Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
405 Babbidge Road, Unit 1205
Storrs, CT 06269-1205
Annual Report
University of Connecticut
2002
Letter from the Director
O
ne of my career tenets has been the building of partnerships. Such efforts, if they are true partnerships, result in equal
benefit to all involved. The Dodd Research Center and Archives & Special Collections have valued partnerships as
a way of reaching both inside and outside of the University of Connecticut community. Speaking on behalf of the Dodd
Research Center team we are very proud of the work that we have accomplished during fiscal year 2001-2002. Our cooperative
ventures included Connecticut History Online, which was produced in conjunction with Mystic Seaport and the Connecticut
Historical Society; sponsoring of the first Human Rights Semester at the University of Connecticut; and participation in
the Archives Project with the African National Congress as part of the UConn-ANC Partnership.
The Dodd Research Center’s relationships with financial and collection donors are also essential partnerships. In return
for their gifts, donors often become involved in additional ways such as serving on advisory boards, participating in donor
events, or seeing the collections they have created made available to researchers. Such ventures include the successful Raymond
and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture Series, the Greenwich Capital Markets lectures, and the annual Connecticut
Children’s Book Fair, which in 2001, surpassed all previous years for attendance. Without the support of our donors, we
cannot continue to develop a Center that builds collections and hosts programs of national and international significance.
For this we would like to thank you.
With the inauguration of this annual report, we hope to give you insight into these and many of our other programs
and events. We will recognize collection and financial donors, report on the Center’s financial status, indicate progress in
making new collections available to researchers, and highlight the numerous programs we sponsor each year. We hope
that you will find this information of interest and share in our feeling of pride for our accomplishments.
As I write this, we are planning for upcoming events including the 2002 Connecticut Children’s Book Fair, the Fall 2002
Human Rights Program, and the Teale Lecture Series. We are also focused on making accessible our outstanding research
collections and, as always, actively searching out new collections that benefit students, faculty, and the wider community.
Looking forward to 2003 and beyond, we are excited about new programs, new opportunities, and new challenges we see
on the horizon. Thanks to your continued involvement and financial support, we are confident that we will have the
resources necessary to invest in these future endeavors.
Sincerely,
Thomas Wilsted
Director
THOMAS J. DODD RESEARCH CENTER • ANNUAL REPORT 2002
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Highlights
Our Mission
The University Libraries’ Archives
& Special Collections at the Thomas
J. Dodd Research Center supports
the University of Connecticut’s mission
of teaching, research, and service.
Archives & Special Collections
acquires, preserves, and makes
accessible specialized research
collections for students, faculty,
staff, scholars, and the general public.
The development and promotion
of public programs, exhibitions,
conferences, and similar events
enhance the teaching and research
activities at the Thomas J. Dodd
Research Center.
Advisory Board Appointed for
Dodd Research Center
The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center National Advisory Board
was officially established in 2001. At its first meeting on October
30, 2001, Director Tom Wilsted provided the board with background information on programs and needs in both the Dodd
Research Center and Archives & Special Collections. Board members discussed the Center’s vision and goals and established two
major subcommittees: one, to develop guidelines and procedures
for awarding the first Dodd Human Rights Prize and the second,
to create a development plan for the Dodd Research Center and
Archives & Special Collections.
On April 11, 2002, a second meeting was held in conjunction
with the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Lecture in Stamford,
Connecticut. New members Charles Bunnell and Steve Kinney
joined the board. Highlights of the meeting included finalization
of criteria for the Dodd Human Rights Prize with discussion
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HIGHLIGHTS
of potential nominees, the development committee report, and
discussion of potential collecting areas, including Native American
Human Rights and Connecticut defense industries.
Current board members include: (seated l to r) Barbara Kennelly,
President & CEO, National Committe to Preserve Social Security
& Medicare; William J. Rainer, Chicago Board Options Exchange;
Sanford Cloud, Jr., President and CEO, National Conference for
Community & Justice; Jonathan Sackler, Purdue Frederick
Company. (standing l to r) Billie Levy; Tom Wilsted, Director,
Dodd Research Center; Helena Foulkes, Vice-President for
Marketing, CVS, Inc.; Thomas J. Dodd, Jr.; Harold Koh, Professor
of Law, Yale University; Brinley Franklin, Director of University
Libraries. (not shown) Nina Bang-Jensen, Executive Director
and General Counsel, Coalition for International Justice; Eldon
Bernstein, Professor of Marketing, Lynn University; Charles F.
Bunnell, Deputy Chief of Staff, Mohegan Tribe and Nation; Steve
Kinney, Lobbyist with Gaffney Bennett and Associates.
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Digital Collections
Since 1999, when the digital collections initiative was formally
established at the University Libraries, Archives & Special
Collections has played a significant role in their creation and
development. Led by Digital Collections Librarian, Heidi N. Abbey,
the Digital Collections Program supports the Center’s goal of
providing researchers and scholars worldwide with online access
to unique archival collections, including photographs, manuscript
materials, and multimedia resources. As a result, we are involved
in several exciting projects.
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Steam and Electric Locomotives of the New Haven Railroad is
another digital collection to come from the Archives & Special
Collections staff in their efforts to make the area’s resources available on the Web (http://railroads.uconn.edu/locomotives). Led by
Curator Laura Katz Smith, this digital project consists of 460
black-and-white photographs from the 1900s to the 1940s of
engines owned by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Company. The photographs provide an excellent and comprehensive
view of the New Haven Railroad’s mid-and late-generation steam
engines and its first electric locomotives and multiple unit cars.
The original photographs were taken by Springdale, Connecticut
resident Fred Otto Makowsky and were donated by Makowsky’s
nephew and UConn alumnus Roy Makowsky in May 2000.
Curator Rutherford Witthus is leading the latest digital collection
being developed by Archives & Special Collections and it will
provide worldwide electronic access to Charles Olson’s pioneering investigative work on Herman Melville. As a young scholar,
Charles Olson was indefatigable in his research of Herman
Melville, author of Moby Dick and other important nineteenth
century novels. Olson located volumes from Melville’s library,
many of which were found in private collectors’ hands or on public
libraries’ shelves, and carefully transcribed complete bibliographic
information as well as the content and location of Melville’s
annotations and reading marks onto 5x7-inch note cards. The
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation recently awarded Archives &
Special Collections a $40,000 grant to provide online access to
these note cards, many of which are the only account of Melville’s
reading marks in books whose locations are now unknown.
