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Index to Collections
The Linda Lear Center for Special Collections & Archives is Connecticut College's repository for preserving and promoting some of our rarest and most precious resources for learning and research. With strengths in environmental and women's studies, American history and literature, and fine press printing and artists' books, the Center is open to all students and researchers.
The Lear Center has over fifty book, manuscript, and art collections, in addition to a rich collection of College history. Premier collections include the Lear-Carson collection, a research archive devoted to Rachel Carson, the Sheaffer-O'Neill Collection of manuscripts, photographs, documents, and early editions of Eugene O'Neill, and children's literature, including the Helen O. Gildersleeve collection of children's literature and the Lear-Potter research archive devoted to Beatrix Potter. A complete alphabetical list of collections follows with links to further information and finding aids where available.
Please note: The Lear Center is beginning the process of transferring its finding aids to ArchivesSpace, the Center's new content management and discovery system. While this index will remain live, some links will take you directly to finding aids on the Lear Center's ArchivesSpace page.
Special Collections
- Mary Jobe AKELEY Collection (MS007)
- ARTISTS' BOOKS Collection
- Leonard BASKIN Collection (MS008)
- John BISHOP Jr. Papers (MS009)
- Roberta BITGOOD Papers (MS010)
- William Bromburg Collection of L. Frank BAUM Books and Oziana
- Nathan BELCHER Correspondence (MS011)
- Cephas BRAINERD Papers (MS013)
- Anna Hempstead BRANCH Papers (MS014)
- The Linda Lear collection of Rachel CARSON Books and Papers (MS001)
- The Linda Lear collection of John R. CAWOOD Cartoons (MS005)
- William CHADWICK Paintings
- CIVIL WAR Collection (MS016)
- CHU-GRIFFIS Asian Art Collection
- Roland CLEMENT Papers (MS017)
- COLUMBIAD Club Keepsakes Collection (MS019)
- CONNECTICUT Botanical Society Records (MS003)
- CONSERVATION and Research Foundation Papers (MS018)
- Thomas CORNELL Collection (MS020)
- Prudence CRANDALL Collection (MS021)
- Homer CURTIS Papers (MS022)
- DABOLL family Papers (MS023)
- Lois and Louis DARLING Collection
- Charles Price Collection of John DEPOL (MS024)
- Elsie DEWITT Family Papers (MS056)
- Carl Hugo ERBSLÖH Papers (MS066)
- Clyde FITCH Play Collection (MS025)
- Thomas La Lancette Collection on FOURTEENTH CONNECTICUT Volunteer Infantry (MS026)
- Robert C. FREGOSI Collection (MS027)
- Robert FROST Collection (MS028)
- Margaret FULLER Collection (MS029)
- Helen O. GILDERSLEEVE Collection of Children's Books
- Cornelius B. GOLD Papers (MS030)
- Timothy GREEN and New London Imprint Collection
- Alice HAMILTON Papers (MS031)
- Marguerite HANSON Collection
- Cecilia HOLLAND Collection (MS032)
- INCUNABULA
- William INGRAM Papers (MS033)
- Frederic W. IRWIN Papers (MS034)
- JAPANESE Print Collection (MS035)
- KELMSCOTT Books Collection
- The Linda Lear Collection of Frances Oldham KELSEY materials (MS004)
- Linda Lear Papers (MS046)
- Margaret Sherwood LIBBY Collection
- LITTLE Magazines Collection
- Richard and Beatrice MANSFIELD Papers (MS036)
- Charles Herbert Collection on John MASEFIELD (MS037)
- MEDIEVAL Manuscript Leaves (MS039)
- James MCCRACKEN Papers (MS038)
- William MEREDITH Collection (MS040)
- W.D.F. MORRISON Collection (MS041)
- Belle MOSKOWITZ Collection (MS042)
- Richard Goodwin papers on the NATURE Conservancy(MS043)
- NEW LONDON Development Corporation papers (MS045)
