Archives & Special Collections acquires new collections and additions to existing collections throughout the year.\u00a0 Periodically, I will be posting information about collections that have been acquired or are newly available for your researching enjoyment.\u00a0 First up are those documenting Connecticut businesses:<\/p>\n
John Francis O\u2019Brien Papers<\/strong><\/p>\n Potographs, correspondence and certificates, most involving Mr. O’Brien’s service as an employee of the Southern New England Telephone Company.\u00a0 http:\/\/doddcenter.uconn.edu\/asc\/findaids\/obrien\/MSS20100030.html<\/a><\/p>\n Southern New England Telephone (SNET) Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n Memorabilia and realia from the collections of people who were employed by the company.\u00a0 The collection includes antique telephones and telephone equipment, include a climbing belt and lanyard of a lineman, an employee service pin and memorabilia of the Telephone Pioneers, a volunteer organization and service club made up of U.S. and Canadian telecommunications industry employees and retirees, a commemorative telephone directory, the cellphone used to make the first cellphone call in Connecticut, and a dress and a shirt made of pages from the SNET Yellow Pages.\u00a0 http:\/\/doddcenter.uconn.edu\/asc\/findaids\/snetcoll\/MSS20100118.html<\/a><\/p>\n Thomas Dublin Collection of the Jewett City Cotton Manufacturing Company<\/strong><\/p>\n 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.\u00a0 (Finding aid not yet available)<\/p>\n –Betsy Pittman, University Archivist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Archives & Special Collections acquires new collections and additions to existing collections throughout the year.\u00a0 Periodically, I will be posting information about collections that have been acquired or are newly available for your researching enjoyment.\u00a0 First up are those documenting … Continue reading