Bolles, Joshua farm; includes text and family tree, undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains notes, clippings, drafts, speeches, outlines, maps, correspondence, for writing and speeches regarding the Arboretum produced by Goodwin. This series primarily contains drafts of writing and speeches; and notes and research on the significant families who owned tracts of land that became part of the arboretum. Much of the notes are undated, but contain genealogical trees and lists of dates of ownership. Of particular interest, are maps which capture the development of the Arboretum. See Series II, Land records, for related material on arboretum land holdings; and Series IV Arboretum publications, sub series A for publications on the history of the Arboretum.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Creator
- From the Record Group: Avery, George S. (George Sherman), 1903- (Person)
- From the Record Group: Dreyer, Glenn D. (Person)
- From the Record Group: Niering, William A. (Person)
- From the Record Group: Blunt, Katharine, 1876-1954 (Person)
- From the Record Group: Black, Caroline A., 1887-1930 (Person)
- From the Record Group: Goodwin, Richard H. (Richard Hale), 1910-2007 (Person)
- From the Record Group: Branch, Anna Hempstead, 1875-1937 (Person)
- From the Record Group: Connecticut College. Arboretum (Organization)
- From the Record Group: Connecticut College (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for use. Some restrictions.
Extent
From the Record Group: 10.06 Linear Feet (23 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
From the Record Group: 2 Gigabytes (analog media in folder, digitized audio files)
Language of Materials
From the Series: English
Repository Details
Part of the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository
Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Ave
New London CT 06320 United States
860-439-2654
860-439-2686
learcenter@conncoll.edu