- NEW LONDON Garden Club Records (MS065)
- NEW LONDON Redevelopment Collection (MS057)
- NEW LONDON Postcard Collection (MS044)
- Louis Sheaffer collection on Eugene O'NEILL (MS047)
- Neil Goodwin/PEACE RIVER Collection (MS048)
- Frances PERKINS Collection (MS049)
- George Martin Collection on Frances PERKINS (MS068)
- Thomas K. PIMER Papers (MS050)
- Linda Lear Papers on Beatrix POTTER(MS002)
- PRIVATE PRESS collection
- Luanne RICE Collection (MS051)
- Bruce ROGERS Book Collection
- SHINBACH Collection of Delft pottery
- UNION Railroad Station Trust Records (MS052)
- Lilian WALD Collection (MS053)
- Carl and Alma WIES Collection
- ZINES and Radical Pamphlets and Periodicals
- 18th and 19th century collection (MS054)
- American Women's History Collection(MS055)
College Archives
RG 01 Connecticut College as a Whole
RG 02 Governance
RG 03 Office of the President
RG 04 Academic Affairs
RG 05 Academic Departments, Programs, and Centers
RG 06 Student Affairs
RG 07 Student Life
RG 08 Information Services
RG 09 Finance and Management
RG 10 External Relations
PP Personal Papers
CCP Photographic Collections
AV Audio-Visual Collections
RG 01 Connecticut College as a Whole
- RG 01A Publications
- RG 01B Founding and History
- RG 01C Planning and Accreditation
- RG 01D Events
- RG 01D.01 Campus Activism Collection
- RG 01D.02 Civil Defense Collection
- RG 01D.03 Coeducation Collection
- RG 01D.04 Commencement
- RG 01D.05 Convocations
- RG 01D.06 Fall Weekend
- RG 01D.07 Founders Day
- RG 01D.08 Lecture Series
- RG 01D.09 Vietnam War Collection
- RG 01D.10 World War I and II Collections
- RG 01D.11 COVID-19 Collection
- RG 01E Buildings and Campus Collection
- RG 01F Connecticut College for Men Records
- RG 01G Memorabilia Collection
RG 02 Governance
- RG 01A Charter/Articles of Incorporation
- RG 01B Board of Trustees
- RG 01C Faculty Governance
- RG 02D Staff Council
- RG 02E Faculty and Staff Meetings
- RG 02F Student Government Association
- RG 02G College Committees and Task Forces
- RG 02H William H. Reeves Files on Frederick Sykes and Benjamin Marshall
RG 03 Office of the President
- RG 03A Annual Reports
- RG 03B College Presidents
- RG 03B.01 Frederick H. Sykes
- RG 03B.02 Benjamin T. Marshall
- RG 03B.03 Katharine Blunt
- RG 03B.04 Dorothy Shaffter
- RG 03B.05 Rosemary Park
- RG 03B.06 Charles E. Shain
- RG 03B.07 Oakes Ames
- RG 03B.08 Claire L. Gaudiani
- RG 03B.09 Norman Fainstein
- RG 03B.10 Leo I. Higdon, Jr.
- RG 03B.11 Katherine Bergeron
RG 04 Academic Affairs
- RG 04A Office of the Dean of the College
- RG 04B Office of the Dean of the Faculty
- RG 04C Academic Affairs Offices and Programs
- RG 04C.01 Academic Resource Center
- RG 04C.02 American Dance Festival Records
- RG 04C.03 The Arboretum at Connecticut College
- RG 04C.04 Arts Programming
- RG 04C.05 Career and Professional Development
- RG 04C.06 Children's Program
- RG 04C.07 Community Partnerships
- RG 04C.08 Conference on Women in Public Affairs Records
- RG 04C.09 Connecticut Storytelling Center
- RG 04C.10 Global Initiatives
- RG 04C.11 Institute of Women's Professional Relations Records
- RG 04C.12 Institutional Research and Planning
- RG 04C.13 Joy Schectman Mankof Center for Teaching and Learning
- RG 04C.14 Lyman Allen Art Museum
- RG 04C.15 Registrar
- RG 04C.16 Residential Education Fellows
- RG 04C.17 Roth Writing Center
- RG 04C.18 Study Away
- RG 04C.19 Summerscene
- RG 04C.20 Summer Program in the Humanities/Upward Bound
- RG 04C.21 Summer Session
- RG 04C.22 Winthrop Scholars/Phi Beta Kappa
- RG 04C.23 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program
