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 Descriptive Summary Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) Student Papers About Middletown Collection, 1976 - 2005 1000-133 Material in English 2.5 5 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff. Since 1976, student papers written on historical Middletown-area topics have been donated to Special Collections & Archives. The Student Papers About Middletown Collection featuers graduate and undergraduate papers about the history of Middletown, Connecticut and the surrounding area. Topics include politics, labor, commerce, ethnic and racial groups, women's history, and leisure. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Copyright Notice

Copyright for Official University records is held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Student Papers About Middletown Collection, Collection #1000-133, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

 Acquisitions Information

Received from faculty and students, 1976-2008.

 Processing Information

Processed by Valerie Gillispie, November 2006

Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, November 2006

Finding aid revised by Leith Johnson, November 2012

 Historical Note

Wesleyan University has offered a number of courses which discuss Middletown, Connecticut and its history. Since 1976, student papers written on historical Middletown-area topics have been donated to Special Collections & Archives.

Collection Overview

The Student Papers About Middletown Collection featuers graduate and undergraduate papers about the history of Middletown, Connecticut and the surrounding area. Topics include politics, labor, commerce, ethnic and racial groups, women's history, and leisure.

Collection Arrangement

The papers are arranged in alphabetical order by author's last name.

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) --Students. Middletown (Conn.) --Commerce. Middletown (Conn.) --History. Middletown (Conn.) --Politics and government. Middletown (Conn.) --Social conditions. Middletown (Conn.) --Emigration and immigration. Detailed Description of the Collection 11 Author unknown, The Rich in the City of Middletown in 1860, undated 2 Albrecht, Anthony, Like a Puzzle With All of its Pieces, Xavier is Complete With Community Help, circa 2003 3 Allen, Elizabeth K., Connecticut Valley Hospital, 1976 4 Barr, Leslie, Music and Dance in Middletown in the Late 18th and Early 19th Century, 1979 5 Barr, Leslie, Twas Not a Time for New England to Dance [Music and Dance in Early Middletown], 1980 6 Barry, John, The Starr Family of Middletown, Ct.: A Study in Social Mobility and Social Experience, 1979 7 Belkin, Erica, The Colonization Societies: Middletown's Forgotten Movement, 2005 8 Bennion, Craig and Mary Francis White, Middletown Newspapers of the Late 19th Century, 1976 9 Berlew, Christopher, Middletown and the Civil War: Who Prospered? 10 Blake, Casey, Irish Immigrants in Middletown, Connecticut, 1830-1860, 1977 11 Borders, Craig, A Method of Ascertaining the Identity of Small- and Medium-size Farmers, 1977 12 Breidenbach, Paul, Americanization of Polish and Italian Immigrants, 1980 13 Bruce, Phyllis, Minds, Minstrels, and Melpomene at McDonough, 1978 14 Bruce, Phyllis Ruth, The Career of the Continental Vocalists and the Life of its Co-Founder, William Dwight Franklin, Middletown, Ct. Resident, 1978 15 Campbell, John and Jessica Lacy, A Social Analysis of Blacks in Middletown, 1850-1880 16 Carrell, Kimberley W., Celebration of Christmas and the 4th of July, Middletown, 1977 17 Center, Claudia, Urban Renewal and Citizens Groups in Middletown, Connecticut, 1987 18 Chandler, Julia Anne, Services and Societies in First Church of Christ, Middletown, 1870-1890, 1977 19 Conescu, Rachel, The Lower Washington Street Community: An Unfinished Portrait, 1980 20 Cruse, Katherine, William Brenton Hall: a Biography, 1978 21 Cunningham, Jan, The Development of American Public Education and the Midletown Experience, 1870-1920, 1976 21 Cunningham, Jan, The Millers of Middlefield: a Case Study in American Social History, 1977 2 Cunningham, Jan, The Family System in Transition: Wealth and Inheritance Practice in Middlefield, 1750-1850, 1980 3 D'Arienzo, Daria, Elizabeth Bigelow, 1978 4 D'Arienzo, Daria, Hartford's Italians, 1980 5 Dickman, Howard, The Middletown Manufacturing Company, 1972 6 Druker, Michele, Weighed, Counted