Sam Gejdenson Papers undated, 1911-2001

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established as an independent agency of the executive branch on October 1, 1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space Act (72 Stat. 426), approved July 29, 1958. It superseded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). NASA conducted redsearch on problems of flight, developed aeronautical and space vehicles, explored outer space, and participated in international programs for the peaceful development of space technology....

United States. Department of Homeland Security. Federal Emergency Management Agency

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was established as an independent agency by Executive Order (E.O.) 12127, March 31, 1979, pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (92 Stat. 3788), both effective April 1, 1979, and by E.O. 12148, July 20, 1979, retroactive to July 15, 1979. The establishment of FEMA consolidated many separate disaster-related functions and agencies. It absorbed the Federal Insurance Administration, the U.S. Fire Administration, the National Weather Service ...

Peace Corps (U.S.)

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The Peace Corps was established by Executive Order 10924, issued by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961, announced by televised broadcast March 2, 1961, and authorized by Congress on September 22, 1961, with passage of the Peace Corps Act (Public Law 87-293). Since 1961, over 200,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps and have served in 139 countries. From the guide to the Brown University Peace Corps files, 1965-1967, (John Hay Library Special Collections) The Pea...

Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), originally Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, was founded in Chicago in 1913 to fight antisemitism and other forms of bigotry and discrimination. In 2009, ADL became independent of B’nai B’rith and changed its name to Anti-Defamation League. Its activities include investigation and documentation of antisemitism, extremism, and other forms of hate in the United States; and litigation, education, and policy advocacy regarding the subjects of antisemitism, ext...

Reno, Janet, 1938-2016

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Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) was an American lawyer who served as the Attorney General of the United States from 1993 until 2001. President Bill Clinton nominated Reno on February 11, 1993, and the Senate confirmed her the following month. She was the first woman to serve as Attorney General and the second-longest serving Attorney General in U.S. history, after William Wirt. Born in Miami, Florida, she attended public schools in Miami-Dade County, Florida and Regensburg,...

Gejdenson, Samuel, 1948-

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Samuel Gejdenson (born May 20, 1948) is an American farmer, broker, businessman, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he notably served as the U.S. Representative for Connecticut's 2nd congressional district from 1981 to 2001. Born in a displaced persons camp in Eschwege, Allied-occupied Germany, he grew up on a dairy farm in Bozrah, Connecticut, near Norwich. He attended Mitchell College for two years and finished his studies at the University of Connecticut. From 1970 to 1973, ...

United States. National Park Service

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U.S. National Park Service has managed the Morristown National Historical Park since 1933. From the description of Morristown National Historical Park resource management records, 1933-1994 (bulk 1938-1970). (Morristown National History Park). WorldCat record id: 71014733 The National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. It was created...

Library of Congress

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The Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress in 1800 when President John Adams signed a bill providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new capital city of Washington. The legislation described a reference library for Congress only, containing "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress - and for putting up a suitable apartment for containing them therein…" The original library was housed in the Washington, DC until August 1814, ...

United States. Department of Justice

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, and is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration, and administers several federal law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigat...

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), principal foreign intelligence and counterintelligence agency of the U.S. government. Formally created under the provisions of the National Security Act of 1947, approved July 26, 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) grew out of the World War II Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Previous U.S. intelligence and counterintelligence efforts had been conducted by the military and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and suffered from duplication, compe...

Kenneth Starr

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American Thread Company

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In 1898 the English Sewing Company of England purchased the Willimantic Linen Company and other New England mills to form the American Thread Company. It was known locally as "ATCO" or "the THREAD." The Willimantic mill was closed when the company moved to the American southeast (North Carolina) in 1985. From the description of American Thread Company records, 1953-1977. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 46486347 In 1898, the English Sewing Compan...

Hugh O'Brian

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Pequot Tribe

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Edward Munster

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Organization of Women Leaders

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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

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Jason Foundation

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Mohegan Tribal Nation

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Paul Healey

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Kahn, Alfred E. (Alfred Edward)

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Economist, professor of economics at Cornell University. From the description of Alfred E. Kahn papers, 1942-1994. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64072502 Alfred E. Kahn was born on October 17, 1917 in Paterson, New Jersey. He received an A.B. in 1936 and an M.A. in 1937 from New York University; he was a graduate student at the University of Missouri from 1937 to 1938; and he received a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1942. He served in the U.S. Army in 194...

