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Williams, Lucy S. Lucy Williams copy and composition book, 1869-1872.

Title: Lucy Williams copy and composition book, 1869-1872.

A copy and composition book kept by Lucy Williams while a student at Hartford Public High School. Includes the class poem, class monograms, and class day speeches. On the opposite side of the volume, Williams recorded notes on Shakespeare.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/710807935 View

Barbour, Lucius Barnes, 1878-1934. Lucius B. Barbour scrapbook, 1892-1896.

Title: Lucius B. Barbour scrapbook, 1892-1896.

This scrapbook was compiled by Hartford, Connecticut, resident Lucius Barnes Barbour. Known later in his life as a prominent genealogist, this volume contains dance cards, photographs, Valentines, and other ephemera from Barbour's school days. Barbour was a member of the Hartford Public High School Class of 1896.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/704901631 View

Bourn, Allen. Record book, 1854-1857.

Title: Record book, 1854-1857.

Exercise book of student at Hartford Public High School; includes composition on slavery which refers to the underground railroad.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39304975 View

Morris, John Felt, 1877-1934. John Felt Morris scrapbooks, 1887-1934.

Title: John Felt Morris scrapbooks, 1887-1934.

A series of scrapbooks kept by John Felt Morris, a lifelong resident of the Hartford area. Morris graduated from Hartford Public High School and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked for the Hartford-Connecticut Trust Company for many years and also served as secretary of the Connecticut Historical Society. The volumes that are titled include "Machines, Inventions & Discoveries, Vol. 2" and "Newspaper serialization of Pershing's 'My Experiences in the World War." The remainder are miscellaneous. Among the pieces are a pencil sketch of Morris and information on the Hillyer Institute.

ArchivalResource: 7 volumes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/635512882 View

McNight, Rachel. Rachel McNight papers, 1924-1953.

Title: Rachel McNight papers, 1924-1953.

Rachel McKnight was a journalist with The Hartford Times. The club editor, McKnight's papers include a number of copies of speeches given in the Hartford area. McKnight's World War II era ration cards are included in the collection, as is a Press Pass. A collection of newspaper clippings from The Globe and The Hartford Times about sports in the area, particularly the teams at Hartford Public High School, are kept pasted into a notebook. Assorted correspondence is also part of the collection.

ArchivalResource: 0.50 linear foot (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/756693849 View

Beach, Thomas B. Thomas Beach scrapbook, 1871-1876.

Title: Thomas Beach scrapbook, 1871-1876.

A scrapbook containing dance cards and related ephemera from Hartford Public High School and Trinity College. The volume was kept by Thomas Beach of West Hartford, Connecticut.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/729399870 View

Hyde, William W. Hartford Public High School class day book, 1872-1876.

Title: Hartford Public High School class day book, 1872-1876.

Notebook contains the Hartford Public High School's Class of 1872 class history, by Hattie Bissell and Emma Tarbox; class poem, by Jeannie Stickney; class essay, by Louise Rowles; class prophecy, by James Bryant; class oration, by William Hyde; programs from the class day exercises and anniversary exercises; and a listing of classmates, their addresses, and occupations in 1876. With the exception of the programs, everything was handwritten.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/677011094 View

Gilman Family. Papers, 1897-1998.

Title: Papers, 1897-1998.

Correspondence of Albert Gilman, letter to Martin Gilman from Richard Krueger about dinosaur tracks in Connecticut and text of Hartford Public High School song by Helen Roberts Tolles.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder ; 24 x 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49680869 View

Gilman, Martin, 1912-. Papers, 1918-1976.

Title: Papers, 1918-1976.

Letters to Gilman from his teacher, Helen Pritchard, report on student activities at Hartford Public High School in Hartford, Conn.; Bertha Gilman's account book records cost of operating a Ford roadster between 1918 and 1923.

ArchivalResource: 5 items ; 28 x 22 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38148515 View

Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913. Roman history and geography of the nations of antiquity : autograph notebook : Hartford Public High School, [1850].

