Connecticut College for Women

This is an artificial collection created from multiple small collections of papers created and/or collected by Connecticut College students during their time at the College.

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.

Correspondence, notes, and fundraising material documenting Colin Sherman Buell’s role in the founding of Connecticut College.

Correspondence, meeting minutes and reports, and incorporation documentation of Connecticut College for Men, 1959-1969.

Correspondence, reports, and press material kept by William Reeves and relating to the resignations of Frederick Sykes and Benjamin Marshall in 1917 and 1928.

This collection contains correspondence, paperwork, and articles documenting Elizabeth Caramossi Wright’s role in the founding of Connecticut College and her time as the college’s first Bursar.