National Theater for the Deaf

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Mystic seaport

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United Nations

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

Northeast Utilities

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Gary Motin

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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Simon Wiesenthal Center

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Organizational History The Simon Wiesenthal Center was established in 1977 as an international Jewish human rights organization. Its primary goal is to preserve the memory of the Holocaust by encouraging tolerance and understanding through community involvement, educational outreach, and social action. Other issues that the Center focuses on are Middle East affairs, prosecution of Nazi war criminals, extremist groups, neo-Nazism, and hate on ...

Gilman Corportation

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Sheena Ducan

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Elliott Abrams

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Jack Nuttal

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Connecticut. Department of Transportation

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Arthur Lanbury

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Cliff Neal

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Connecticut College

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TIAA-CREF

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CBS News.

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Mystic Aquarium

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U.S. Navy

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Caribbean

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Mashantucket Pequots

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William Ryiz

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United Technologies

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University of Bridgeport

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Cross Sound Ferry

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General Mills, inc.

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Minneapolis, MN. From the description of Pamphlet and handbill, ca.1930. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122364952 In 1893 the Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis opened a Buffalo office from which to distribute its flour throughout the East. A Buffalo flour mill followed in 1904, and in 1928 General Mills was organized with Washburn-Crosby as its nucleus. Washburn-Crosby was dissolved in 1937. General Mills Buffalo operations include a cereal...

General Dynamics

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UConn

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Warren B. Richardson

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American Public Works Association

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Reagan, Ronald, 1911-2004

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Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) was the 40th President of the United States and served two terms in office from 1981 to 1989. He was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois, the second son of Nelle Wilson and John Edward ("Jack") Reagan. His father nicknamed him "Dutch" as a baby. In 1920 the family resettled in Dixon, Illinois. In 1928 Reagan graduated from Dixon High School, where he had been student body president, an actor in school plays, and a student athlete. He partici...

National Funeral Directors Association

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U.S. Air Force

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United States. Bureau of Land Management

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Organized within the Department of the Interior, this federal agency is responsible for the management of public lands, the majority of which are in the Western states and Alaska. Responsibilities include energy and mineral development, grazing, wildlife and fisheries habitat and land use planning. From the description of Records, 1944-1979. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 54390737 Background information on this oral history project could not be found. ...

BLM

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Eva Jones

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Amtrak

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Electric Boat

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College Retirement Equities Fund

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Roger Dumas

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Connecticut Community College

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ConRail

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The Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) was incorporated in Pennsylvania on February 10, 1976, for the purpose of taking over the viable portions of the Penn Central Transportation Company and other bankrupt Northeastern railroads as determined by the 1975 Final System Plan of the United States Railway Association. Conrail''s securities were owned by the federal government for funds advanced, and by its employees for wage and hours givebacks. Initial operation was as troubled and unprofitabl...

United Technologies Corporation

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FEMA

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Pfizer

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Kildare Corporation

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Electic Boat

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Ralcorp

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John Rose

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Mohegan Tribe

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Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association

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George Bush

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Eastern Connecticut State University

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Jim Wright

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John Rowland

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Mohammed Essa

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Fairfield university

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Sage-Allen

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Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Corporation

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Oliver North

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Bob Steele

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U.S. Census Bureau

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The U.S. Census Bureau conducts a nationwide census every 10 years. Census 2000 sought to count and classify a record number of the American population, emphasizing the changing demographics of the country. This collection was donated to the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, & Marketing History by Sybil F. Stershic, a member of the Census Advisory Committee of Professional Associations for Census 2000. From the guide to the U.S. Census 2000 Advertising Files, 2000-20...

University of Connecticut.

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In 1931, the faculty of the University of Connecticut voted to offer comprehensive examinations in most degree programs to graduating seniors, and outgrowth of a report to the Committee on the Study of Honors (11/6/1930). The departments reported the results of the examinations and their recommendations to the Registrar and the Committees on Scholastic Standing and Degrees with Distinction. Degrees would then be awarded without distinction, with distinction or with highest distinction. The progr...

Pratt & Whitney

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