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The following research collections have been acquired recently by Archives & Special Collections and are housed in the Dodd Research Center.
AFL-CIO Northeast Region
The George Meany Labor Archives has arranged for the AFL-CIO
Northeast Region to transfer its inactive records to the Dodd
Center. Covering the period 1958-1995, and including union
activities in the six New England states, these records reflect
the programs of state, regional, and local labor councils as well
as programs of regional significance.
James Flora
A Connecticut resident since 1942, award-winning artist James
Flora has donated the artwork for five of his children's books to
the Northeast Children's Literature Collection. Among his works
is The Fabulous Firework Family. This remake of a book
first printed in 1955 was inspired by his first visit to Mexico.
It recounts the tale of a family of Fireworks makers in
brilliantly colored drawings. Other titles include: Little
Hatchy Hen, The Day the Cow Sneezed, My Friend Charlie, and
Leopold, the See-Through Crumbpicker.
Loretta Krupinski
Trained at the Syracuse University School of Art, Loretta
Krupinski is a contemporary marine artist who became a children's
author and illustrator. She began her career as an editorial
illustrator for Newsday but soon began working full time writing
and illustrating children's books. Her collection in the
Northeast Children's Literature Collection includes illustrations
from all her books: A New England Scrapbook, Bluewater
Journal: The Voyage of the Sea Tiger, and Heidi.
Ms. Krupinski is a fellow in the American Society of Marine
Artists and her books have won the "Children's Choice Award" from
the International Reading Association/Children's Book
Council.
Jean Day Zallinger
Known primarily for illustrating children's natural history
books, Jean Zallinger has donated drawings and artwork for more
than twenty of her books to the Northeast Children's Literature
Collection. Trained at the Massachusetts College of Art and the
Yale School of Art and Architecture, Zallinger began illustrating
children's books in 1957. Some of the titles in her recent
donation include: Biography of a Leaf, The Earliest
Americans, The Moon of the Owls, The Natural History of the Tail,
Sea Creatures Do Amazing Things, and Water Boatman's
Journey.
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