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Herman Melville’s marginalia
from The Rule of Exercises of Holy
Dying by Jeremy Taylor, transcribed
by Charles Olson in the 1930’s.
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The first phase of the Connecticut History Online (CHO) project
was completed on January 28, 2002. More than seventy librarians,
historians, and genealogists attended the official unveiling of the
site with a keynote presentation by Robert Martin, Director of
the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). CHO
(http://www.cthistoryonline.org) is a collaboration of the Dodd
Research Center, the Connecticut Historical Society, and Mystic
Seaport and was funded by a grant of $335,000 from the IMLS.
Including more than 12,000 photographic and graphic images
from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries from all three institutions,
it is the largest collection of Connecticut images on the Web.
The website provides teachers, scholars, and members of the
public with images reflecting Connecticut’s social, political, educational, cultural, and civic life, and also makes available course
curriculum materials for teachers of students in grades 7-12.
New Haven Railroad engine
number 10, from the Fred Otto
Makowsky Collection.
1919 Freshman-Sophomore rope
pull, from University Archives,
J. A. Manter Collection.
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In December 2001, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded
the University a grant of $700,000 to fund the second phase of
the archives project. In January, job descriptions were drafted for
a total of ten new project positions in South Africa. Over 200
applications were received and in early May, Tom Wilsted traveled
to South Africa to participate in the interview process. New staff
began working in August with the goal of completing the organization of the archives by the end of 2005.
Original linoleum block print
of the building exterior done by
artist Editha Spencer for use
by the Dodd Research Center.
© 2001 Editha Spencer.
Meanwhile, the ANC Oral History program, led by Bruce Stave,
Director of UConn’s Center for Oral History, carried out more
than seventy oral history interviews in South Africa. Interviews
were mainly undertaken by South Africans trained by Dr. Stave.
Transcriptions of the oral histories have been completed and will
eventually become part of the Dodd Research Center collections.
The oral history project is due for completion in 2003.
New Logos
This past year, the Dodd Research
Center showcased two new logos with
the help of Sonalyst, Inc. of Waterford,
Connecticut. John Visgilio, Vice President
of Design and Creative Director, and
Michael Skiles, Graphic Designer, both
University of Connecticut graduates,
donated their time and talent to create
the new designs.
The first of the two logos, which adorns
the cover of this publication, has been
selected as the official Dodd Research
Center logo. It was also installed on
the podium in Konover Auditorium as
part of summer renovations completed
in 2001. The second logo was created
for the Raymond & Beverly Sackler
Distinguished Lecture Series and will be
used for publicity purposes. (see pg. 8)
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Archives Curriculum
Dodd Center’s Continuing Role in
UConn – ANC Partnership
When the University of Connecticut signed its historic agreement
with the African National Congress in 1998, the Thomas J. Dodd
Research Center was one of the critical partners. The initial agreement focused on preserving the history of the African National
Congress. The Dodd Research Center agreed to provide technical
expertise to aid the ANC in preserving its archives and in creating
oral histories of its leaders and members. In addition, the ANC
named the University of Connecticut as its North American
repository for copies of materials, oral histories, and other antiapartheid related records.
During the past year, both the archives and oral history projects
made significant progress. In June 2001, Razia Saleh, a South
African archivist, was hired as the ANC Archives Project
Coordinator. She has spent much of her time during the past
year creating policy documents and drafting a manual to guide
staff in organizing the archival collections.
The Spring 2002 semester saw the return of archives classes
to Archives & Special Collections. The archival administration
course sequence was developed by University Archivist Rand
Jimerson and the History Department in the 1980s. With the
departure of Dr. Jimerson, the program lapsed until its recent
revitalization in 2000 by the History Department. During
2000-2001, three semesters of the course were taught by
adjunct staff with Archives & Special Collections staff making
guest appearances to discuss specific topics in their areas of
expertise. Revisions in University policy and the unavailability
of adjunct staff created an opportunity this past Spring for two
members of the center’s staff to return to teaching. Rutherford
Witthus and Betsy Pittman, both of whom previously taught
similar classes, provided instruction for the students enrolled
in History 392, Advanced Practice in Archival Administration.
The students completed 100 hours of practical archival
processing and each developed a finding aid, while exploring
the applications of modern technology in archival practice.
The positive response of the students bodes well for the future
of this program.
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Collections
Samuel & Ann Charters Archives of
Blues & Vernacular African American
Musical Culture
Donated in September 2000 by Samuel & Ann Charters, and still
growing, the Collection contains over 3,000 recordings, 245 pieces
of sheet music, and hundreds of books. The scope of the Collection
includes a full range of African American music from African, gospel
and the blues in all its forms to cajun and zydeco, early New
Orleans jazz, ragtime, Caribbean, rap and hip hop music. The archive
of books by Charters and others make up an eclectic collection of
reference sources on many topics related to the study of African
American music. Additions to the Collection in 2001-2002 included
Charters’ notes and photographs from the field, musicians’ contracts,
correspondence, and promotional materials. In April of 2001,
the Charters also donated the beginnings of a jazz component to
the Collection. It includes recordings by Louis Armstrong, Bix
Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and Jelly Roll Morton.
The Collection will be expanded to include other recordings by the
major figures and the more recent developers in the world of jazz.
Oyez Press Records
Founded in 1964 by Robert Hawley and Stevens van Strum, the
Oyez Press initially produced a series of poetry broadsides by
such notable figures as Robert Duncan, Robert Creeley, William
Everson, Gary Snyder, and Charles Olson. The press was active
until 1988 and published over 80 books in addition to numerous
keepsakes and broadsides, featuring authors such as David Meltzer,
Josephine Miles, Lew Welch, Philip Lamantia, and many others.
Archives & Special Collections has recently finished processing
the Collection so that it can be used by researchers. The finding
aid is available in print and electronic versions.
Southern New England Telephone
(SNET) Company Records
Southern New England Telephone was founded in New Haven in
1878 by George Coy, who improvised a crude switchboard using
carriage bolts, teapot lids, and wire, as the world’s first commercial
telephone exchange. SNET has served the telecommunication
needs of Connecticut residents ever since. In 1998 the company
deposited over 600 linear feet of materials in the Connecticut
Business History Archive at the Dodd Research Center. The
materials include records from the Business, Accounting and
Finance, and Corporate Relations Departments, as well as
company publications, photographs, and memorabilia. With a
generous grant from SNET, the organization of the Collection
has recently been completed and the Collection is now available
for research use. Highlights include the world’s first telephone
directory and photographs used in advertisements, ceremonies,
displays, promotions, and company publications. The photographs
cover a wide range of topics pertaining to SNET and Connecticut,
such as company properties, cities and towns, telephone equipment, natural disasters, operators, switchboards, SNET workers,
and telephones.
