Frances Perkins and the E. Ingraham Company

This post was written by Shaine Scarminach, a UConn History Ph.D candidate who is a student assistant in Archives & Special Collections. The letters are from the E. Ingraham Company Records. In late October 1944, famed U.S. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins … Continue reading

Conservation Tour of 1951

Written by Shaine Scarminach, a UConn History doctoral candidate, who is currently serving as a Graduate Intern in Archives & Special Collections. When summer rolls around, the idea of a road trip entices many Americans into their cars and out onto … Continue reading

The Handicapped Homemakers Project at UConn in the 1950s

Written by Shaine Scarminach, a UConn History doctoral candidate, who is currently serving as a Graduate Intern in Archives & Special Collections. In the mid-1950s, the University of Connecticut led a pioneering studying in the rehabilitation of disabled homemakers. The study … Continue reading