This collection primarily contains material related to the term of Oakes Ames as seventh president of Connecticut College (1974-1988). Materials date from 1955-1989 and include correspondence, reports, minutes, speeches/lectures, publications, and newspaper clippings. A large part of the collection relates to strategic planning in multiple areas and funding efforts to to implement the plans.

Administrative records, correspondence, and land records documenting the Arboretum at Connecticut College’s founding and operations, including extensive information on Arboretum’s growth, environmental goals, and operational difficulties from 1930 to 2000s.

This collection documents athletics activities at Connecticut College, from the early years of physical education and interclass competition to intercollegiate athletics once the College went coeducational in 1969.

This collection of materials covers the planning and founding of the Auerbach Major in Business Administration at Connecticut College.

Correspondence, ephemera, scrapbooks and manuscripts of the American poet Anna Hempstead Branch and correspondence of the residents of the Hempstead Houses.

An artificial collection of material documenting the development of the Connecticut College campus, including architectural plans, building specifications, correspondence, fundraising material, and planning records.

An artificial collection of materials documenting campus activism activities from 1962-1992.

Correspondence, planning minutes and notes, research, reporting, and press pertaining to Connecticut College’s transition to coeducation, 1968-1989.

Materials relating to the work of the Board of Trustees, including agendas, meeting minutes, committee records, individual trustee files, and Secretary of the Board record books, 1911-1994.