Title: Roman history and geography of the nations of antiquity : autograph notebook : Hartford Public High School, [1850].

ArchivalResource: 1 notebook (148 p.) ; 14 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270839121 View

Robinson, John Trumbull, 1871-1937. John T. and Henry C. Robinson papers, 1885-1889, undated.

Title: John T. and Henry C. Robinson papers, 1885-1889, undated.

Primarily monthly reports of the Hartford Public High School with a list of students and their departments. Written on the last page of each four-page pamphlet is written the grade report for that month for John T. Robinson, examined and signed by Henry C. Robinson. The reports start with the month ending June 5, 1885 and end with the April 18, 1889 report. Also included is a printed pamphlet with Class-day songs for the class of 1889, and an essay written in pencil but unsigned, entitled "Our remarkable school." Additional items include a letter written to Master John from his grandmother, undated, and the commonplace book of Henry C. Robinson, also undated.

ArchivalResource: 1 envelope.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/722850874 View

Clark, Walter Haven. H.P.H.S. '92. Being a collection of souvenirs of the course of Walter Haven Clark through the Hartford Public High School May 1888 - June 1892 / compiled by himself, 1888-1938.

Title: H.P.H.S. '92. Being a collection of souvenirs of the course of Walter Haven Clark through the Hartford Public High School May 1888 - June 1892 / compiled by himself, 1888-1938.

Bound volume of approximately 109 printed, typescript and photographic items, many of them printed Hartford Public High School catalogues, programs, examinations, and monthly report cards, documenting Walter Haven Clark's high school career. The printed material carries annotations by Clark, including details of athletic competitions, academic standings of top students (including himself), and colleges fellow classmates planned to attend. There are also 26 photographs depicting classmates, athletic teams, an art class, exhibitions of the camera club, Clark's diploma, and a collection of Clark's favorite objects. Other items include a typescript "History of the Class of '92," and holograph addresses of the salutatorian and valedictorian, and clippings about school events and teachers.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. : ill ; 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84046101 View

Connecticut Historical Society. Diplomas, Schools, Connecticut.

Title: Diplomas, Schools, Connecticut. 1870-1925.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversize box (23 items) ; 41 x 54 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54751875 View

Griswold, Isabelle. Isabelle Griswold autograph book, 1853-1861.

Title: Isabelle Griswold autograph book, 1853-1861.

Primarily autographs, but one pencil sketch, three poems and nine gem photographs adorn this volume collected by Isabelle Griswold of Hartford, Connecticut, who appears to have attended Hartford Public High School. There are also a few mentions of Hartford Female Seminary.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668092088 View

Gilman family. Gilman family papers, 1918-1954.

Title: Gilman family papers, 1918-1954.

Letters written to Martin A. Gilman from his parents, Albert and Bertha Gilman of Sisson Ave., Hartford, Connecticut. The correspondence began when Martin entered MIT in September 1932 and continued through 1954. Martin Gilman resided in Lexington, Massachusetts, from 1940 until his death. The envelope contains assorted family papers, including a receipt from Albert's funeral in 1953. Additionally, there is material from Martin's time at Hartford Public High School. He graduated with the Class of 1932.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet (4 boxes and 1 envelope).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320353206 View

Hartford Public High School (Hartford, Conn.). Hartford Public High School order of procession, ca. 1852.

Title: Hartford Public High School order of procession, ca. 1852.

Order of Procession at the funeral of the Manual of Morals. Also included is a letter from HPHS in 1966. The principal and librarian were unable to provide any further information on the Manual of Morals.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/775352457 View

Ripley, Lewis W. Papers, 1877-1931.

Title: Papers, 1877-1931.

Records of his Hartford Public High School class of 1881, including monthly reports, examinations, programs, a copy of its journal "Index Rerum" and correspondence about reunions.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (42 items) ; 26 x 38 x 4 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34163079 View

R. Guastavino Company. Hartford Public High School, Broad Street, Hartford, Conn. [graphic] : [detail drawings of] ceiling, lunch room entrance [and] main entrance / R. Guastavino Co.