THOMAS J. DODD RESEARCH CENTER • ANNUAL REPORT 2002
© Barbara Cooney, “Letting Swift River Go”
(Boston, Little, Brown, 1991). Used with
permission from the Barbara Cooney Porter
Royalty Trust.
Barbara Cooney Papers
Previously on deposit, the Barbara
Cooney Papers were officially donated
to the Northeast Children’s Literature
Collection in 2001. Barbara Cooney was
the recipient of many awards for her
work, including two Caldecott Medals
from the American Library Association
for Chanticleer and the Fox (1959), and
Ox-Cart Man (1980), and the New York
Times Best Book of the Year for Miss
Rumphius in 1983. The Collection contains
preliminary and finished artwork, sketches,
drawings, correspondence, publications,
manuscripts, galley proofs, books, notes,
and dummies for 23 titles. The Collection
is available for research use through
both printed and electronic finding aids.
COLLECTIONS
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A total of eight exhibitions
highlighted collections found in
Archives & Special Collections.
Steal This Exhibit!
The Hoffman Family Collection
March-August 2001
The Hoffman Family Collection showcased an
intriguing mix of the personal and political
materials of Abbie Hoffman. Based on the exhibit,
Terri Goldich, Curator for the show, was interviewed for “Kain’s World” on Hartford television
network WFSB-30, and for a morning radio show
on Hartford’s WTIC 1080AM.
Shane
Revisiting an American Classic
August-October 2001
A new edition of Shane, richly illustrated by
Wendell Minor, allowed us the opportunity to
revisit this timeless story. The exhibit included
words and images from both the original books
and manuscripts as well as images from the
new edition.
Poets as Editors
Magazines of the Literary Underground
August-October 2001
This exhibit of underground literary magazines,
or “little magazines” provided an overview of the
collection, highlighting little magazines produced
and inspired by poets whose personal papers are
located in the Literary Archives.
After Anne Frank:
Children’s Books about the Holocaust
October-December 2001
This exhibit looked at selected examples of this
growing genre of children’s literature. The books,
acquired for use in the exhibit, were then donated
to the Northeast Children’s Literature Collection.
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COLLECTIONS
Elmo Roper Papers
Elmo Roper (1900-1971) was a pioneer in the fields of public
polling and market research in a career which ran from the 1930s
to the 1960s. Some of his many accomplishments include serving
as the director of the influential Fortune Survey and editor-at-large
for the Saturday Review. He had regular newspaper and radio
columns during the 1940s, and was later a frequent network
TV election analyst. Roper was also an activist for liberal causes,
from fundraising for the National Urban League and a founding
member of the Connecticut Civil Rights Commission in the 1960s.
During World War II, he was Deputy Director of the Office of
Strategic Services and did advisory work for the Office of Production
Management. He was chairman of the Fund for the Republic,
president of the Atlantic Union Committee, and a member of the
boards of literally
dozens of groups
and corporations
from Spiegel and
Tiffany & Co.
to the Children’s
Television
Workshop and
the Encyclopedia
Brittannica.
The Collection
Photograph of Archibald Crossley, George
includes a vast
Gallup, Sr., and Elmo Roper taken in 1957.
quantity of
business and
personal correspondence, as well as many of Roper’s frequent
speeches and articles. There are also a number of job files from
his marketing research clients, and supporting literature from the
various causes he was involved in, particularly the Atlantic Union
issue. Highlights of the letters cover a wide range of correspondence: Presidents from Franklin Roosevelt to Lyndon Johnson,
Senators from Estes Kefauver to Hubert Humphrey, and other
notables from Ansel Adams to Helen Keller. Because Roper lived
in Connecticut for the last half of his life, local politicians of the
era such as William Benton, Chester Bowles, and Thomas Dodd
are also well represented. Processing of the Elmo Roper
Collection has recently been completed with the generous support of the Archibald and Helen Crossley Endowment Fund.
Publications, productions, and websites
making use of materials from Archives &
Special Collections in 2001-2002:
University of Connecticut, part of the Arcadia Publishing Company’s
College History Series written by Mark J. Roy, produced in 2001.
Photographs from University Archives, the J.A. Manter Collection.
When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in
the Age of Rail Line Abandonment, by Joseph P. Schwieterman.
Kirksville, MO: Truman State University Press, 2001. Image from
the Leroy Roberts Connecticut Railroad Station Photograph
Collection.
The Perilous Fight, produced by KCTS Television, Seattle,
Washington. Film footage of the Home Economics Department’s
nursery school in 1948 and Farm and Home Week in 1932 from
the J. A. Manter Collection of University Films.
A Wired World, a documentary by Smash Entertainment of Boston
on the History Channel aired in November 2001. Images from
the Southern New England Telephone Collection.
A special issue of Chicago Review (Vols. 47:4-48:1) entitled
Stan Brakhage: Correspondences. Letters to Robert Duncan
and Charles Olson from the Stan Brakhage Papers highlighted.
Bloomfield Journal, September 28 and October 6, 2001, issues.
Images from the Leroy Roberts Connecticut Railroad Station
Photograph Collection.
Igitur: Revista Annuale di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Moderne,
article entitled “Unedited from the Olson Archives,” GennaioDicembre 2001. Items from the Charles Olson Papers.
Bridging the Hudson: The Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge and
Its Connecting Rail Lines. A Many-Faceted History by Carleton
Mabee. Purple Mountain Press: Fleishmanns, NY, 2001. Citations
from the Railroad History Collections.
Connecticut Valley Vernacular: The Vanishing Landscape and
Architecture of the New England Tobacco Fields, by James F.
O’Gorman, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in
Spring 2002. Quotations from Center for Oral History project on
Connecticut Tobacco production.
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
On Time, a companion book to the successful 1999 exhibition of
the same title published by the Smithsonian Institution, National
Museum of American History. Photographs from the Handicapped
Homemakers Project Records.
Newly Available
Collections
C.H. Dexter Company Records
C.J. Bates Company Records
Charters, Samuel and Ann Collection
Compass American Guides, a Fodor’s travel publication, authored
by Jeff Binder and Thomas Mark Szelog. Illustrated with William
Hubbard’s Map of New England, 1677.