- RG 04D Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Records
RG 05 Academic Departments, Programs, and Centers
- RG 05A Departments
- RG 05B Programs
- RG 05C Interdisciplinary Centers
- RG 05C.01Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology
- RG 05C.02 Holleran Center for Community Action
- RG 05C.03 Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment
- RG 05C.04 Toor Cummings Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts
- RG 05C.05 Center for the Critical Study of Race and Ethnicity
RG 06 Student Affairs
- RG 06A Office of the Dean of Students
- RG 06B Office of the Dean of Institutional Equity and Inclusion
- RG 06C Office of the Dean of Admission and Financial Aid
- RG 06D Student Affairs Offices and Programs
- RG 06D.01 Admissions
- RG 06D.02 Affirmative Action
- RG 06D.03 Counseling Services
- RG 06D.04 Financial Aid
- RG 06D.05 Gender and Sexuality Programs
- RG 06D.06 Health Services
- RG 06D.07 Race and Ethnicity Programs
- RG 06D.08 Religious and Spiritual Programs
- RG 06D.09 Residential Education and Living
- RG 06D.10 Sexual Violence Prevention and Advocacy
- RG 06D.11 Student Accessibility Services
- RG 06D.12 Student Engagement
- RG 06D.13 Wellbeing and Health Promotion
- RG 06E Athletics/Physical Education
RG 07 Student Life
- RG 07A Student Publications
- RG 07A.01 "C" Book
- RG 07A.02 Yearbook
- RG 07A.03 Newspapers
- RG 07A.04 Other student publications
- RG 07B Student Clubs and Organizations
- RG 07C Residential Houses
RG 08 Information Services
- RG 08A Office of the VP for Information Services
- RG 08B Information Services Publications
RG 09 Finance and Management
- RG 09A Office of the VP for Finance and Administration
- RG 09B Office of the VP for Human Resources and Organizational Development
- RG 09C Offices
- RG 09C.01 Auxiliary Services (bookstore, post office, print shop)
- RG 09C.02 Business Office (accounting, controller)
- RG 09C.03 Campus Safety
- RG 09C.04 Dining Services
- RG 09C.05 Events and Catering
- RG 09C.06 Facilities Management and Campus Planning
- RG 09C.07 Human Resources
- RG 09C.08 Sustainability
RG 10 External Relations
- RG 10A Office of the VP for Advancement
- RG 10B Office of the VP for Communications
- RG 10C External Relations Publications
- RG 10D College Advancement
- RG 10E Communications
- RG 10F Alumni Relations
PP Personal Papers
- PP A Founders
- PP B Faculty and Staff
- PP B.01Richard Hale Goodwin Papers
- PP B.02 Alice Johnson Papers
- PP B.03 Martha Myers Papers
- PP B.04 William A. Niering Papers
- PP B.05 Mab Segrest Papers
- PP B.06 Charles Shackford Collection
- PP B.07 Rosemond Tuve Papers
- PP C Alumni
- PP C.01 Phyllis A. Jones Correspondence
- PP C.02 Eli Coppola Papers
- PP C.03 Linda Lee Abel Papers
- PP C.04 Ella L. McCollum (Vahlteich) Papers
- PP C.05 Mary Robinson Papers
- PP C.06 Frances Norton Swift Collection
- PP C.07 Ann E. Beck '55 Photographs
- PP C.08 Mildred Howard Papers
- PP C.09 Lyda L. Chatfield Sudduth Papers
- PP C.10 Nancy C. Dorian Papers
- PP C.11 Merion Ferris Ritter Papers
- PP C.12 Alice Purtill Starr Papers
CCP Photographic Collections
- CCP01 Campus Life Photograph Collection
- CCP02 Dorm Life Photograph Collection
- CCP03 Founders Photograph Collection
- CCP04 Donors Photograph Collection
- CCP05 Trustees Photograph Collection
- CCP06 Presidents Photograph Collection
- CCP07 Buildings and Campus Photograph Collection
- CCP08 Physical Education
- CCP09 Academic Departments
AV Audio-Visual Collections
- AV01 Video (Moving Images) Collection
- AV02 Audio Collections