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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 146 Collections and/or Records:

Richard F. Schneller collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG069_135
Abstract

Richard F. Schneller was a State Senator for the 20th District from 1975-1984. He worked on the 1986 O'Neill gubernatorial campaign as well as the 1984 Mondale presidential campaign and was the chairperson of the Governor's Building Construction Advisory Committee from 1987-1988.

Dates: 1824-1996; Majority of material found within 1974-1988

Samuel Wyllys papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG000_samuel_wyllys_papers
Abstract

The Samuel Wyllys Papers, 1668-1728, undated, are a group of 88 court documents that include 6 cases of witchcraft (42 documents), 12 cases concerning assault and battery, theft, adultery and other crimes (35 documents), and 11 other documents related to prayers of confession and petition, lists of freemen, poor relief, taxes, and titles to Indian land.

Dates: 1663-1728

Second Church of Christ, Scientist records

 Collection
Identifier: RG070_081
Abstract

The Second Church of Christ Scientist Hartford, was organized in 1907 by 11 members of The Mother Church. The first service was held on an upper floor at 64 Pearl Street, and as the congregation grew, services were moved twice to other sites. The church building at the corner of Lafayette and Russ Streets held its first service January 4, 1925. A diminished membership prompted the congregation to sell the church building to the State of Connecticut in 2008.

Dates: 1912-2002

Select Committee of Inquiry records

 Collection
Identifier: RG002_025_SCOI
Abstract

On January 26, 2004, House Resolution 702 formally established the Select Committee of Inquiry to determine whether sufficient grounds existed to impeach Governor John G. Rowland. Speaker of the House Moira K. Lyons (D-Stamford) appointed Arthur J. O'Neill (R-Southbury) and John Wayne Fox (D-Stamford) as co-chairmen.

Dates: 1978-2004; Majority of material found within 1995-2004; 2004

Select Committee on Children records

 Collection
Identifier: RG002_025_CHILD
Abstract

The Select Committee on Children was created in 1992 and began meeting in January 1993. Its purpose is to provide both greater focus and priority to such issues as child abuse, poverty, hunger, and adoption.

Dates: 1988-2000, bulk 1993-1994; 1993-2000

Selective Service System State Headquarters records

 Collection
Identifier: RG093
Abstract President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (Public Law 783), which created the country’s first peacetime draft and formally established the Selective Service System as an independent Federal agency. From 1948 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces that could not be filled through voluntary means. In 1973, the draft ended and the United States converted to an all-volunteer...
Dates: 1940-1975

Soldiers', Sailors' and Marines' Fund records

 Collection
Identifier: RG078
Abstract

The Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Marines’ Fund was established in 1919 to assist needy wartime veterans and their families. The agency is administered by The American Legion.

Dates: 2007-2023

Special Committee on Bus Transportation records

 Collection
Identifier: RG002_025_BUS
Abstract

Draft of report with edits.

Dates: 1960

State boundary line perambulations

 Collection
Identifier: RG089_010
Abstract

The Department of Transportation is responsible for the perambulation, examination, restoration or repair of the state line boundary monuments between Connecticut and its neighbor states of New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

Dates: 1965-1997

State Fiscal Study Commission records

 Collection
Identifier: RG054
Abstract

The Commission was appointed by Governor Abraham Ribicoff in 1956 “to consider general economy in State government, distribution of State financial aid to cities and towns, limitation of State debt, and matters relating to these subjects.”

Dates: 1956-1957

State Highway Department records

 Collection
Identifier: RG089_001
Abstract

In 1895, the General Assembly established a three person board known as the State Highway Commission to monitor town expenditures of state funds as well as construction and improvements to public roads. In 1897, the legislature abolished the board and created the State Highway Department headed by the State Highway Commissioner. In October 1969, it merged into the new Department of Transportation.

Dates: 1894-1993

State Park and Forest Commission records

 Collection
Identifier: RG079_017
Abstract

In 1913 the Assembly created a permanent State Park Commission charged with "supervision of all lands acquired by the state, as public reservations, for the purpose of public recreation or the preservation of natural beauty or historic association. In 1921 the name changed to the State Park and Forest Commission. The Commission now had oversight of state forests as well as parks with the authority to appoint the State Forester.