Minutes of the Charles Olson Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Previously unpublished materials from the Charles Olson Papers
in most issues.
Fielding Dawson, a broadside published as a keepsake for friends
of Fielding Dawson on the occasion of his memorial at St. Mark’s
Church, New York City, March 3, 2002.
Cooney, Barbara Papers
National Organization of Women—
CT Records
New England Anarchist Bookfair Collection
New Haven Railroad Construction
Photograph Collection
Eastern Nursing Research
Society Records
A Teacher’s Legacy
First Casualty Press Records
A Special Exhibit to Honor Roger Crossgrove
Heinhold, George Papers
March-May 2002
Italians of New London Oral History Collection
This exhibit was an acknowledgement of
Professor of Art Emeritus Roger L. Crossgrove’s
impact as a teacher and mentor for generations
of artists. It also afforded us the opportunity to
recognize Roger’s significant contribution to the
University of Connecticut Libraries, especially
the Dodd Research Center.
Lepore, Dominick J. Papers
Nelson, Marilyn Papers
New American Poetry Circuit Records
New Haven Railroad Electrification Collection
Niagara Frontier Review Records
NHRHTA Collection
Oyez Press Records
North East Map Organization Records
Powys Family Collection
Nursing, School of Records
Slow Loris Press Records
Olson, Charles Papers
Stern, Milton Papers
Alexander, Martha Papers
Eastern Nursing Research Society Records
American Association of University Women
(AAUW) Records
Eaton Farms Development Collection
Athletic Communications, Office
of Records
One Hundred Years of Women
Celebration Records
Talbot, Clare Papers
Elleman, Barbara Papers
Finkelstein, Norman Papers
Penmaen/Busyhaus Collection
Hartley, Harry Papers
Peters, James S. II Papers
University of Connecticut Institute
of Water Resources Records
Henderson, Virginia Nursing Collection
Potes & Poets Press Records
Viggiani, Carl Papers
Hirsch Boyson, Phyllis Collection
of Children’s Literature
Renewing the Arnarchist Tradition Collection
Weil, James Papers
Roberts, Leroy NHRR Collection
Whalen, Philip Papers
Berkson, Bill Papers
Blickensderfer Manufacturing Company
Board of Trustees Records
Business Administration, School
of Records
Butler, Francelia Papers
Cazenave, Noel Papers
Charters, Samuel and Ann Collection
Clark, Hugh Papers
ELLA of Connecticut Records
Ho, Fred Papers
Hubbell, Patricia Papers
Human Rights Semester Collection
Italian Treasures of the New London,
CT, Community (videocassette)
Schart Hyman, Trina Papers
Slater, James Papers
Stieg Collection of NHRR
Connecticut Soldiers Collection
Joffe Hall, Joan Papers
UConn Photograph Collection
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Grower’s Assn.
Records
Kelly, Robert Papers
United Auto Workers, Local 1010
Records
Kenney Newspaper Collection
King Alternative Press Collection
Crossley, Archibald Papers
Ladd, Everett C. Jr. Papers
dePaola, Tomie Collection
Landauer, Walter Papers
Dodd, Thomas J. Collection
Levitt, Alan Papers
Dodd, Thomas J. Papers
McPhedran, Letitia Collection
Dyer, Jane Papers
National Conference on Organized
Resistance Records
May-August 2002
The exhibit honored the thousands of women
that have been educated at the University of
Connecticut and included photographs, clothing,
scrapbooks, and other memorabilia including a
signed basketball of the 1994-1995 Women’s
Basketball Champions.
May-August 2002
University Communications, Office
of Records
University Memorabilia Collection
Viggiani, Carl Papers
Women at the University of Connecticut
1901-2001
Images and Documents from Archives
& Special Collections
Summit of Sweden Collection
University of Connecticut League Records
From Home Economics to
The Winner’s Circle
Connecticut’s Wage-Earning
Women
Social Work, School of Records
Italians of New London Oral
History Collection
Crossgrove, Roger Papers
United Auto Workers Local 1010 Records
Schaefer, Carl Papers
Connecticut School Desegregation Collection
Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Records
January-March 2002
Connecticut Soldiers’ Orphans’
Home Records
Connecticut Soldiers Collection
Clare Talbot in her Los Angeles
bookshop, 1945.
The Depiction of the Ogre
in Puss in Boots
Charles Perrault’s Puss in Boots is the best known
story of the elusive ogre. This exhibit focused on
the ogre by demonstrating the wide range of
imaginative depictions artists have created over
the years.
Connecticut School
Desegregation Records
New England Archivists Records
Acquisitions 2001-2002
E X H I B I T S
From the Marilyn Nelson
Papers.
To offer evidence of the work women did outside
the home, and give credence to their advancements throughout the 20th Century, materials
from the Business and Labor History and Nursing
Collections were used to show successes achieved
throughout Connecticut.
Wadleigh, Ralph E. Photograph Collection
Woodmansee, Stanley Papers
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Public Programming
Public Room Usage
The Dodd Research Center continues to provide facilities to the
University for events such as lectures, receptions and meetings.
It is estimated that over 1,700 hours of events were held during
this fiscal year with approximately 21,000 people in attendance.
As a result of the heavy use the building received, the public
facilities received extensive renovation during the summer of 2001.
The hallways were repainted and recarpeted and the carpeting in
the reference area of the Reading Room was also replaced. The
public lounge flooring was converted from carpeting to a durable,
vinyl wood flooring that accents the
doorways and accompanying artwork.
Custom-made podium installed
in the Doris and Simon Konover
Auditorium, Summer 2001.
TOTAL USAGE BY ROOM
2001-2002
Konover Auditorium
and Public Lounge
35%
Conference Room
35%
Administrative
Conference Room
The Doris and Simon Konover
Auditorium continued to receive
heavy use throughout the year as
the site for lectures and conferences.
As a result of constant usage, the
auditorium received major upgrades
in presentation equipment this year.
Changes include a more efficient
touch screen system housed in a
hand-crafted wooden podium. The
main conference room, which is
primarily used by members of the
University community for meetings,
received new paintings created by
UConn Professor Emeritus Cynthia
Reeves Snow.
Hon. Robert Drinan, S.J.
Raymond & Beverly Sackler
Distinguished Lecture Series
This year the Dodd Research Center hosted two Sackler
Distinguished Lectures. The first lecture was in October 2001
and was given by the Honorable Robert Drinan, S.J. His lecture
entitled “The Mobilization of Shame: A World View of Human
Rights” drew over 200 students, faculty and staff to the Konover
Auditorium. The event was a highlight of the University of
Connecticut’s Human Rights Semester. The second Sackler
Distinguished Lecture was held at the Stamford Campus in April.
