Linda Lear Center Environmental Collections

Correspondence and photographs of Mary Jobe Akeley, and papers concerning Camp Mystic and the Akeley Trust.

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 contains Linda Lear's research materials gathered for her biography Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature. It also contains published works by and about Carson.

The Roland C. Clement collection documents the professional, military and academic career of American environmentalist, Roland C. Clement. Types of materials in the collection include: correspondence, writings and speeches, memorandum, minutes, reports, photographs, notebooks, clippings and other manuscripts relating to his professional and academic experience.

This collection documents the activities of the Connecticut Botanical Society and contains correspondence, minutes, notebooks, financial records, member information, publications, incorporation documentation, and photographs. The bulk of the material dates from 1903 to 2000.

This collection documents the work of the Conservation and Research Foundation records primarily documenting the grants that were awarded by the Foundation between 1953 to 2003.

This collection contains correspondence, publications, clippings, presentations, notes, research, and photographs documenting the life and work of Richard Goodwin. These materials document his early life and education, his work at Connecticut College, and his involvement with local and national conservation projects. Topics of note within the collection include conservation of land, preserving and creating policies around wetlands, nuclear power, and selective use of pesticides.

Publications, documents, and photographs documenting the history and activities of the New London Garden Club from ca. 1942 to its dissolution in 2019.

This collection contains case studies, clippings, conference materials, correspondence, notes, photographs, presentations, publications, reports, and research documenting the life and work of ecologist William A. Niering.

The Zines and Radical Pamphlets Collection is a growing collection of zines and other radical pamphlets ranging from topics such as second and third-wave feminism and reproductive rights to student activism, racial justice, and labor movements. The collection has been cataloged and