Title: Hartford Public High School, Broad Street, Hartford, Conn. [graphic] : [detail drawings of] ceiling, lunch room entrance [and] main entrance / R. Guastavino Co. Mar. 4, 1914-July 31, 1917.

ArchivalResource: 3 drawings : ink on linen ; 52.1 x 57.6 cm. (20 1/2 x 22 3/4 in.) or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83365244 View

Goodrich, Belle. Belle Goodrich friendship book, 1878.

Title: Belle Goodrich friendship book, 1878.

An autograph book kept by Belle Goodrich, a graduate of Hartford Public High School. Goodrich collected the signatures of her friends in the classes of the late 1800s.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/704908917 View

Hook, Keith, b. 1917. Keith Hook papers, 1948-1979.

Title: Keith Hook papers, 1948-1979.

Keith Hook lived in Hartford, Connecticut, for many years and was active with a number of local organizations, including the Hartford School Board. Hook first ran unsuccessfully for the Board in 1953. He was appointed to fill a vacancy from July 1956 to December 1957. In February 1959 he was once again appointed, won an election, and continued to serve until December 1971. For several of those years Hook served as President of the Board. Hook's papers provide a history of Hartford school issues for the 1960s. As a member of the Board, Hook was involved in the hiring of two superintendents, Kenneth L. Meinke and Medill Bair. Area businesses took an interest in the Hartford Public Schools, especially Aetna, which formed a partnership with Weaver High School. The School Board is charged with all aspects of education in Hartford, from management of the buildings to salary negotiations for educators. Teachers in Hartford continue to be represented by the Hartford Federation of Teachers. The Board also faces decisions regarding bilingual education, Head Start programs, and similar educational initiatives. During Hook's time the Project Concern program began, allowing minority city students to attend predominantly white suburban schools. From time to time smaller issues, such as whether to allow the Hartford Capitols Basketball team to use school facilities, would be debated. For help planning the best approach for school integration, the School Board commissioned the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Center for Field Studies to study the situation (the study was funded by a grant from the Ford Foundation and is available elsewhere in the CHS collections). Hook fought for and against many policies, ideas, and initiatives during his time on the Board. One for which he accumulated much reference material was the construction of a fallout shelter within the new Hartford Public High School. Hook was involved in the site selection and construction of many new schools in the city, particularly the three high schools: Bulkeley, Hartford Public, and Weaver. One neighborhood elementary school that was much discussed in the early years of Hook's time on the board was the South Arsenal Neighborhood Development (SANDS) School. Blueprints, especially for Hartford Public High School, can be found among the papers. Hartford Public was relocated in part to make room for the expressway now known as Interstate 84. For this reason, a report on the building of an East-West expressway, and several maps are included. One of the largest issues Hook and his Board colleagues had to deal with was integration of segregated schools. Race relations, in general, were part of almost every discussion. Hook and the School Board held occasional meetings with the NAACP. Other education related organizations with which Hook was involved include the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education and the Capital Region Education Council. Hook also served on a steering committee for the creation of an educational television station (now Connecticut Public Television) in Hartford. Hook was a proponent of enhancing medical and dental education within the state, and was a member of the Citizens' Committee for the Connecticut Medical and Dental Schools. Following his years on the school board, Hook was involved with Greater Hartford Community College. His papers reflect this involvement, including approving scholarships for local residents. Hook compiled an enormous collection of newspaper clippings. Many of the clippings provide a framework for understanding the issues about which Hook and his colleagues corresponded. Among Hook's many regular correspondents were fellow members of the Board of Education, especially Salvador Fasi, Rev. Richard A. Battles, Lewis Fox, Madelyn C. Neumann, and Belle Ribicoff. Hook also exchanged letters with the city's mayors, William E. Glynn, George B. Kinsella, Antonia P. Uccello, and George A. Athanson. Frequently Hook corresponded with Hartford's City Manager, Carleton F. Sharpe. School business often went hand in hand with projects and policies of the Hartford Chamber of Commerce and the City of Hartford. A number of Hartford City Budgets and Annual Reports are also in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 69 linear feet (137 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/312781311 View

Hyde, William Waldo, 1854-1915. William W. Hyde scrapbook, 1868-1873.

