Catalog of Manuscript Collections

Creator: Hotel Commercial, Tontine Hotel, Naugatuck Hotel, Hotel Taft Extent: ca. 30,000 items Description: This collcetion features material from various hotels in New Haven. It includes correspondence, ledgers, guest registers, minutes, forms, permits, business cards, and other records of Hotel Commercial (1950-1958), Tontine Hotel (1824-1908), Naugatuck Hotel (1900), and other New Haven, CT, hotels; together with records (1912-1973) of Hotel Taft, including general office files, financial papers, employment cards, and reservations and guest register cards. Research Topics: History of New Haven hotels, especially the Taft; shifts in hotel landscape due to transportation changes and New Haven redevelopment; Hotel Taft employees (1912-1973), administration, and finances