The lecture entitled “Bioterrorism & Civility,” was given by Dr.
Joshua Lederberg, a Nobel Prize winner in bacterial genetics.
The Raymond & Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture Series
also received a financial boost and a new promotional logo. In
December 2001, Raymond & Beverly Sackler gave an additional
gift of $150,000 to expand the endowment to support a second
lecture each year, one of which will be given at the UConn
Stamford campus.
The new logo for the lecture series is courtesy of the Connecticut
based company, Sonalyst. All upcoming lectures and events in the
series will feature this professional logo.
30%
Dr. Joshua Lederberg
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PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
The Greenwich Capital Markets
Economic Seminar Series was
established in 1997 to focus
attention on key economic
issues facing Connecticut and
the Nation, and the ways in
which interested parties can
work together to address those
issues in a meaningful way.
This year we were honored
to have Connecticut’s own
Governor John G. Rowland
present a lecture entitled “The Effects of September 11 on
Connecticut’s Economy.” The lecture was attended by UConn
alumni, students, donors, administrators, and professors and
focused on the “spiritual changes” that have affected us all
individually. Governor Rowland also took the opportunity to
dismiss gloomy predictions of the states economy post-9/11.
Leadership For Human Rights Semester
Chancellor John Petersen designated the Fall of 2001 as the Human
Rights Semester at the University of Connecticut. Tom Wilsted
was asked to chair the planning committee and this group began
meeting in April 2001.
The Chancellor provided an initial grant of $20,000 to support
the Semester. Additional funding came from the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences, the Dodd Research Center, and a grant from
the Southern New England Telephone Company. The campus
provided enthusiastic support for the Human Rights Semester
with more than sixty programs, seminars, and events occurring
during the four-month period. In light of the events of September
11, 2002, the Human Rights Semester took on additional significance. Speakers included Dith Pran, Lani Guinier, Randall
Robinson, Albie Sachs, and Father Robert Drinan. Topics included
women’s rights, medical and economic rights, the Holocaust, and
reparations for enslavement. It is estimated that more than ten
thousand people attended the campus-wide events.
Connecticut Children’s
Book Fair: Celebrating Children
& The Books They Read
The 2001 Connecticut Children’s Book Fair
celebrated the 10th anniversary of this
successful event. The first Book Fair, held
on May 2-3, 1992, on the Storrs Campus, included 20 participating authors and illustrators and a host of volunteers – many of
which are still with us today. The primary goals of the Book Fair
are to foster, in both children and adults, a lifetime commitment
to reading and to expand the scope and recognition of the
Northeast Children’s Literature Collection.
➤
Greenwich Capital
Markets Economic
Seminar Series
Governor John Rowland at the
2001 Greenwich Capital Markets
Lecture in March, 2002.
The Connecticut Children’s Book Fair also serves as the primary
venue for building the collection’s endowment. Throughout the
event’s first decade, the Fair’s steadfast financial supporters have
been Susan Aller, Billie Levy, Richard and Verne Mahoney, and
Norman and Nora Stevens. Our newest financial supporters
include the Connecticut Library Association, the Mohegan Sun,
and the Savings Bank of Manchester. The other essential aspect of
the Fair’s success has been the support provided by the UConn
Co-op. Each individual effort on behalf of the Book Fair and the
Northeast Children’s Literature Collection has helped build an
endowment of close to $50,000 in 10 years.
The 2001 Book Fair brought us a lineup of talented authors and
illustrators including: Susan Aller, Eric Carle, Tomie dePaola,
Dan Harper, Loretta Krupinski, Pamela Levy, Betsy & Ted Lewin,
Thomas Locker, Barry Moser, Cara Moser, Richard Peck, Malka
Penn, Matthew Reinhart, Robert Sabuda, Trina Schart Hyman,
and Jos. A. Smith. In a special Friday night event, Jean Craighead
George presented a program entitled “The Environment and
Kids.” Jean Craighead George is the author of over 100 books
and has won more than 20 awards for such works as Julie of the
Wolves and their sequels. She was joined at an evening book signing by Wendell Minor, illustrator of many of her publications.
One of the thousand of children
enjoying the Book Fair.
The Savings Bank of Manchester and the Mohegan Sun have
already signed on for the 2002 Book Fair with increased support
and with essential new volunteers. For more information about
our 2002 program, please visit http://bookfair.uconn.edu.
THOMAS J. DODD RESEARCH CENTER • ANNUAL REPORT 2002
PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
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Edwin Way Teale
Lecture Series, 2001-2002
J. Baird Callicott, Professor of
Philosophy, University of North Texas
The Concept of the Intrinsic Value:
Theoretical and Pragmatic
Considerations
Paul Hoffman, Sturgis Hooper Professor
of Geology, Harvard University
Snowball Earth: Testing the Limits of
Global Change
Raab Associates Prize
Shane
Since 1999, Raab Associates, a children’s book marketing agency,
has sponsored a prize for children’s literature illustration. Susan
Salzman Raab, the CEO of Raab Associates and a University alumna;
Terri J. Goldich, Curator of the Northeast Children’s Literature
Collection; and Cora Lynn Deibler, Professor of Illustration at
UConn, serve as the judges of this competition for students in
Professor Deibler’s class. The winning entries are displayed as part
of the events that make up the annual Connecticut Children’s
Book Fair, when the prize is formally awarded. Planning is underway to expand participation in the contest to students in all
UConn fine arts classes, writing classes in the English Department,
and the children’s literature classes in the Neag School of Education.
A new edition of Shane, the classic 1949 western novel by Jack
Warner Schaefer, was released in 2001. Shane is the story of a
stranger who helps settlers overcome land-hungry ranchers, and
this edition is illustrated by Wendell Minor of Washington,
Connecticut. A friend of the Dodd Research Center, Mr. Minor
allowed us to display some of his original artwork and paintings
created for publication in our exhibit highlighting Shane. In a
special program in October 2001, Mr. Minor also presented a
heartwarming account of what the story means to him and how
this translated to the illustrations. At the program, we were also
honored to have as a special guest Carl Schaefer, the son of
Jack Schaefer and the person to whom the original book was
dedicated. Carl Schaefer is a Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology at the University of Connecticut.