Title: William W. Hyde scrapbook, 1868-1873.

Scrapbook kept by William Waldo Hyde of Hartford, Connecticut. Hyde was born in Tolland, Connecticut. He graduated from Hartford Public High School (1872) and Yale (1876). The scrapbook contains many items from Hyde's high school graduation and time at Yale, including examinations. Primarily, though, it contains newspaper clippings. Hyde was active in Hartford civic affairs, including serving a term as mayor of the city.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/704901644 View

Nason, Charles R. Charles Nason scrapbooks, 1884-1938.

Title: Charles Nason scrapbooks, 1884-1938.

Two scrapbooks about Hartford and Hartford families kept by Charles Nason. The newspaper clippings mostly pertain to social events, including class day exercises at Hartford Public High School, Nason's membership in the Hartford Camera Club, the Ladies' Bicycle Club socials of 1892-1893, his own wedding to Fannie Esther Spencer, and the births of their children. Nason worked for Aetna Life. The second volume is incomplete, though it contains a collection of loose clippings. Two other documents found with the scrapbooks are the will of Martha Greenfield (1820) and a chart of the battles of the American Revolution.

ArchivalResource: 2 volumes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/729400393 View

Brainard, Morgan Bulkeley, 1879-1957. Scrapbooks, 1895-1901.

Title: Scrapbooks, 1895-1901.

Scrapbooks kept while a student at Hartford Public High School in Hartford, Conn., and at Yale College in New Haven, Conn.; includes dance programs, catalogs for dog shows, the constitution of the Connecticut Interscholastic Football Association and the label of Belknap & Warfield, booksellers in Hartford, Conn.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. : ill. ; 31 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40005802 View

Hubbard, Lottie E. Lottie Hubbard sketch books, 1883-1884.

Title: Lottie Hubbard sketch books, 1883-1884.

A binder containing three sketch pads used by Lottie Hubbard, a student at Hartford Public High School. Also included are her monthly report cards for June, September - December 1883, January - April, June and July 1884.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/722854009 View

Hartford Public High School (Hartford, Conn.). This certifies that Frank Chapman Gill has completed the full course of study pursued in the Hartford Public High School / Public High School, Hartford, Conn.

Title: This certifies that Frank Chapman Gill has completed the full course of study pursued in the Hartford Public High School / Public High School, Hartford, Conn. 1891 Apr. 24.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 39 x 50 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43473691 View

Holcombe, Harold G. Harold Holcombe high school papers, 1889-1892.

Title: Harold Holcombe high school papers, 1889-1892.

This collection contains the Monthly Reports of Hartford Public High School, with the grades of Harold G. Holcombe written in, and signed by his mother, Emily S. G. Holcombe. The reports cover December 1889 to April 1892. Holcombe was a member of the Class of 1892. A pamphlet of Class-Day songs includes one he wrote. Also included is a program from the Anniversary Exercises of the Senior Class. Two photographs are in the collection as well. The earlier photograph was taken at West Middle School. The later was taken at the Class of 1892's 65th reunion. A list of the living members of the class in 1957 accompanies the photographs.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/770099469 View

Gilman, Martin A., 1915-. Martin Gilman high school and personal papers, 1908-1988.

Title: Martin Gilman high school and personal papers, 1908-1988.

Primarily material related to Gilman's attendance at Hartford Public High School, including his biology, physics and chemistry notebooks, and documents concerning his participation with the National Honor Society, his graduation, and subsequent high school reunions. Other materials consist of his baby book and birth announcement, scattered correspondence from friends and family, and some financial records. Also includes financial documents of his father, Albert James Gilman and a probate document.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear feet (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191852774 View

deMauriac, Marion Manning Welch, 1886-1971. Marion Welch papers, 1896-1912.