and Measured: Manufacturing in Middletown, 1860-1880, 1976 7 Early, Gerry, The Second Great Awakening in Middletown: a Paradox of Progress, 1980 8 Edelstein, Ken, A Survey of Middletown Nespapers in th 1820s, 1980 9 Effron, Lucy, Small Retail Businesses in Middletown, 1870-1900, 1976 10 Farrell, Sheila Wrang and Annette DiMauro Grimaldi, A Study in Depth of Italian Wedding Photos of Middletown Families, 1980 11 Fisher, Margaret, Immigrant Success: What Is It, and How Does One Achieve It? 1981 12 Frentz, Susan M., Middletown, Connecticut, 1820: Investigations and Discoveries of Its Women and Its Social Order, 1979 13 Frentz, Susan M., Urbanization and the Female-headed Household, Middletown, Connecticut, 1790-1850, 1980 14 Friedman, Howard, The Progressive Experience in Middletown, 1900-1920, 1976 15 Fuller, Elaine Xenelis, From the Greek-American Fruit and Candy Company, 1901 to the Middlesex Fruitery, 1981: The Assimilation of a Greek-American Family, 1981 16 Furrer, Tom, The Rise and Decline of Welfare Capitalism and the Emergence of a Union in Ivoryton, Connecticut, 1900-1941, 1980 17 Gaebe, John, The Great Depression and Its Impact on the City of Middletown, 1976 18 Garin, Nickolas Atteraas, Policing a New Middletown: Updating the Force at the Turn of the 20th Century, 2005 19 Giardina, James A., Swedish Immigration to Cromwell, Connecticut, 1976 20 Golec, Josephine Barry, The Founding of the Middlesex Hospital, 1895-1905, 1980 21 Gray, Brenda Ellen, The Relationship Between Social History and Historical Archaeology: The Mercantile Community of Middletown, Connecticut, 1978 22 Gross, R. Barrett and David Engstrom, The Development of Industry in Middletown, Connecticut: With An Emphasis on the Post Civil War Economic Boom, 1978 23 Grucan, Sally P., The Printer-Publishers of the <emph render="italic">Middlesex Gazette</emph> from 1785 to 1820: an Examination of their Position in the Middletown Community, 1986 24 Hanley, Ben, The Irish in Middletown: The Pre Famine Generations, undated 25 Head, Patricia, The Social Condition of Women in Early Nineteenth Century Middletown and America, 1980 26 Hechtkopf, Quinn, Two Years of Protest: Divestment at Wesleyan University, 1988-1990, 2005 27 Helfer, Rachel, Voluntary Associations and the Y.M.C.A. in Middletown, 1885-1911, 1977 28 Hennigan, Anne F., Railroads and Economic Development in Middletown, 1865-1880, 1977 31 Hetorilla, Ann, Marriage and the Chauncey Name, circa 1982 2 Hobby, Matt, Blacks in Middletown Around the 1790s: a summary of information obtained primarily from land records, 1992 3 Hollister, Timothy S., A Prosopographical Study of State Legislators from Middletown, 1860-1910, 1977 4 Houseley, Kathleen, 'Who Can Blot Out the North Star?' The Bemans -- Four Generations of Black Abolitionists, 1990 5 Houston, John and Alex Kotlowitz, Class Conflict in Middletown: the Remington-Rand Strike of 1936, 1976 6 James, Charles, Middletown: The Promised Land? 1976 7 Joachim, Alan, The Interrelationships of the Merchant Careers of Five Alsops and Economic Changes, 1750-1878, 1977 8 Klingher, Michael, The Connecticut State Hospital for the Insane, 1866-1920 and the Transformation of Modern America, 1976 9 Krakaur, Keith Douglas, The Ideology of Mobility: a Study of Irish Economic and Group Assimilation in Late Nineteenth Century Middletown, Connecticut, 1980 10 Lansky, Madeleine, A Comparative Study of the Ethnic Identity of Italian-Americans in Middletown, Connecticut Before and After World War II, 1992 11 Laurent, Bret, Lumber, Shipbuilding and the Early Connecticut River Trade, 1980 12 Loether, J. Paul, A Preliminary Study of the Brownstone Quarrying Industry in the Town of Portland, Connecticut, undated 13 Loether, J. Paul, Middletown, Connecticut: Ethnic Composition and Residential Distribution, 1850-1880, 1981 14 Mac Lean, Diane, Quiltmaking in Connecticut, 1750-1850, 1980 15 Masback, Becca, Middletown, Connecticut: Summer of 1969, Civil Disturbances and Community Relations in an American City, 2001 16 Meranze, M., The Social Characteristics of the Middletown Political Elite, 1900-1920, undated 17 Milano, Marche, The Famine Generation: the Middletown Irish in the 1850s, 1980 18 Morales, Jawn, George Aylward as Middletown Police Chief, 2002 19 Morton, Peg, The Hall Family: a Study in the Patriarchal System, 1650-1850, undated 20 Mothes, Nancy, A Survey of Employment