Stephen Kellert, Professor of Social
Ecology, Yale University
The Value of Nature and Human
Physical and Mental Well Being
The Origin and History of the Ogre
in Children’s Literature
Mark Sagoff, Senior Research Scholar,
School of Public Affairs, University
of Maryland
The Plaza or the Pendulum:
Two Concepts of the Ecosystem
William Cronin, Frederick Jackson
Turner Professor of History, Geography,
and Environmental Studies, University
of Wisconsin
Humanist Environmentalism
Gretchen Daily, Bing Interdisciplinary
Research Scientist, Stanford University
Forecasting the Future of Biodiversity
in a Human-Dominated World
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PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
Carol Peterson, Chancellor John Peterson, Thomas J. Dodd Jr. and
Tom Wilsted share a moment at the Raymond & Beverly Sackler
lecture in April, 2002.
The Dodd Research Center and the UConn Libraries hosted an
event in February 2002 to showcase the exhibit entitled “The
Depiction of the Ogre in Puss in Boots.” The exhibit highlighted
the illustrations in more than 75 printed editions of Puss in Boots
dating from 1820 to the present. Many of the items that were on
display are part of a collection owned by Marianne Gourary of
New York City. The public presentation, given by Michael Patrick
Hearn, noted author and critic of children’s literature, outlined
the colorful history of the many ways the Ogre has been depicted
in children’s literature.
IASSIST Conference
Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series
The Dodd Research Center continues to support the interdisciplinary lecture series at the University of Connecticut known as the
Teale Lecture Series. The series brings a variety of distinguished
speakers to the University each year to focus their attention on
the many facets of our environment. The series is named after
naturalist Edwin Way Teale (1899-1980), a distinguished
Connecticut author, naturalist, and photographer who donated
his voluminous collection of papers and photographs to Archives
& Special Collections.
In 2002, the Dodd Research Center, in conjunction with University
Libraries and the Roper Center, co-hosted the annual conference
of the International Association of Social Science Information
Service and Technology (IASSIST). The Conference, held on the
Storrs Campus June 10-14, attracted over 150 participants from
all over the world. This organization of professionals working in
and with information technology and data services was particularly interested in the Dodd Research Center’s Archives of Pioneers
in Survey Research. The Archive includes the papers of leaders of
the public polling community such as Samuel Lubell, Archibald
Crossley, Elmo Roper, James M. Vicary, and Daniel Yankelovich.
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Staff
Instruction Sessions
for UConn Classes
The staff of the Dodd Research Center
strengthened our role within the University
of Connecticut community by providing
instruction sessions to various classes.
These sessions included:
New Staff
Artists’ Books, Fall 2001 & Spring 2002
In August 2001, Kristin Eshelman joined the staff of the Thomas
J. Dodd Research Center as Curator of Multimedia Collections
and Coordinator of Reader Services. In addition to being a point
of contact for researchers in Archives & Special Collections,
Kristin manages non-print materials, including photographs, film,
video, and sound recordings. Kristin holds an M.L.S. from the
University of Arizona and began her archival career at the Center
for Creative Photography. There she was Archives Assistant and
National Endowment for the Arts project cataloger of the Andreas
Feininger Collection. She comes to the Dodd Center from the
University of Kansas, where she was Photo Archivist for the Kansas
Collection, the regional history department of the University of
Kansas Libraries.
Professional Activities
Children’s Literature Collection,
Summer 2001
Color Photography, Spring 2002
Historical Children’s Books,
Spring 2002
Interdisciplinary Undergraduate
Seminar, Spring 2002
Introduction to Digital Images and
Collections Online, Spring 2002
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Heidi N. Abbey – Digital Collections Librarian
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Listserv Moderator and Membership Database Manager for the
Information Technology Interest Group (ITIG), a special interest
group of the Association of College and Research Libraries/
New England Chapter (ACRL/NEC) 2001.
Chair for ACRL/NEC ITIG’s Spring 2002 Program, “Managing
Statistics for Electronic Resources,” at the University of
Connecticut.
Instructor for two workshops entitled “Introduction to Finding
Images on the World Wide Web” for the Homer Babbidge
Library’s Electronic Workshop Series.
■
■
Presented a talk for the public debut of the Colonial
Connecticut Records digital collection entitled “Overview
of the UConn Libraries’ Digital Collections Initiative,”
in November 2001 at the University of Connecticut.
Presented a talk entitled “Digital Collections Online (DCO):
Find the Resources You Need Fast” for the Internet Librarian
2001 Conference in Pasadena, CA, in November.
Presented a talk entitled “Introduction to Digital Collections,”
for the Invasive Plant Atlas of New England (IPANE) Digital
Collection Advisory Committee Meeting in February 2002.
■
Published an articled entitled “Art through the Ages Online:
An Evaluative Webliography of Art & Art History Timelines”
in Art Libraries Journal 27, no. 2 (Spring 2002).
■
Co-Chair for the Advisory Council on Evaluation and
Promotion of Professional Librarians for the University of
Connecticut Libraries, Spring 2002.
THOMAS J. DODD RESEARCH CENTER • ANNUAL REPORT 2002
Introduction to Finding Images
on the World Wide Web, Summer
and Fall 2001
Introduction to Resources Available
at Archives & Special Collections,
Fall 2001
Medieval Manuscripts and Early
Herbals, Spring 2002
Topics in Illustration, Fall 2001
Word and Image, Fall 2001
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(l to r) Laura Katz Smith – Curator;
Kristin Eshelman – Curator;
Ann Galonska – Assistant, Library
Development; Betsy Pittman –
University Archivist; Terri Goldich –
Curator; Thomas P. Wilsted – Director;
Rutherford Witthus – Curator; Heidi
N. Abbey – Digital Collections
Librarian; Jean Cardinale Nelson –
Events Coordinator; (not pictured)
Fred Service – Temporary University
Specialist; Stephen Showers – SNET
Project Archivist.
■
Presented a talk entitled “From George and Martha to Tomie
and Trina,” for the Connecticut Library Association in June 2002.
■
Presented a program to the New England Chapter of the American
Printing History Association entitled “From dogs to ponies:
The Northeast Children Literature Collection at the University
of Connecticut,” at the Dodd Research Center in June 2002.
Betsy Pittman – University Archivist, Curator of Politics
and Public Affairs and Connecticut History
Professional Activities (cont.)
■
Spoke to two classes of high school students from E.O. Smith
in Storrs, CT focusing on the Dodd Research Center, its collections and what types of procedures to expect when conducting
primary research. The students were then given an assignment
based on the presentation in April 2002.
