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09/09/2026

This summer Professor Aaron Coy Moulton of Stephen F. Austin University spent some time in the UConn Archives researching our collections, particularly the Thomas J. Dodd Papers, Vivien Kellems Papers, and Alternative Press Collection, for information to support his work of The ‘Communist Hand’ in Cuba and Birmingham: Cuban Exiles and the U.S. Right.

He writes about his research on our blog, which you can find at https://blogs.lib.uconn.edu/archives/2026/09/09/finding-anti-castro-and-cuban-exiles-materials-in-archives-special-collections/

This image is a pamphlet, “Cuba – The Truth. We Shout “Victory” But Khrushchev Still Has Cuba”, undated.

09/03/2026

Please note that the UConn Archives & Special Collections reading room is closed on Monday, September 7, for the Labor Day holiday.

Happy Labor Day, everyone!

This photo show railroad construction workers in Newington, Connecticut, in May 1947. Photograph by Seth P. Holcombe.

09/02/2026

This summer, PhD student in UConn's Department of English Brandon Hurst, worked in the UConn Archives to compile the Wayne S. Franklin Collection of early American works and reference materials, which consists largely of books published and printed during the nineteenth century—including novels, histories, and autobiographical/biographical accounts—assembled by the American Studies and literary scholar and faculty at the University of Connecticut, Wayne S. Franklin.

You can find the finding aid to the collection at https://archivessearch.lib.uconn.edu/repositories/2/resources/1266 and Hurst's writing about the collection in our blog at https://blogs.lib.uconn.edu/archives/2026/09/02/material-relationships-insights-from-the-wayne-s-franklin-collection-of-early-american-works-and-reference-materials/

09/01/2026

On Friday, August 28, the UConn Archives & Special Collections joined the library in their "Week of Welcome" for new students by staffing a table showing items from the rare and special book collection, the University Archives, and other archival collections. We spoke to dozens of students about the collections and services in the archives and welcomed them as new students.

Here we see staff members Jonathan Trinque and Laura Smith at the table.

08/28/2026

The Connecticut Agricultural College Class of 1930, shown here in their Freshman year, consisted of 192 men and women.

Today is Freshman Move-In Day, and we welcome the University of Connecticut Class of 2030, which number 4500 at the Storrs campus and another 1900 for the regional campuses.

We wish the Freshmen class Good Luck in your first year as new Huskies! We hope you enjoy everything UConn has to offer.

08/26/2026

Today is National Dog Day! So we'll celebrate UConn's favorite dog, Jonathan the Husky XV. He has told us that he can't wait for the students to return to campus; he's been suffering from a lack of the many pets and hugs that he is accustomed to when school is in session. Just two more days, Jonathan!

Thanks to UConn Media Share for the image: Jonathan XV hangs out at the UConn College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' third Commencement ceremony in Gampel Pavilion on Sunday, May 10, 2026. (Sydney Herdle/UConn Photo)

08/24/2026

On Thursday, August 20, we enjoyed a ASC Research Grants Summer Colloquia with Alison Paul. Paul gave an informal presentation on her research on the role of women creators in the history of pulp fiction including adventures in finding materials for the exhibition, such as a trip to PulpFest!

Alison Paul is the Associate Professor of Art and Area Coordinator for the Illustration/Animation concentration in the Department of Art and Art History and has spent the summer at the UConn Archives & Special Collections conducting research in preparation for the fall 2027 exhibition at the William Benton Museum of Art entitled “Damsels, Femme Fatales, and Queens of Crime: Feminism and the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.” Paul is co-curating the exhibition with Pamela Bedore, Associate Professor of English.

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