The materials are part of the papers of former U.S. Sen. Thomas J. Dodd, for whom the center is named. Dodd served as executive trial counsel to the chief prosecutor of the Nuremberg International Tribunal after World War II and his papers contain more than 100 boxes of materials dealing with the Holocaust. Tim Weinland, professor and head of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education, says the materials offer insights into the issues underlying the Holocaust. The School of Education is also drawing on materials from the Dodd Center's children's literature collection to develop a one-day conference for primary school teachers that will be held in November, a day before the sixth annual Connecticut Book Fair. The children's literature collection includes more than 15,000 volumes, as well as original art and manuscripts from authors and illustrators.
Kids are very reluctant to change their writing.
This author's program will show kids that writers who get paid for their work actually make changes in their writing. Wilsted says center staffers will continue to look for opportunities to develop curriculum materials based on other collections. The center also has enhanced the opportunities for collaboration across disciplines, last month joining other University departments to launch a new lecture series focusing on nature and the environment that will bring outstanding scholars and researchers to the Storrs campus. Teale, one of the best-loved naturalists of the 20th century, donated his literary manuscripts to the UConn Libraries. His widow donated additional papers and a large part of their personal library.