■
Spoke at two local middle schools during their Career Day
Activities. In each presentation, Ms. Pittman addressed the
benefits of the profession and the education necessary to
become an archivist in Spring 2002.
■
Spent a day with E.O. Smith High School Sophomore, Miriam
Parsons, to give her a better understanding of what an archivist
does on a daily basis and clarify whether she wishes to pursue
a career in Archives in February 2002.
Kristin Eshelman – Curator of Multimedia Collections and
Coordinator of Reader Services
■
Attended the National Archives and Records Administration
workshop entitled “Preservation Management of Machine-based
Audiovisual Collections” at Harvard University in Boston, MA
in October 2001.
■
■
Attended the North East Regional Computing Program’s
Instructional Service’s Interest Group workshop Image Databases
at Smith College, Northampton, MA in December 2001.
Presented a program entitled “Electronic Records Management
at the University of Connecticut,” at the New England
Archivists Fall Meeting in New Haven, CT in October 2001.
■
Presented a program entitled “Retention and Disposition of
Records,” at the New England Archivists Spring Meeting in
Newport, RI in March 2002.
■
Attended the Association for Recorded Sound Collections
36th Annual Conference in Santa Barbara, CA.
■
Presented a talk entitled “Samuel and Ann Charters Collection
of African American Music, 1845-2000,” at the Annual Meeting
of the New England Music Library Association held at the
University of Connecticut in October 2001.
Terri Goldich – Curator, Northeast Children’s Literature
Collection and Alternative Press Collection
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Presented a talk entitled “From Goody Two Shoes to Harry
Potter: Major Collections of Children’s Literature,” at the
American Library Association Meeting in San Francisco, CA
in June 2002.
Laura Katz Smith – Curator of Connecticut Business, Railroad
History, Labor History & Ethnic Heritage and Immigration Collections
■
Co-Chair for the Advisory Council on Evaluation and
Promotion of Professional Librarians for the University of
Connecticut Libraries, Spring 2002.
■
Presented a program about the railroad history collections in
Archives & Special Collections to the Cape Cod Chapter of the
National Railway Historical Society on April 17, 2002, in South
Yarmouth, MA.
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Tom Wilsted - Director
■
Board Member for the Connecticut Coordinating Committee
for the Promotion of History.
■
Gubernatorial appointment to the Connecticut State Historical
Records Advisory Board.
■
Chair of the UConn Human Rights Semester Committee.
■
Committee member on the editorial board for an official
University of Connecticut History, to be written and printed
in 2006 for the 125th anniversary of the University.
■
Committee Chair and Board Member of the Roper Center
for Public Polling.
■
Presented a program entitled “An Archivist’s Conundrum:
Preserving and Accessing Electronic Records,” at the Annual
Meeting of the New Zealand Society of Archivists in
Wellington, New Zealand on August 23, 2001.
■
■
■
Presented a keynote address at the 25th Anniversary Meeting
of the Archives and Records Association of New Zealand entitled
“Forming Archival Associations: A Profession’s Golden Age,”
Wellington, New Zealand on August 25, 2001.
Presented a workshop on Planning New and Remodeled
Archival Facilities for the Society of Florida Archivists in
Tampa, FL on October 4, 2001.
Presented a program entitled “Dealers, Donors, and Archivists:
Partners in Developing Collections,” at the New England
Archivists Spring Meeting in Newport, RI in March 2002.
Volunteers
Staff Sharers
Susan Aller
Barbara Barrett
Roger Crossgrove
Billie Levy
Susannah Richards
Richard Schimmelpfeng
Norman Stevens
Nora Stevens
John Wraight
Mary Briggs
Kim Crockett
Sandy Gallup
Ellie Penn
Student Employees
Kehinde Ajayi
Taiwo Ajayi
Leah Amaru
Alexandra Andros
David Brochu
■
Presented a workshop on developing digital collections for
New England’s Library and Information Services Network in
Southborough, MA in April 2002.
■
Presented a workshop with Rutherford Witthus at the “Living
The Future Conference” at the University of Arizona in April
2002. The workshop was entitled “Using Cross Functional
Teams as a Strategy for Improved Library Communication and
Effectiveness.”
■
Published the article “Looking Back: A New Zealand Sojourn,”
in Archifacts, printed in August 2001.
Rutherford Witthus – Curator of Literary and Natural
History Collections
■
Developed and moderated a program entitled “The Emergence
of Digital Scholarship: New Models for Librarians, Archivists,
and Humanists,” for the American Library Association’s Annual
Conference in Atlanta, GA in June 2002.
■
Serving an appointment to the ALA-SAA Joint Committee on
Library-Archives Relations.
■
Vice President/President Elect of the New England Archivists.
■
Presented a workshop with Tom Wilsted at the “Living The
Future Conference” at the University of Arizona in April 2002.
The workshop was entitled “Using Cross Functional Teams
as a Strategy for Improved Library Communication and
Effectiveness.”
Carl Brown
Jillian Cedio
Christina Dent
Sean Doherty (Intern)
Jocelyn Drabek
Wendy Hennequin
Michael Hoerger
Reza Hossain
Lindsay Hunter (Intern)
Jody Jabotte
Nadine Kerr
Kathryn Smith King (Intern)
Kelly Kneeland
THOMAS J. DODD RESEARCH CENTER • ANNUAL REPORT 2002
Hanqing Ling
Mildred Lopez
Romulus Maier
Kristie McGarry
Frank Napolitano, Jr.
Marisela Ramos
Phil Samponaro
Angela Santanella
Jim Scannell
JunHo Shin
Shahab Shojaeizadeh
Daniel Simmons (Intern)
Patricia Triplett
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Financial Donors
Gift
➤
Tom Wilsted, Governor John
Rowland and Ben Carpenter,
Co-CEO of Greenwich Capital
Markets, at the Greenwich
Capital Markets Lecture
in March 2002.
