A Guide to the Charles G. Hall Papers

Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Library

Summary Information

Repository:
Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Library
Title:
Charles G. Hall Papers
ID:
1979.0006
Date [inclusive]:
undated, 1828-1972
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
Language of the Material:
English
Abstract:
The Charles G. Hall Papers contain correspondence, diaries, family papers, scrapbooks, photographs, publications, and other papers, relating to Hall's personal life, student days at Connecticut Agricultural College, activities as doorkeeper of Connecticut House of Representatives, state politics, events at University of Connecticut, and family affairs.

Preferred Citation

[Item description, #:#], Charles G. Hall Papers. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Library.

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Biography

Charles Gardner Hall was born in 1888 and attended Connecticut Agricultural College. He was the doorkeeper of Connecticut House of Representatives and a farmer living in Mansfield Center, CT. Charles Gardner Hall also served in the House of Representative as a Republican, representing Mansfield for two terms (1947 and 1949). Gardner died in 1969.

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Scope and Content

The Charles G. Hall Papers contain correspondence, diaries, family papers, scrapbooks, photographs, publications, and other papers, relating to Hall's personal life, student days at Connecticut Agricultural College, activities as doorkeeper of Connecticut House of Representatives, state politics, events at University of Connecticut>, and family affairs.

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Arrangement

Series I: Diaries (1888-1969) consists of fifty-three diaries written by Charles G. Hall and his family members. The entries detail daily occurrences and reports of the weather. Also included in this section is a diary written by Hall's' aunt, Julie Hall Brown, during the year of his birth (1889).

Series II: Personal Papers (undated, 1828-1972) contains correspondence primarily received from Hall's political colleagues. Also included are Hall's General Assembly bills regarding smoking in bed and injuries incurred in state parks and forests (1949), two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings (1914); legal papers and Germaine Hall's composition book (1934)

Series III: Photographs (undated, 1905-1965) contains photographs of Charles G. Hall in various classes and in the dormitory at Connecticut Agricultural College. Other photographs focus on University of Connecticut events and the House of Representatives with Hall as doorkeeper.

Series IV: General Assembly (1915-1951) consists of two reports by the Claims Committee (1947, 1949) and General Assembly publications which include: Manual and Role of the General Assembly (1915), Calendar for the House of Representatives (1915), an address by the clerk of the House (146), a booklet entitled Information for Connecticut Legislators and a directory of the 1951 General Assembly and elected state officials.

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Administrative Information

Publication Statement

Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Library

University of Connecticut Library405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1205archives@uconn.eduURL: http://lib.uconn.edu/libraries/asc/

Revision Description

Revised for consistency. 2017 December

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from the owner(s) of the copyright.

Acquisition Information

The collection was donated in December 1979.

Access

The collection is open and available for research.

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Related Materials

Separated Material

The following materials have been separated from the collection and cataloged:

Address by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Dodd Call No.

Addresses by the Honorable Paul G. Hoffman. Dodd Call No.

Almanac. Dodd Call No.

Birds of Storrs and Vicinity. Dodd Call No.

Birth of a Nation. Dodd Call No.

Connecticut Register. Dodd Periodicals

Connecticut's Old Houses. Dodd Call No.

Family Fall-Out Shelters. Dodd Call No.

Highlights of the Byrd Antarctica Expedition. Dodd Call No.

Law Making in Connecticut. Dodd Call No.

Old Farmer's Almanac. Dodd Call No.

Outline of Government in Connecticut. Dodd Call No.

Picturesque America. Dodd Call No.

Pocket Manual. Dodd Periodicals

State Employees Retirement Act. Dodd Call No.

University of Connecticut materials (president's newsletters, bulletins of Connecticut Agricultural College, and other university and college publications), State of Connecticut publications have been integrated into the periodical collections.

Photographs and postcards have been relocated to the University Photograph Collection. The SCrapbook has been relocated to the University Scrapbook Collection (1979_0006_scpb_1).

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Controlled Access Headings

  • Public institutions
  • Twentieth century.
  • Mansfield Center (inhabited place)
  • Nineteenth century
  • Farms
  • College students
  • Building
  • Families
  • Manuscripts (document genre)
  • Dwellings
  • Storrs (inhabited place)
  • Natural resources
  • Correspondence
  • Publications (documents)
  • Local government
  • Photographs
  • Administrative records
  • Education, Higher
  • Connecticut (state)
  • Diaries
  • Education
  • Universities and colleges
  • Farmers
  • Birds
  • Historic buildings
  • Agriculture
  • Legislation
  • Legislative bodies
  • Fishery law and legislation
  • Game laws
  • University of Connecticut
  • Hall, Charles Gardner, 1889-1969
  • Hall, Germaine
  • Connecticut. General Assembly
  • Connecticut. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
  • Connecticut General Assembly.
  • Brown, Julie Hall.
  • Connecticut Agricultural College

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Collection Inventory

Series I: Diaries, 1888-1969

Title/DescriptionInstances
1888-1943
box 1
1944-1958
box 2
1959-1969
box 3

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Series II: Personal Papers, undated, 1828-1972

Title/DescriptionInstances
Bill's and Legislative bulletin, 1949
box 4 folder 1
Composition book Germaine Hall), 1934
box 4 folder 2
Correspondence, 1915-1949
box 4 folder 3
Correspondence, 1950-1972
box 4 folder 4
Discourse on indecent remarks, 1828
box 4 folder 5
Kennedy, John F., 1963
box 4 folder 6
Legal records, 1906, 1910, 1947
box 4 folder 7
Maps, undated, 1938
box 4 folder 8
Newspaper articles, 1914, 1941, 1961
box 4 folder 9
Newspaper clippings, undated, 1836-1837
box 4 folder 10
War Ration book, 1942
box 4 folder 11

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Series IV: General Assembly, 1915-1951

Title/DescriptionInstances
Committee Reports, 1947, 1949
box 4 folder 12
Publications, 1915, 1947-1949, 1951
box 4 folder 13

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