

The collection consists of five unpublished writings compiled, annotated, or written by Mr. Levitt, a historical consultant of Fresh Meadows, New York.

Dates: undated, 2002-2004, 2013

Fred Otto Makowsky Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-0039
Abstract

The Fred Otto Makowsky Papers consist of photographs taken by Makowsky and papers collected by him. The photographs consist of over 4000 images of New Haven Railroad and other American steam and electric locomotives, multiple unit cars, and trolleys, and scenes of Stamford, Connecticut.

Dates: 1890s-1952

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Construction Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-0023
Abstract

The New Haven Railroad was formed in 1872 through the merger of the Hartford and New Haven Railroad and the New York and New Haven Railroad. On January 1, 1969, it formally folded into the PennCentral Railroad system.

Dates: circa 1890-1899

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-0132
Abstract

Photographs of railroad equipment, stations, and crossings, and of the effects of the Floods of 1955 in Connecticut.

Dates: undated, 1900-1971

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Photographic Negative Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-0134
Abstract

For almost one hundred years the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, better known as the New Haven Railroad, was the primary means of passenger and freight transportation in Southern New England. Chartered in 1872, this merger between the New York & New Haven and Hartford & New Haven railroads later included the long desired rail link between Boston and New York.

Dates: circa 1900-1999

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-0009
Abstract

The corporate records of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad document the history and impact of the system that dominated railroad transportation in southern New England from 1872 to 1969.

Dates: undated, 1760-1980

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Scrapbook Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-0137
Abstract

For almost one hundred years the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, better known as the New Haven Railroad, was the primary means of passenger and freight transportation in Southern New England. Chartered in 1872, this merger between the New York & New Haven and Hartford & New Haven railroads later included the long desired rail link between Boston and New York.

Dates: 1880-1888

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Small Format Photograph and Postcard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-0133
Abstract

For almost one hundred years the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, better known as the New Haven Railroad, was the primary means of passenger and freight transportation in Southern New England. Chartered in 1872, this merger between the New York & New Haven and Hartford & New Haven railroads later included the long desired rail link between Boston and New York.

Dates: circa 1870-1969

North East Map Organization (NEMO) Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-0044
Abstract The purpose of the North East Map Organization (NEMO) is to serve as a unifying body for all who use maps and cartographic information in the Northeast; increase communication between all parties interested in maps; and work with state, regional and national associations and government agencies in the dissemination of maps and cartographic information. The states that comprise the region of interest to NEMO include: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New...
Dates: undated, 1985-2006

Ralph J. Pancallo Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1994-0077
Abstract Ralph Pancallo was a long-standing member of the International Typographical Union (now the Communications Workers of America). He joined ITU in 1935 when he started working as an Apprentice Printer for the Meridian Morning Record. In 1940, he started work with the New Britain Herald as a Composite Printer. In 1958, he took the position of Representative of the I.T.U., a position he held until his retirement in 1979. Ralph...
Dates: undated, 1882-1984