Archives Behind the Scenes

The Congregational Library & Archives recently added over 150 linear feet of material from the Historic Connecticut Conference. The collection was given to the CLA by the Southern New England Conference UCC (SNEUCC) and supported by grants from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, and the Missionary Society of Connecticut.

The collection documents three hundred years of religious, cultural, and social history from across Connecticut, the country, and the world, but has been privately held, disorganized, and largely inaccessible to researchers until recently.

In this hybrid lunch and learn program, Historic Connecticut Collection Project Archivist Anne Woodrum will talk about the work she began in July 2025 under the guidance of Archivist Billy McCarthy with the goal of processing the material into a completed finding aid. Anne will look back on the first six months of her work to share takeaways from her initial processing plan, showcase interesting highlights from the collection, and discuss how she plans to spend the next six months processing these unbelievably valuable records.

SPEAKER BIO

Anne Woodrum joined the Congregational Library & Archives staff as the Historic Connecticut Conference Project Archivist in July 2025. She holds a BA in English from Washington College, an MS in Library and Information Science with a concentration in Archives Management from Simmons College, and an MA in English from UMass Boston. Before joining the CLA, she worked as a Project Archivist at The Trustees of Reservations, where she arranged and described the records of the Boston Natural Areas Network, and at the Concord Public Library, where she conducted a special collections survey project. Anne also has experience providing reference services at Brandeis University, Salem State University, and the Boston Public Library.

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