Dates: 1908-1967

State Planning Board records

 Collection
Identifier: RG082
Abstract

The State Planning Board coordinated and integrated information pertaining to growth and development of the State. They collected information, data and maps from across departmental lines and made the information available to all. There were several projects initiated by the Board relating to water quality, forests, highways, population demographics and zoning. An aerial map of the State was considered “the most essential single step for our state-wide data.”

Dates: 1933-1937

State Revenue Task Force records

 Collection
Identifier: RG045
Abstract

The State Revenue Task Force was appointed pursuant to Special Act 274 of the 1969 Session of the General Assembly for the purpose of preparing recommendations for a revised Connecticut tax structure. The Task Force received suggestions and heard testimony from many government, community and business leaders, and it commissioned and studied a series of special reports on various aspects of the subject.

Dates: 1969-1971

State Salvage Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: RG034
Abstract

The State Salvage Committee informed the public of the need for conserving scarce materials and assisted in collecting and utilizing salvage during World War II.

Dates: 1941-1945

Storrs Family genealogical collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG074_005
Abstract

The Storrs Family Association held its first reunion in 1891 and annually thereafter until at least 1972. This collection consists of Frank H. Storrs genealogical papers and records from the Storrs Family Association.

Dates: 1876-1958

Teenage Alcoholic Use Study Commission records

 Collection
Identifier: RG048
Abstract

The Teenage Alcoholic Use Study Commission was established in 1965 to study the problem of teenage alcoholic use and implement the recommendations of the earlier (1961) Teenage Liquor Law Coordination Commission, including the holding of a state-wide education conference on the subject.

Dates: 1961-1967

Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut records

 Collection
Identifier: RG056
Abstract

The General Assembly created this commission in 1929 to plan for the commemoration of the 300th anniversary of Connecticut’s settlement.

Dates: 1928-1959; Majority of material found within 1929-1936

Thomas J. Meskill records

 Collection
Identifier: RG005_035
Abstract Gov. Meskill's correspondence, subject file, pending file, memoranda, public interest correspondence, yellows, agency files, legislative file, National Governors' Conference file, New England Governors' Conference file, New England Regional Commission file, other intergovernmental relations files, executive orders, speeches, messages, public relations and communications files, press releases, job requests, acknowledgements, and recommendations, federal agency relations file, scrapbook,...
Dates: 1967-1975; 1971-1975

Town of Montville records

 Collection
Identifier: RG062_086
Abstract

Tax records and records created by the Mohegan Tribe and the State of Connecticut, opposing sides in the movement for federal acknowledgment.

Dates: 1891-1994

Transportation Accountability Board records

 Collection
Identifier: RG089_032
Abstract

The Transportation Accountability Board was created as an independent, non-partisan body charged with overseeing the operations of the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The Board held its first meeting on January 8, 1986 and was abolished as of July 1, 1987.

Dates: 1986-1987

Truman Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG069_150
Abstract

Truman Smith was a lawyer, Connecticut Legislator (1831-1832, 1834), US Representative (1838-1843, 1845-1849), and US Senator (1849-1854) from Stamford, Connecticut. Included in his papers are correspondence, writings, publications, legal cases, speeches, and spiritual writings.

Dates: 1811-2009; Majority of material found within 1811-1889

Veteran Association of the Hartford City Guard records

 Collection
Identifier: RG118
Abstract The Veteran Association of the Hartford City Guard was organized on November 26, 1867. It was composed of those persons who were active or honorary members of the Hartford City Guard prior to July 5, 1865. The Association’s main objective was social with the intention “to keep alive old and pleasant memories and perpetuation of recollections of the old Company.” Each year they held a reunion on the second Wednesday of January. The first reunion was held on January 8, 1868. At their 50th...
Dates: 1861-1925

Veterans' Advisory Commission records

 Collection
Identifier: RG049
Abstract

The Commission planned for the orderly readjustment and reemployment of returning veterans and displaced war workers and coordinated the efforts of all State, local and private agencies working toward that end.

Dates: 1943-1949

Water Resources Commission records

 Collection
Identifier: RG079_023
Abstract

The State Water Commission was created in 1925 to reduce, control or eliminate water pollution. It merged into the Water Resources Commission in 1957 that was formed to study the water resources of the State.

Dates: 1925-1981

Works Progress Administration for Connecticut records

 Collection
Identifier: RG033
Abstract

The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) was established in May 1935 as a central organ of control for the relief projects supported by the United States Government. In Connecticut, Offices were opened in New Haven, with later district offices in several other cities.

Dates: 1935-1944