Middletown (Conn.) -- History

Abstract The Joseph Alsop ship's manifest is a single 1805 document, which lists the cargo of the Brig Thetis of Hartford. The Brig Thetis was owned by Joseph W. Alsop of Middletown and David Watkinson and William Watkinson of Hartford, and captained by Alsop. According to the manifest, the cargo listed was taken aboard at St. Croix and Turks Islands on December 6, 1804 and was bound for Middletown. The manifest also suggests that the Brig Thetis itself was built in Middletown. Items listed in the...

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The collection consists of letters dating from 1840 to 1841 from Bangs to his friend and Yale student, Sylvester Smith. Topics of conversation include Bangs planning visits to see Smith in New Haven, Bangs' preference of the city of New Haven over Middletown, discussion of activities and classes at Wesleyan, Bangs' poor health and temporary leaving the University, and discussion of mutual friends and acquaintances.

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Letters, photographs, programs, books, brochures, reports, calendars and daytimers, travel diaries and clippings provide documentation of Morton and Kay Briggs’s academic and community life as well as their travels.

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William Dwight Franklin collection on the Continental Vocalists contains published and unpublished books of music and lyrics. It also contains financial information about the Continental Vocalists' tours, and programs, a scrapbook, and two photographs.

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The Karl Pomeroy Harrington papers include correspondence, writings, studies in Latin, diaries, scrapbooks, and music programs. Topics in the correspondence include faculty and administrative issues at Wesleyan, Harrington's publications, and his family. Other topics include Harrington's interests in Latin poetry, Wesleyan history, Middletown history, railroads, and the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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Paul Otto Krumm, (1882-1979), was a printer who worked at Pelton & King printers and bookbinders from 1903-1925, and then at the Middletown Press until 1959. This collection consists of one archival box of general material relating to his life and interests and a 100-page scrapbook with specimens of print jobs he did for Pelton's during his time there. This includes many programs for local events, business cards and advertisements for local businesses and items printed for Wesleyan.

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The Samuel M. Tuthill papers include Wesleyan related publications and documents, and a photograph album that features pictures of the 1936 Middletown Flood, the New England Hurricane of 1938, and the construction of the Arrigoni Bridge between Middletown and Portland, among other events.

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Five scrapbooks belonging to Marian Vaine documenting different aspects of her life.

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The collection features graduate and undergraduate papers about the history of Middletown, Connecticut and the surrounding area. Topics include politics, labor, commerce, ethnic and racial groups, women's history, and leisure.

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The single volume of the Young Men's Republican Club of Wesleyan University records consists of an account of the activities of the club in the first year of its existence, 1856. It includes the group's constitution and minutes of meetings.