Opportunities Offered in Middletown Newspapers, 1850-1890: Sampling from Newspapers at Five Year Intervals During the First Week of Each Quarter, 1976 41 Myrow, Susan, Journalism of Middletown, Connecticut Between 1870-1920, 1976 2 Nasta, Jesse, Local Relief in Middletown During the Great Depression, 1930-1933, 2002 3 Neuman, Patricia, Working Mens' Societies in Middletown Connecticut: the Franklin Society of 1829-1931 and the Mechanics Society of 1832-1836, 1979 4 Norment, Katie, Middletown Artisans, 1810, 1978 5 Norwood, Dael, A Constant and Formidable Foe: Josual Stow and the Fight for Religious Freedom in Connecticut, 2001 6 Nyman, Brenda and Mark Swartz, Crime in Middletown and Middlesex County in 1880-1910, 1976 7 O'Connell, Brendan, From Labor Leader to Police Chief: A Biography of Charles Anderson, 1912-1936, 2005 8 Odim, Carlton, The Black Population of Middletown, 1790-1850, 1977 9 Ostlund, Rachel, Revolutions in Agriculture in Middlesex County, Connecticut During the Mid-19th Century, 2005 10 Paffrath, Ronald A., Port of Call: An Examination of Aspects of Maritime Commerce in Middletown, Connecticut During the Period 1790 Through 1820, 1986 11 Peretz, Steven, A Demographic Profile of Early 19th Century Middletown, Connecticut: a Statistical Analysis, 1978 12 Perlstein, Daniel, The House that Isaac [Warner] Built, 1981 13 Pena, Ted, The Short and Obscure Historical Geography of Maromas, undated 14 Pitterman, Bernard, A Speculative Study of the Middlesex Theatre, 1981 15 Porteus, Gail Linskey, A Profile of Two Irish Families: the Larkins and the Linskeys, 1981 16 Poss, Robert M., Middletown Research: The Care of the Poor, 1750-1790 17 Post, Stephen E., The Courageous Captain and the Rise and Fall of Middletown's Military Academy, 1978 18 Potter, Lucy, Yellow Fever in Middle Haddam, 1796, 1980 19 Potts, Betsy H., 'A Flourishing College Will . . . Build Up a Town:' the Twelve Local Trustees of Wesleyan University, 1830-1840, 1986 20 Riklin, Matthew, The Evolution of Food Retailing in the 20th Century, 1976 21 Savas, Stephanie, The War That Came Home: The Individuals That Personalized the 1918 Influenza Epidemic in Middletown, Connecticut, 2004 22 Schneider, Judith, Amusements and Leisure Time Activities in Middletown, 1828-1838, 1981 23 Schorr, Brian, A Narrative History of Prohibition in Middletown, Connecticut, 1976 51 Schultz, Carol D., Joshua Stow: a Nineteenth Century Rebel, undated 2 Shaner, Laurie, Trials and Triumphs: True Stories of Slavery in Connecticut, 2001 3 Shea, Jonathan, The Polish Community of New Britain, 1900-1925, 1981 4 Sherrow, Doris, The Corner of Main and Court . . . a Turning Point, 1981 5 Sherrow, Doris, Jews in Portland--the Eastern Tinware Community, 1981 6 Sherrow, Doris, Murder in Middletown: Lower Class Life in 1815, 1988 7 Sonnenblick, Charlotte, Printers, Publishers and Booksellers in Middletown, Connecticut: the Demise of the Independent Craftsman, 1800-1850, 1982 8 Staley, Ellen, The Connecticut Industrial School for Girls, 1870-1920: Legal Assumptions and Social Class Expectations, 1978 9 Sternberg, Corinne, Joshua Stow: Local Scapegoat, 1979 10 Svonkin, Stuart, The Creation of a Pluralistic Religious Orientation: The Integration of Jews and Judiasm at Wesleyan University, 1987 11 Sweeney, Bob, Middletown Temperance, 1816-1846, 1980 12 Tarallo, Frank J., A Biography of Richard Alsop the 3rd of Middletown, Connecticut, born 1789, died May 29, 1842, 1978 13 Terzini, Carol, The Frothingham House, 1986 14 Tillinghast, Joel, Wesleyan History, undated 15 Torczon, Virginia, The Professionalization of Middletown's Physicians, 1868-1918, 1978 16 Vanacore, Brad M., The Brownstone Quarries of Portland Connecticut: Their Contribution to the Development of the United States, 1976 17 Veroff, Daniel, Middletown's Blacks, 1800-1840, 1980 18 Vinci, Leon F., A Middletown-American in Show Business: Tony Pastor, 1909-1969, 1980 19 White, Mary Francis, Introduction to 'The Producers' of Middletown, and a Major Product--the Newspapers, 1820-1833, undated 20 Wilder, Barry, Middletown Masons, 1796-1826: a Study of the Role Played by a Voluntary Organization in a Traditional Community Experiencing Rapid Dissolution, 1980 21 Wilder, Barry, Different Shades of Green: a Study of Irish-American Institutions in Middletown, Connecticut, 1880-1915, 1980 22 Wrubel, Regina, The Mortimer Cemetery in Middletown's Transition, 1815, 1980