Title: Marion Welch papers, 1896-1912.

A collection of notebooks and papers from Marion Welch's childhood and early adulthood. Includes several notebooks with stories and sketches. A zoology notebook contains sketches and comparisons of insects. Another notebook begins with the constitution of the "Tattle Tale," a weekly newspaper at Hartford Public High School, and contains a number of stories. Welch had an affinity for writing and drawing. For a period of time she wrote the "Marion Welch Weekly Paper," which is included in the papers. Correspondence, including information about Hartford Public High School reunions, newspaper clippings, and more handwritten and typewritten stories may be found in the papers as well.

ArchivalResource: 0.50 linear foot (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/746060086 View

Clark, Walter Haven. H.P.H.S. '92. Being a collection of souvenirs of the course of Walter Haven Clark through the Hartford Public High School May 1888 - June 1892 / compiled by himself, 1888-1938.

Title: H.P.H.S. '92. Being a collection of souvenirs of the course of Walter Haven Clark through the Hartford Public High School May 1888 - June 1892 / compiled by himself, 1888-1938.

Bound volume of approximately 109 printed, typescript and photographic items, many of them printed Hartford Public High School catalogues, programs, examinations, and monthly report cards, documenting Walter Haven Clark's high school career. The printed material carries annotations by Clark, including details of athletic competitions, academic standings of top students (including himself), and colleges fellow classmates planned to attend. There are also 26 photographs depicting classmates, athletic teams, an art class, exhibitions of the camera club, Clark's diploma, and a collection of Clark's favorite objects. Other items include a typescript "History of the Class of '92," and holograph addresses of the salutatorian and valedictorian, and clippings about school events and teachers.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. : ill ; 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702164991 View

Burr, Nelson R. (Nelson Rollin), 1904-1994. Papers, 1919-1988.

Title: Papers, 1919-1988.

Notes for courses taken at Hartford Public High School in Hartford, Conn. and at the university level, lectures and publications on Henry Barnard, on education in New Jersey between 1630 and 1871, on religious ideas of American authors and on the early labor movement in Conn.; includes publications of poems titled "The hosting of the stars," "East of the Penobscot, " and "The roads of Haddam."

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes : ill. ; 39 x 26 x 12 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33462723 View

Mortensen, William H., 1903-1990. William Mortensen personal, business and political papers, 1903-1990.

Title: William Mortensen personal, business and political papers, 1903-1990.

Biographical material, such as a copy of his birth certificate and a program from his memorial service, yearbooks from Hartford Public High School and Antioch College, volume 4 of "The Owlet", the student newspaper at Hartford Public High, awards and citations, newspaper clippings, and material from his Senatorial and Mayoral campaigns. Includes reports, press releases and background research on the Hartford Circus Fire in 1944. Also correspondence, editorial comments, memoranda, lists, and accounts of sales and distribution relating to Albert Coote's monograph Four Vintage Decades about the performing arts in Hartford from 1930-1970.

ArchivalResource: 2.0 linear feet (2 boxes, 1 volume, 1 oversize folder).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/190546175 View

Gerath, Claire Z., 1918-2008. Claire Zagorska autograph album, 1936-1938.

Title: Claire Zagorska autograph album, 1936-1938.

Small book filled with comic verse and signatures from classmates, gathered by Claire Zagorska when she graduated from Hartford Public High School. A significant number of names are Polish.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/652447326 View

Seymour Family. Papers, 1802-1957.

Title: Papers, 1802-1957.

Estate papers of Elias Seymour; evaluation by Francis Gillette of damages to property of Jeremiah Seymour by the Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad; description of White House levée and visit to Congress by John Deming Seymour in 1849; includes references to Wethersfield onion seeds, the Society of Newington and Hartford Public High School.

ArchivalResource: 81 items ; 35 x 22 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22978402 View