Benefits
$10,000 +
University Librarian’s Circle & University Founders
Society Gold
$5,000 - $9,999
Library Benefactor & University Founders Society Silver
$1,000 - $4,999
Library Patron & University Founders Society Bronze
All benefits of previous levels in addition to:
■
Annual dinner with the Director of University Libraries
and distinguished guests
■
Copies of library-sponsored publications
July 1, 2001 - June 30, 2002
$100,000 and more
$1,000 - $4,999
Raymond & Beverly Sackler
Susan B. Aller
Dr. Eldon Bernstein
Harold Koh & Mary-Christy Fisher
Billie M. Levy
Norman & Nora Stevens
$25,000 - $99,999
Gladys Krieble Delmas
Foundation
$10,000 - $24,999
Mrs. John McDonald
SBC Foundation
SBM Charitable Foundation
UConn Co-op
$500 - $999
Curator
$100 - $499
Fellow
$50 - $99
Associate
■
Quarterly newsletter, UConn Libraries
$500 - $999
■
Invitations to exhibit openings and special events
Connecticut Library Association
David & Billie Kapp
Richard & Laverne Mahoney
■
Community Borrower privileges
■
Invitation to an annual special event for Friends only
■
Friends of the University of Connecticut Libraries
$5,000 - $9,999
$100 - $499
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
Mohegan Sun
William Rainer
Anonymous
Helen M. Crossley
E. Lawrence Deckinger
Donald K. Deitch
Brinley Franklin & Cheryl Hillen
Charles & Romana Primus
$50 - $99
Daniel W. & Gail H. Lester
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FINANCIAL DONORS
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Financials
Endowment Funds
Account Activity, FY 2002
Endowment
Balance
June 30, 2001
Endowment
Balance
June 30, 2002
Balance
June 30, 2001
Albert E. Waugh Memorial Library Fund
Archibald & Helen Crossley Fund
Doris and Simon Konover Endowment
Eldon & Judith Bernstein Endowment
Greenwich Capital Markets Economic Seminar
John P. McDonald Library Fund
Northeast Children’s Literature Collection
Raymond & Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture Series
Rose & Sigmund Strochlitz Travel Grants
Treibick Family Public Outreach Fund in Human Rights
UST Inc., Dodd Research Center Fund
$ 13,957.00
$ 63,150.00
$
0.00
$ 84,418.00
$ 94,516.00
$ 130,879.00
$ 48,263.00
$ 78,454.00
$ 29,427.00
$ 353,111.00
$ 114,992.00
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
11,485.00
52,482.00
129,680.00
74,151.00
77,569.00
108,969.00
56,114.00
199,097.00
25,072.00
303,727.00
105,991.00
$ 573.00
$ 9,851.06
$
0.00
$ 7,609.53
$ 1,466.32
$ 5,836.31
$ 5,575.50
$ 6,498.07
$ 2,662.19
$ 28,028.57
$ 16,014.47
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
690.14
3,137.58
8,119.83
2,313.07
10,448.80
6,508.33
2,505.27
7,787.73
942.13
9,675.32
6,197.42
$
0.00
$ 3,349.62
$ 605.54
$ 1,741.34
$ 7,583.90
$ 2,500.00
$ 2,812.21
$ 12,895.25
$
0.00
$ 4,611.12
$ 8,282.93
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
Total
$1,011,167.00
$1,144,337.00
$ 84,115.02
$ 58,325.62
$ 44,381.91
$ 98,058.91
Fund Name
Revenues
Expenditures
Balance
June 30, 2002
1,263.32
9,639.02
7,514.29
8,181.26
4,331.22
9,844.64
5,268.56
1,390.55
3,604.32
33,092.77
13,928.96
Educational &
General Accounts
General Account
Income
Transfer Income from
Foundation
Total Income
$ 662,268.07
$ 14,600.69
$ 676,868.76
Salaries/Benefits
Student Labor
Contractuals
Commodities
Total Expenses
$ 582,057.07
$ 57,612.51
$ 25,504.79
$ 14,143.96
$ 679,318.33
Fund Balance
$ (2,449.57)
Revenue Accounts
Copier/Reference Account
Non-Endowed Funds
Fund Name
Account Activity, FY 2002
Balance
June 30, 2001
Revenues
Archives Building Israel Bond Account
Charles Olson Collection Fund
Connecticut Book Fair
Daniel Yankelovich Fund
Dodd Current Events
Historical Manuscripts & Archives
Library Edwin Way Teale Collection
Southern New England Telephone Archives
Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
$ 44,823.94
$
0.00
$
525.22
$ 3,647.50
$ 3,004.50
$ 1,973.38
$ 4,180.00
$ 56,162.39
$ 182,660.96
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
59,112.00
40,000.00
24,312.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
17,290.00
Total
$ 295,927.45
$ 140,714.00
Expenditures
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
Balance
June 30, 2002
95,102.14
152.95
9,989.42
0.00
2,588.28
0.00
0.00
53,083.95
24,107.75
$ 8,833.80
$ 39,847.05
$ 13,797.36
$ 3,647.50
$
416.22
$ 1,973.38
$ 4,180.00
$ 3,078.44
$175,843.21
$185,024.49
$251,616.96
Income
$
4,058.71
Contractuals
Commodities
Total Expenses
$
$
$
1,375.87
1,270.93
2,646.80
Fund Balance
$
1,411.91
$
3,678.00
Public Use Account
Income
Transfer Income from
fund reserves
Total Income
$ 12,318.31
$ 15,996.31
Contractuals
Commodities
Equipment
$ 2,942.55
$ 2,179.06
$ 10,875.30
Total Expenses
$ 15,996.91
Fund Balance
THOMAS J. DODD RESEARCH CENTER • ANNUAL REPORT 2002
($0.60)
FINANCIALS
15
Extended Hours
RESEARCH USAGE
S TAT I S T I C S 2 0 0 1 - 2 0 0 2
John P. McDonald Reading Room
Building
Monday 10am-7pm
Monday 8:30am-7:00pm
Tuesday-Friday 10am-4pm
Tuesday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm
Saturday Noon-4pm
Saturday Noon-4pm
Inter-Library Loan average
requests per month:
25
Total number of reference
questions answered:
2,542
Please visit us on the Web at:
Total number of
www.lib.uconn.edu/doddcenter/
patrons entering the
Reading Room:
The additional access to the collections has had a positive change. According to our statistics, the
extended Monday evening and Saturday hours accounted for approximately 12% of the total usage.
1,843
Total linear feet added
to our collections:
778.50
(31% increase over ‘00-’01)
Total number of titles/
volumes cataloged:
16
2,712
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Photo credits: G. Gregory, GCUI, Orange, CT • Peter Morenus • Jim Scannell
During the Fall 2000 term, the University Student Government (USG) Academic Affairs Committee
approached the library administration to petition for an increase in the hours for both the Homer
Babbidge Library and the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. In response to these issues the Dodd
Research Center extended both its building hours and Reading Room hours for 2001-2002.
These new hours are: